Muskallonge Lake fishing: Muskellunge, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass

Target species: Muskellunge, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Muskallonge Lake State Park, 1 lane.

The lake

Muskallonge Lake covers 795 acres in Michigan, across Luce County. It is a lake: 90.3% of it is 19 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

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Stocking: 327,194 fish, 1979–2025

Michigan DNR records list 327,194 fish released into this water from 1979 to 2025.

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  • Walleye: 316,835 in 1987–2025
  • Smallmouth Bass: 7,956 in 1979–1998
  • Muskellunge: 2,403 in 1980

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.3% of the water is 19 feet or shallower. We hold 54 depth contour lines for this water.

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  • 0–2 ft: 0.8% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 3.3% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 6% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 9.2% of the water
  • 12–13 ft: 6% of the water
  • 13–14 ft: 8.1% of the water
  • 14–15 ft: 16.1% of the water
  • 15–16 ft: 9.3% of the water
  • 16–17 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 17–18 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 18–19 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 19–20 ft: 9.7% of the water

3 target fish, led by Muskellunge

  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Muskallonge Lake State Park — 1 lane, open 8am–10pm, restrooms. Muskallonge Lake State Park. phone 906-658-3338 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/mrbis/BASDetail.aspx?sid=A-48-024

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.