Hubbard Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Lake Whitefish, Cisco, Brown Trout, Yellow Perch
Boat: 3 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at East Bay Hubbard Lake, 3 lanes.

The lake

Hubbard Lake covers 8,802 acres in Michigan, across Alcona County. It is a lake: 97% of it is 70 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 80 feet (24.4 m). Our records hold 7 species for this water.

Mt. Mariah - view from north on Hubbard Lake - panoramio.jpg
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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 80 ft (24.4 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 97% of the water is 70 feet or shallower. We hold 29 depth contour lines for this water.

Mt Mariah - view from Hubbard Lake - panoramio.jpg
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  • 0–5 ft: 8.6% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 13.8% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 10.6% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 3.9% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 3.9% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 3.2% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 3.4% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 6.6% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 7.6% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 13.7% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 70–75 ft: 2.8% of the water
  • 75–80 ft: 0.4% of the water

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Lake Whitefish — Feeding water: 40–55°F.
  • Cisco — Feeding water: 40–60°F.
  • Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

Stocking: 1,863,589 fish, 1980–2026

Michigan DNR records list 1,863,589 fish released into this water from 1980 to 2026.

Mountain ash summer lake.jpg
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  • Walleye: 1,109,851 in 1980–1991
  • Northern Pike: 545,441 in 1983–2006
  • Yellow Perch: 139,420 in 1987–2001
  • Brown Trout: 10,682 in 1982
  • Rainbow Trout: 506 in 2003–2007

2 more species on the stocking list.

3 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 3 trailer ramps.

  • East Bay Hubbard Lake — 3 lanes, restrooms. Harrisville State Park. phone 989-724-5126 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-01-003
  • North End Park — 2 lanes, restrooms. Caledonia Township. phone 989-471-2390 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-01-001
  • South Bay Hubbard Lake — 2 lanes, restrooms. Harrisville State Park. phone 989-724-5126 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-01-009

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 3 places in this list: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 16.7–29 feet on our readings, averaging 23.7 feet, from 43 readings. Our water temperature readings average 74°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.8. These readings span 2017–2025.

What is hard here

Wind is the limit, not the fish: 8,802 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle.

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.