Vineyard Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, Bluegill

Target species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Black Crappie, Redfin Pickerel, Rock Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Vineyard Lake County Park.

The lake

Vineyard Lake covers 524 acres in Michigan, across Jackson County. It is a lake: 92.3% of it is 32 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 42 feet (12.8 m). Our records hold 18 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

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

Also recorded here: Warmouth, Pumpkinseed, Redear, Bowfin, Longnose Gar, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp, Tadpole Madtom, Golden Shiner, Brook Silverside, Banded Killifish.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 42 ft (12.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.3% of the water is 32 feet or shallower. We hold 79 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 10% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 12.5% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 11.1% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 4.6% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 4% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 3.9% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 3.9% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 4% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 3.7% of the water
  • 30–32 ft: 3.3% of the water
  • 32–34 ft: 2.9% of the water
  • 34–36 ft: 2.4% of the water
  • 36–38 ft: 2% of the water
  • 38–40 ft: 0.5% of the water

Stocking: 140,206 fish, 1980–2003

Michigan DNR records list 140,206 fish released into this water from 1980 to 2003. The latest stocking on record is from 2003, more than three years ago.

  • Walleye: 77,812 in 1982–2003
  • Northern Pike: 1,401 in 1987–1988

2 more species on the stocking list.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Vineyard Lake County Park — Jackson County. phone 517-788-4000

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.

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.
  • 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.