Wabasis Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Pumpkinseed

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Pumpkinseed, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Warmouth
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Wabasis Lake Park, 4 lanes.

The lake

Wabasis Lake covers 418 acres in Michigan, across Kent County. It is a lake: 92.5% of it is 45 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 50 feet (15.2 m). Our records hold 12 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Warmouth — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Mottled Sculpin, Brook Silverside, Banded Killifish.

Little Wabasis Lake.jpg
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Stocking: 126,168 fish, 1987–2024

Michigan DNR records list 126,168 fish released into this water from 1987 to 2024.

  • Walleye: 126,168 in 1987–2024

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 50 ft (15.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.5% of the water is 45 feet or shallower. We hold 61 depth contour lines for this water.

Wabasis Lake.jpg
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  • 0–3 ft: 2.3% of the water
  • 3–6 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 6–9 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 9–12 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 12–15 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 15–18 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 18–21 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 21–24 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 24–27 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 27–30 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 30–33 ft: 5.3% of the water
  • 33–36 ft: 5% of the water
  • 36–39 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 39–42 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 42–45 ft: 5% of the water
  • 45–48 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 48–50 ft: 2.6% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Wabasis Lake Park — 4 lanes, restrooms. Kent County. phone 616-336-7275

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.

Wabasis Lake Park.jpg
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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.