Whitmore Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Bluegill, Warmouth, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Whitmore Lake, 2 lanes.

The lake

Whitmore Lake covers 594 acres in Michigan, across Livingston County. It is a lake: 91.8% of it is 35 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 69 feet (21 m). Our records hold 11 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 69 ft (21 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.8% of the water is 35 feet or shallower. We hold 23 depth contour lines for this water.

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  • 0–5 ft: 25.7% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 30.8% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 11.1% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 9.9% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 7% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 2.8% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 1.6% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 1.5% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 1.5% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 1.8% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 1.5% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 0.4% of the water

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Warmouth — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Green Sunfish — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Redear, Bowfin, Common Carp, Gizzard Shad.

Stocking: 623,593 fish, 1979–2026

Michigan DNR records list 623,593 fish released into this water from 1979 to 2026.

  • Walleye: 460,103 in 1999–2026
  • Northern Pike: 6,188 in 2002–2005

2 more species on the stocking list.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Whitmore Lake — 2 lanes, open 4am–11pm, restrooms. Island Lake State Recreation Area. phone 810-229-7067 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-47-004

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.