South Manistique Lake fishing: Muskellunge, Rainbow Trout, Walleye

Target species: Muskellunge, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Cisco
Boat: 4 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Dunkles Landing, 1 lane.

The lake

South Manistique Lake covers 4,143 acres in Michigan, across Mackinac County. It is a lake: 90.6% of it is 24 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 29 feet (8.8 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 29 ft (8.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.6% of the water is 24 feet or shallower. We hold 118 depth contour lines for this water.

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  • 0–2 ft: 2.4% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 4.7% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 6% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 6% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 10.2% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 10.2% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 14.3% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 12.4% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 24–25 ft: 9.5% of the water

Stocking: 17,892,856 fish, 1982–2026

Michigan DNR records list 17,892,856 fish released into this water from 1982 to 2026.

  • Walleye: 17,838,612 in 1979–2026
  • Muskellunge: 20,995 in 1987–2013
  • Rainbow Trout: 11,249 in 2003–2025

One more species on the stocking list.

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4 target fish, led by Muskellunge

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

4 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 4 trailer ramps.

  • Dunkles Landing — 1 lane, restrooms. Newberry Field Office (PRD). phone 906-293-5900 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/mrbis/BASDetail.aspx?sid=A-49-005
  • Portage Township Park — 1 lane, restrooms. Portage Township. phone 269-329-4522
  • South Manistique Lake SFCG — 1 lane, open 8am–10pm, restrooms. Newberry Field Office (PRD). phone 906-293-5900 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/mrbis/BASDetail.aspx?sid=A-49-012
  • Wolfe Bay — 1 lane, restrooms. Newberry Field Office (PRD). phone 906-293-5900 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/mrbis/BASDetail.aspx?sid=A-49-006

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

Only 4 public ramps are 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.