Lake Margrethe fishing: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Walleye

Target species: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Sucker, Yellow Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Margrethe State Forest Campground, 2 lanes.

The lake

Lake Margrethe covers 1,927 acres in Michigan, across Crawford County. It is a lake: 91.8% of it is 45 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 65 feet (19.8 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 65 ft (19.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.8% of the water is 45 feet or shallower. We hold 38 depth contour lines for this water.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2022
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2022 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain
  • 0–5 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 15.2% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 24.4% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 14.1% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 11.6% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 4.6% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 2.7% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 2.5% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 1.9% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 1.1% of the water

5 target fish, led by Muskellunge

  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

Stocking: 5,015,581 fish, 1989–2026

Michigan DNR records list 5,015,581 fish released into this water from 1989 to 2026.

  • Walleye: 4,850,905 in 1986–2026
  • Northern Pike: 62,262 in 1980–1997
  • Muskellunge: 32,070 in 1990–2022
  • Yellow Perch: 607 in 1979

One more species on the stocking list.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Lake Margrethe State Forest Campground — 2 lanes, restrooms. Hartwick Pines State Park. phone 989-348-7068

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.