Manistee Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Flathead Catfish, Brown Trout
Boat: 4 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Eastlake Penny Park, 4 lanes.
The lake
Manistee Lake covers 952 acres in Michigan, across Manistee County. It is a lake: 97.1% of it is 42 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 49.9 feet (15.2 m). Our records hold 21 species for this water.
7 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Flathead Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
Also recorded here: Golden Redhorse, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp, Emerald Shiner, Alewife, Brook Silverside, Banded Killifish.
Depth: down to 49.9 ft at the deepest measured point
Deepest measured point: 49.9 ft (15.2 m). 97.1% of the water is 42 feet or shallower. We hold 106 depth contours for this water, drawn from 1,095 soundings.
- 0–3 ft: 9.9% of the water
- 3–6 ft: 6.2% of the water
- 6–9 ft: 6.2% of the water
- 9–12 ft: 6.1% of the water
- 12–15 ft: 6.4% of the water
- 15–18 ft: 7.2% of the water
- 18–21 ft: 7.4% of the water
- 21–24 ft: 7.3% of the water
- 24–27 ft: 7.4% of the water
- 27–30 ft: 4.7% of the water
- 30–33 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 33–36 ft: 7.7% of the water
- 36–39 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 39–42 ft: 7.5% of the water
- 42–45 ft: 2.5% of the water
- 45–48 ft: 0.3% of the water
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 66°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 40°F and the warmest is 84°F; the warmest monthly average is 76°F. pH averages 8.2. These readings span 2016–2026.
4 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 3 trailer ramps and 1 boat ramp.
- Eastlake Penny Park — 4 lanes. Village of Eastlake. phone 231-723-9558
- Arthur Street — 2 lanes. City of Manistee. phone 231-723-7132
- Stronach — 2 lanes, restrooms. Orchard Beach State Park. phone 231-723-7422 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-51-023
- Sengs Marina — Manistee. 47 Lake Street, Manistee 49660 · phone +1 231 723 9444 · website sengsmarina.com
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 4 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 4 public ramps are on file, so the launch decides where you fish.
Where this data comes from
- USACE eHydro — USACE eHydro channel surveys: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- NOAA National Bathymetric Source (S-102 ed3.0.0) — NOAA S-102 bathymetric surfaces: contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: 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.
