Milakokia Lake fishing: Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Sucker

Target species: Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Sucker, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Milakokia Lake State Forest Campground, 1 lane.

The lake

Milakokia Lake covers 2,047 acres in Michigan, across Mackinac County. It is a lake: 94.1% of it is 16 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 26 feet (7.9 m). Our records hold 7 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 26 ft (7.9 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 94.1% of the water is 16 feet or shallower. We hold 54 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 1.5% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 3.8% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 7% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 11.2% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 35.8% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 15.4% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 13.2% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 2% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 2.5% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 0.9% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 0.4% of the water
  • 24–25 ft: 0.1% of the water

4 target fish, led by Smallmouth Bass

  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

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

Stocking: 5,954,992 fish, 1981–1998

Michigan DNR records list 5,954,992 fish released into this water from 1981 to 1998. The latest stocking on record is from 1998, more than three years ago.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2022
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2022 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain
  • Walleye: 5,950,000 in 1981–1993
  • Smallmouth Bass: 4,992 in 1998

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Milakokia Lake State Forest Campground — 1 lane, open 8am–10pm, restrooms. Newberry Field Office (PRD). phone 906-293-5900 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/mrbis/BASDetail.aspx?sid=A-49-001

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.

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.