Lake Paradise fishing: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Sucker, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Paradise Lake, 1 lane.

The lake

Lake Paradise covers 1,919 acres in Michigan, across Emmet County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 15 feet (4.6 m). Our records hold 11 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • 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.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

Also recorded here: Brown Bullhead, Mottled Sculpin, Spottail Shiner, Fathead Minnow.

Stocking: 533,123 fish, 1980–2025

Michigan DNR records list 533,123 fish released into this water from 1980 to 2025.

  • Walleye: 533,123 in 1983–2025

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 15 ft (4.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 59 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 2.6% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 4–5 ft: 16.9% of the water
  • 5–6 ft: 28.3% of the water
  • 6–7 ft: 10.3% of the water
  • 7–8 ft: 8% of the water
  • 8–9 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 9–10 ft: 19.9% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Paradise Lake — 1 lane, open 4am–11pm, restrooms. Wilderness State Park. phone 231-436-5381 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-24-001

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.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 67°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.1. These readings span 2022–2025.

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.