Lake Roland fishing: Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Lake Trout

Target species: Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Lake Trout
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Twin Lakes State Park, 1 lane.

The lake

Lake Roland covers 258 acres in Michigan, across Houghton County. It is a lake: 91.6% of it is 30 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 40 feet (12.2 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Stocking: 392,916 fish, 1993–2024

Michigan DNR records list 392,916 fish released into this water from 1993 to 2024.

  • Rainbow Trout: 357,846 in 1999–2018
  • Lake Trout: 3,405 in 2006–2024
  • Brook Trout: 2,700 in 2016–2022

2 more species on the stocking list.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 40 ft (12.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.6% of the water is 30 feet or shallower. We hold 34 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 1.7% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 8.8% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 9.3% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 9.2% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 10.3% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 13.1% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 3.7% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 3.1% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 2.7% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 2.4% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 2.1% of the water
  • 30–32 ft: 2% of the water
  • 32–34 ft: 1.9% of the water
  • 34–36 ft: 1.9% of the water
  • 36–38 ft: 1.7% of the water
  • 38–40 ft: 1% of the water

3 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Brook Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Lake Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.

Also recorded here: Northern Pike.

2 ramps and launches on this water

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

  • Twin Lakes State Park — 1 lane, open 8am–10pm, restrooms. phone 906-288-3321 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/mrbis/BASDetail.aspx?sid=A-31-018
  • Elm River Township — Elm River Township. phone 906-388-3747 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/mrbis/BASDetail.aspx?sid=A-31-026

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.