Marble Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Marble Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Bluegill, Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch
Boat: 3 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Marble Lake, 2 lanes.

The lake

Marble Lake covers 766 acres in Michigan, across Branch County. It is a lake: 91.6% of it is 48 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 60 feet (18.3 m). Our records hold 15 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 60 ft (18.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.6% of the water is 48 feet or shallower. We hold 111 depth contour lines for this water.

• 0–3 ft: 8% of the water
• 3–6 ft: 10.8% of the water
• 6–9 ft: 9.3% of the water
• 9–12 ft: 7.5% of the water
• 12–15 ft: 6.3% of the water
• 15–18 ft: 6% of the water
• 18–21 ft: 5.8% of the water
• 21–24 ft: 5.3% of the water
• 24–27 ft: 5.5% of the water
• 27–30 ft: 5.9% of the water
• 30–33 ft: 5.8% of the water
• 33–36 ft: 5.6% of the water
• 36–39 ft: 3.7% of the water
• 39–42 ft: 2.1% of the water
• 42–45 ft: 1.9% of the water
• 45–48 ft: 2.1% of the water
• 48–51 ft: 1.9% of the water
• 51–54 ft: 1.7% of the water
• 54–57 ft: 1.7% of the water
• 57–60 ft: 3.2% of the water

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

• Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
• Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
• Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
• Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
• Cisco — Feeding water: 40–60°F.
• Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
• Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

Also recorded here: Redear, Warmouth, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp, Brook Silverside, Banded Killifish.

Stocking: 32,200 fish, 1980–2024

Michigan DNR records list 32,200 fish released into this water from 1980 to 2024.

• Walleye: 22,600 in 1987–2024
• Yellow Perch: 2,500 in 2010–2023

One more species on the stocking list.

3 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps and 1 boat ramp.

• Marble Lake — 2 lanes, restrooms. Jackson Field Office. phone 517-780-7866
• Middle Lake — 1 lane, restrooms. Jackson Field Office. phone 517-780-7866
• Quincy-Marble Lake — Branch County. phone 517-279-5985

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 3 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 3 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.
• EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
• 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.