Torch Lake fishing: Walleye, Cisco, Sauger

Lake · Michigan · Hubbell, 1.1 mi away

Torch Lake, Michigan: Walleye. 90.3% of it is 110 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. 123 ft at the deepest measured point.

Torch Lake fishing: Walleye, Cisco, Sauger 1

Lake

Surface area: 2,443 acres3.8 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 122.7 ftdeep
Average depth: 46 ft
Fish species: 5
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Hubbell1.1 mi

Torch Lake fishing: Walleye, Cisco, Sauger

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

The lake

Torch Lake covers 2,443 acres in Michigan, across Houghton County. It is a lake: 90.3% of it is 110 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 123 feet (37.4 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.

Depth: down to 123 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 123 ft (37.4 m). 90.3% of the water is 110 feet or shallower. We hold 73 depth contours for this water, drawn from 164 soundings.

Torch Lake - Summer 2006 (023).jpg — Andrew Lin · CC BY-SA 3.0

0–10 ft: 16.8% of the water
10–20 ft: 11.3% of the water
20–30 ft: 9.8% of the water
30–40 ft: 9.2% of the water
40–50 ft: 8.3% of the water
50–60 ft: 6.7% of the water
60–70 ft: 5.5% of the water
70–80 ft: 4.7% of the water
80–90 ft: 5.3% of the water
90–100 ft: 5.2% of the water
100–110 ft: 7.5% of the water
110–120 ft: 9.7% of the water

3 target fish, led by Walleye

Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
Cisco — Feeding water: 40–60°F.
Sauger — Feeding water: 45–65°F.

Also recorded here: Common Carp, Alewife.

Stocking: 513,823 fish, 1987–2012

Michigan DNR records list 513,823 fish released into this water from 1987 to 2012. The latest stocking on record is from 2012, more than three years ago.

Snowy Torch Lake Beach.png — Clerk8751 · CC BY 4.0

Walleye: 455,823 in 1987–2012
Sauger: 58,000 in 1988

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Lake Linden — 1 lane. Village of Lake Linden. phone 906-296-9911 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/mrbis/BASDetail.aspx?sid=A-31-017

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.

Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light Michigan 2021-4361.jpg — Paul R. Burley · CC BY-SA 4.0

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
NOAA National Bathymetric Source (S-102 ed3.0.0) — NOAA S-102 bathymetric surfaces: 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.