Thousand Island Lake fishing: Muskellunge, Walleye, Cisco

Target species: Muskellunge, Walleye, Cisco, Lake Trout
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Thousand Island Lake, 2 lanes.

The lake

Thousand Island Lake covers 1,046 acres in Michigan, across Gogebic County. It is a lake: 91.4% of it is 32 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 40 feet (12.2 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 40 ft (12.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.4% of the water is 32 feet or shallower. We hold 119 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 9.9% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 9.8% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 6% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 2.6% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 2% of the water
  • 30–32 ft: 1.9% of the water
  • 32–34 ft: 2.5% of the water
  • 34–36 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 36–38 ft: 0.3% of the water
  • 38–40 ft: 0.1% of the water

Stocking: 159,862 fish, 1979–2026

Michigan DNR records list 159,862 fish released into this water from 1979 to 2026.

  • Walleye: 157,712 in 1986–2026
  • Lake Trout: 1,750 in 1979
  • Muskellunge: 400 in 2015–2016

4 target fish, led by Muskellunge

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

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Thousand Island Lake — 2 lanes, restrooms. Lake Gogebic State Park. phone 906-842-3341 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/mrbis/BASDetail.aspx?sid=A-27-004

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

Water clarity runs 8.5–13 feet on our readings, averaging 10.7 feet, from 150 readings. These readings span 2017–2023.

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.