Lake Fenton fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Redfin Pickerel
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Fenton, 4 lanes.

The lake

Lake Fenton covers 891 acres in Michigan, across Genesee County. It is a lake: 92.8% of it is 50 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 90 feet (27.4 m). Our records hold 18 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 90 ft (27.4 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.8% of the water is 50 feet or shallower. We hold 75 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–5 ft: 21% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 16.4% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 11.6% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 10.1% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 5% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 3.2% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 2.3% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 1.7% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 1.4% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 0.9% of the water
  • 70–75 ft: 0.5% 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.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Redfin Pickerel — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Bluegill, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Warmouth, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp, Brook Silverside, Banded Killifish.

Stocking: 962,705 fish, 1981–2025

Michigan DNR records list 962,705 fish released into this water from 1981 to 2025.

  • Walleye: 962,705 in 1986–2025

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp and 1 boat ramp.

  • Lake Fenton — 4 lanes, restrooms. Seven Lakes State Park. phone 248-634-7271 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-25-002
  • SkipperBud's — Fenton. 14016 Fenton Road 48430 · phone +1 810 714 3570 · website skipperbuds.com

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 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.

What is hard here

Only 2 public ramps are 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.