Arcadia Lake

Arcadia Lake fishing

Fishing at Arcadia Lake has Brown Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 1.1 times a year since 2011, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

April 4, 2017

Plants on record

8

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Surface acres

183.2

Access and facts

Boat ramp
Yes

Separated from Lake Michigan by a sand bar, connected by a dredged channel. A DNR-listed public boating access site serves the lake.

Sources: access , shore_notes , shore_notes

How Arcadia Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the third week of April. In 2017 it was April 4, 2017, earlier than usual.

About 609 reported fish per acre, 4th most of 5 lakes in Manistee County with both a fish count and a surface area.

Bear Lake (5.5 mi), Lower Herring Lake (5.7 mi), Upper Herring Lake (6 mi), and Portage Lake (8.5 mi) were stocked more recently. Portage Lake is also stocked with Brown Trout.

Fish at Arcadia Lake

Fishing Arcadia Lake is most likely to be for Brown Trout. All 8 plants on record are Brown Trout.

Around the dates Arcadia Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 42.8°F in April, 55°F in May. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Brown Trout 8 plants
Plants
8 of 8
Last stocked
April 4, 2017

Seasons and rigs are on the Brown Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 13,4992011
  • 19,0802012
  • 16,2402013
  • 14,9982014
  • 17,9992015
  • 13,9992016
  • 15,6982017

Stocking history

Source: Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
April 4, 2017 Brown Trout 5,200 report
April 4, 2017 Brown Trout 10,498 report
May 20, 2016 Brown Trout 13,999 report
April 2, 2015 Brown Trout 17,999 report
April 18, 2014 Brown Trout 14,998 report
April 19, 2013 Brown Trout 16,240 report
April 9, 2012 Brown Trout 19,080 report
April 22, 2011 Brown Trout 13,499 report

Species stocked here

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.

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