North Lake fishing: Spotted Gar, Golden Redhorse

Target species: Spotted Gar, Golden Redhorse
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Randall Lake, 1 lane.

The lake

North Lake covers 508 acres in Michigan, across Branch County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 35 feet (10.7 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 35 ft (10.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 94 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 3.8% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 2.4% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 6% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 7% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 5% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 30–32 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 32–34 ft: 6% of the water
  • 34–35 ft: 14.6% of the water

2 target fish, led by Spotted Gar

  • Spotted Gar — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Golden Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.

Also recorded here: Common Carp.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Randall Lake — 1 lane, restrooms. Jackson Field Office. phone 517-780-7866

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.