Pleasant Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Cisco

Target species: Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Cisco
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Pleasant Lake, 1 lane.

The lake

Pleasant Lake covers 259 acres in Michigan, across St. Joseph County. It is a lake: 94.4% of it is 42 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 50 feet (15.2 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

Freedom Township Pleasant Lake.JPG
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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 50 ft (15.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 94.4% of the water is 42 feet or shallower. We hold 51 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–3 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 3–6 ft: 14.5% of the water
  • 6–9 ft: 10.9% of the water
  • 9–12 ft: 8.1% of the water
  • 12–15 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 15–18 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 18–21 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 21–24 ft: 5.3% of the water
  • 24–27 ft: 5% of the water
  • 27–30 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 30–33 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 33–36 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 36–39 ft: 6% of the water
  • 39–42 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 42–45 ft: 2.3% of the water
  • 45–48 ft: 1.8% of the water
  • 48–50 ft: 1.5% of the water

3 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Cisco — Feeding water: 40–60°F.

Stocking: 144,075 fish, 1979–1995

Michigan DNR records list 144,075 fish released into this water from 1979 to 1995. The latest stocking on record is from 1995, more than three years ago.

Horses Grazing on Woodlane Farm, 10731 Pleasant Lake Road, Freedom Township, Michigan - panoramio (1).jpg
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  • Rainbow Trout: 85,598 in 1979–1995
  • Walleye: 58,477 in 1983–1995

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Pleasant Lake — 1 lane, restrooms. Allegan Field Office. phone 269-673-4747 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-75-001

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.