Stony Creek Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Black Crappie, Bluegill, White Sucker
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Stony Creek Metro Park.

The lake

Stony Creek Lake covers 607 acres in Michigan, across Macomb County. It is a lake: 91.1% of it is 16 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 23 feet (7 m). Our records hold 16 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.

Also recorded here: Northern Hog Sucker, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Channel Catfish, Yellow Bullhead, Stonecat, Tadpole Madtom, Emerald Shiner, Fathead Minnow.

Stocking: 528,206 fish, 1980–2024

Michigan DNR records list 528,206 fish released into this water from 1980 to 2024.

  • Walleye: 462,876 in 1983–2024
  • Bluegill: 40,082 in 1999
  • Channel Catfish: 21,248 in 1996–2012
  • Northern Pike: 4,000 in 1980

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 23 ft (7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.1% of the water is 16 feet or shallower. We hold 34 depth contour lines for this water.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2022
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2022 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain
  • 0–2 ft: 19.9% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 15.5% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 16.9% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 8.7% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 9.1% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 7% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 1.8% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 1.3% of the water
  • 22–23 ft: 0.2% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Stony Creek Metro Park — Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority. phone 810-781-4242

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 66°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.1. These readings span 2019. The latest reading is from 2019, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.

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.
  • EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map, 2007.
  • 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.