Long Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Long Lake, 1 lane.

The lake

Long Lake covers 362 acres in Michigan, across Ionia County. It is a lake: 91.5% of it is 39 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 57 feet (17.4 m). Our records hold 10 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Green Sunfish — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Channel Catfish, Tadpole Madtom, Banded Killifish.

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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 57 ft (17.4 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.5% of the water is 39 feet or shallower. We hold 29 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–3 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 3–6 ft: 17.1% of the water
  • 6–9 ft: 14.5% of the water
  • 9–12 ft: 13% of the water
  • 12–15 ft: 9.9% of the water
  • 15–18 ft: 8.5% of the water
  • 18–21 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 21–24 ft: 2.7% of the water
  • 24–27 ft: 2.6% of the water
  • 27–30 ft: 2.5% of the water
  • 30–33 ft: 2.3% of the water
  • 33–36 ft: 2.3% of the water
  • 36–39 ft: 2.3% of the water
  • 39–42 ft: 2% of the water
  • 42–45 ft: 2% of the water
  • 45–48 ft: 2.2% of the water
  • 48–51 ft: 2.4% of the water
  • 51–54 ft: 0.1% of the water

Stocking: 34,800 fish, 1988–1990

Michigan DNR records list 34,800 fish released into this water from 1988 to 1990. The latest stocking on record is from 1990, more than three years ago.

  • Channel Catfish: 34,800 in 1988–1990

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Long Lake — 1 lane, open 4am–11pm, restrooms. Ionia State Recreation Area. phone 616-527-3750

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.

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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.