Wiggins Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Golden Redhorse, Black Bullhead, White Sucker
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Wiggins Lake, 1 lane.

The lake

Wiggins Lake covers 296 acres in Michigan, across Gladwin County. It is a lake: 95.8% of it is 12 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 15 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Golden Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.

Also recorded here: Bluegill, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Channel Catfish, White Bass, Banded Killifish.

Stocking: 420,760 fish, 1979–2026

Michigan DNR records list 420,760 fish released into this water from 1979 to 2026.

  • Walleye: 369,331 in 1989–2026
  • Northern Pike: 44,400 in 1979–1999
  • Yellow Perch: 2,900 in 1994–1999
  • Bluegill: 1,890 in 1993–1999
  • Largemouth Bass: 1,871 in 1993–1996
  • White Bass: 256 in 1988
  • Channel Catfish: 112 in 1987–1988

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 25 ft (7.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 95.8% of the water is 12 feet or shallower. We hold 31 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 12.2% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 25.2% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 18% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 15.1% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 16.2% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 9.1% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 4.1% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Wiggins Lake — 1 lane, open 4am–11pm, restrooms. Clare Field Office. phone 989-386-4067 · website mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS/BASDetail.aspx?basid=A-26-003

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

With 95.8% of the water 12 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. 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.