Mullett Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, White Sucker, Cisco
Boat: 4 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Aloha State Park, 2 lanes.

The lake

Mullett Lake covers 16,800 acres in Michigan, across Cheboygan County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 120 feet (36.6 m). Our records hold 19 species for this water.

Dodge Point on Mullett Lake in Cheboygan, MI.jpg
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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 120 ft (36.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 42 depth contours for this water, drawn from 1,277 soundings.

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  • 0–10 ft: 20.4% of the surveyed bottom
  • 10–20 ft: 17.5% of the surveyed bottom
  • 20–30 ft: 17.6% of the surveyed bottom
  • 30–40 ft: 11.4% of the surveyed bottom
  • 40–50 ft: 0.4% of the surveyed bottom
  • 50–60 ft: 0.4% of the surveyed bottom
  • 60–70 ft: 32.3% of the surveyed bottom

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.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Cisco — Feeding water: 40–60°F.

Also recorded here: Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Longnose Gar, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Mottled Sculpin, Spottail Shiner, Alewife, Banded Killifish.

Stocking: 2,375,603 fish, 1993–2025

Michigan DNR records list 2,375,603 fish released into this water from 1993 to 2025.

  • Walleye: 1,124,750 in 1999–2014
  • Lake Trout: 663,900 in 1979–1998
  • Rainbow Trout: 75,458 in 1987–1992
  • Brown Trout: 60,000 in 1989–1991

2 more species on the stocking list.

4 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 3 trailer ramps and 1 boat ramp.

  • Mullett Lake Village — 1 lane, restrooms. Cheboygan, Cheboygan Field Office. 7700 Mullett Lake Road, Cheboygan 49721 · phone 231-627-9011 · website jacksmullettlakemarina.com · email [email protected]
  • Aloha State Park — 2 lanes, open 8am–10pm, restrooms. Aloha State Park. phone 231-625-2522
  • Jewell Road — 2 lanes, restrooms. Cheboygan Field Office. phone 231-627-9011
  • The Landings on Indian River — Indian River. 4605 Beatty Drive, Indian River 49749 · phone +1-231-238-9955 · website thelandingsonindianriver.com · email [email protected]

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

Wind is the limit, not the fish: 16,800 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle.

Where this data comes from

  • NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • USACE eHydro — USACE eHydro channel surveys: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • Michigan EGLE — Michigan EGLE: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: depth contours: 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.
  • 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.