Hamlin Lake fishing: Walleye, Muskellunge, Bluegill

Target species: Walleye, Muskellunge, Bluegill
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Big Sable River.

The lake

Hamlin Lake covers 4,643 acres in Michigan, across Mason County. It is a lake: 90.9% of it is 40 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 65 feet (19.8 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.

Hamlin Lake Dunes 2008.JPG
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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 65 ft (19.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.9% of the water is 40 feet or shallower. We hold 36 depth contour lines for this water.

Hamlin lake 2008.JPG
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  • 0–5 ft: 33.3% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 16.8% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 10.1% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 11.2% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 4.7% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 3.4% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 3.4% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 0.6% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 0.5% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 1.3% of the water

Stocking: 2,531,170 fish, 1986–2026

Michigan DNR records list 2,531,170 fish released into this water from 1986 to 2026.

Hamlin Lake, July 2005 - panoramio.jpg
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  • Walleye: 2,319,708 in 1991–2026
  • Muskellunge: 86,068 in 2005–2024
  • Bluegill: 7,650 in 1998–2001

2 more species on the stocking list.

3 target fish, led by Walleye

  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Flathead Catfish, Common Carp.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2023.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Big Sable River — on Big Sable River, United States Forest Service. website mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-53-028

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • Michigan EGLE — Michigan EGLE: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.