Mona Lake fishing: Muskellunge, Walleye

Target species: Muskellunge, Walleye
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Mona Lake Park, 2 lanes.

The lake

Mona Lake covers 661 acres in Michigan, across Muskegon County. It is a lake: 91.7% of it is 36 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 42 feet (12.8 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 42 ft (12.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.7% of the water is 36 feet or shallower. We hold 166 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 1.9% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 2.1% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 3.1% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 5% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 5.3% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 5.3% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 8% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 30–32 ft: 5% of the water
  • 32–34 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 34–36 ft: 3.9% of the water
  • 36–38 ft: 3.6% of the water
  • 38–40 ft: 4.9% of the water

Stocking: 4,630,112 fish, 1980–2026

Michigan DNR records list 4,630,112 fish released into this water from 1980 to 2026.

  • Walleye: 4,484,436 in 2001–2026
  • Muskellunge: 109,361 in 1988–2024

One more species on the stocking list.

2 target fish, led by Muskellunge

  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.

Also recorded here: Spotted Gar, Common Carp.

2 ramps and launches on this water

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

  • Mona Lake Park — 2 lanes. phone 231-332-6762
  • Mona Lake Boating Club — Muskegon. 372 Randall Road, Muskegon 49441 · phone +1 231 798 4011 · website monalakeboatingclub.net

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.