Sand Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye

Lake · Michigan

Sand Lake, Michigan: Largemouth Bass. 91.3% of it is 36 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp.

Lake

Surface area: 547 acres0.9 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 53 ftdeep
Fish species: 9
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public

Water claritynow 15.5 ft

Sand Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Sand Lake, 2 lanes.

The lake

Sand Lake covers 547 acres in Michigan, across Lenawee County. It is a lake: 91.3% of it is 36 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 53 feet (16.2 m). Our records hold 9 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Redear, Common Carp.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 53 ft (16.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.3% of the water is 36 feet or shallower. We hold 27 depth contour lines for this water.

0–3 ft: 5.2% of the water
3–6 ft: 18.3% of the water
6–9 ft: 20.7% of the water
9–12 ft: 16% of the water
12–15 ft: 7.5% of the water
15–18 ft: 4.7% of the water
18–21 ft: 4.3% of the water
21–24 ft: 3.8% of the water
24–27 ft: 3.1% of the water
27–30 ft: 2.9% of the water
30–33 ft: 2.6% of the water
33–36 ft: 2.2% of the water
36–39 ft: 1.9% of the water
39–42 ft: 1.8% of the water
42–45 ft: 1.7% of the water
45–48 ft: 1.6% of the water
48–51 ft: 1.4% of the water
51–53 ft: 0.3% of the water

Stocking: 111,339 fish, 1984–2008

Michigan DNR records list 111,339 fish released into this water from 1984 to 2008. The latest stocking on record is from 2008, more than three years ago.

Walleye: 30,945 in 1986–2008
Northern Pike: 9,000 in 1984–1985

One more species on the stocking list.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Sand Lake — 2 lanes, open 4am–11pm, restrooms. Hayes State Park. phone 517-467-7401

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.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 74°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2019–2023.

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.