Wamplers Lake fishing: Walleye, Redear

Target species: Walleye, Redear
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Wamplers Lake, 4 lanes.

The lake

Wamplers Lake covers 791 acres in Michigan, across Jackson County. It is a lake: 93.2% of it is 30 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 39 feet (11.9 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 39 ft (11.9 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.2% of the water is 30 feet or shallower. We hold 49 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 9.5% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 9.9% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 14.3% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 13.4% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 3.3% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 2.8% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 2.6% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 2.6% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 2.8% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 3.2% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 3.5% of the water
  • 30–32 ft: 2.3% of the water
  • 32–34 ft: 1.8% of the water
  • 34–36 ft: 1.4% of the water
  • 36–38 ft: 1% of the water
  • 38–39 ft: 0.4% of the water

2 target fish, led by Walleye

  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Redear — Feeding water: 65–85°F.

Also recorded here: Common Carp.

Stocking: 175,805 fish, 1980–2008

Michigan DNR records list 175,805 fish released into this water from 1980 to 2008. The latest stocking on record is from 2008, more than three years ago.

Walter J Hayes State Park Michigan pinic area on Wamplers Lake.JPG
Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0
  • Walleye: 83,780 in 1983–2008

2 more species on the stocking list.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Grus canadensis -near Wamplers Lake, Springville, Michigan, USA -three-8 (1).jpg
Corinne Schwarz from Clinton MI · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Wamplers Lake — 4 lanes, open 8am–10pm, restrooms. Hayes State Park. phone 517-467-7401

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.
  • 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.