Trout Lake fishing: Brook Trout, Walleye, White Sucker

Lake · Michigan · Trout Lake, 1.6 mi away

Trout Lake, Michigan: Brook Trout. 91.1% of it is 28 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp.

Lake

Surface area: 575 acres0.9 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 35 ftdeep
Fish species: 8
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Trout Lake1.6 mi

Trout Lake fishing: Brook Trout, Walleye, White Sucker

Target species: Brook Trout, Walleye, White Sucker, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Trout Lake Township Park, 1 lane.

The lake

Trout Lake covers 575 acres in Michigan, across Chippewa County. It is a lake: 91.1% of it is 28 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 35 feet (10.7 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.

6 target fish, led by Brook Trout

Brook Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Mottled Sculpin, Spottail Shiner.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 35 ft (10.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.1% of the water is 28 feet or shallower. We hold 25 depth contour lines for this water.

0–2 ft: 7.4% of the water
2–4 ft: 8.7% of the water
4–6 ft: 11% of the water
6–8 ft: 6% of the water
8–10 ft: 5% of the water
10–12 ft: 4.6% of the water
12–14 ft: 4.6% of the water
14–16 ft: 4.6% of the water
16–18 ft: 4.6% of the water
18–20 ft: 5.3% of the water
20–22 ft: 6.3% of the water
22–24 ft: 7.5% of the water
24–26 ft: 9.1% of the water
26–28 ft: 6.4% of the water
28–30 ft: 7.3% of the water
30–32 ft: 0.9% of the water
32–34 ft: 0.7% of the water

Stocking: 124,509 fish, 1981–2001

Michigan DNR records list 124,509 fish released into this water from 1981 to 2001. The latest stocking on record is from 2001, more than three years ago.

Walleye: 124,509 in 1981–2001

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Trout Lake Township Park — 1 lane, restrooms. Trout Lake Township. phone 906-569-3291 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/mrbis/BASDetail.aspx?sid=A-17-013

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 56°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.2. These readings span 2020–2025.

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.