Crooked Lake

Crooked Lake fishing

Fishing at Crooked Lake has Tiger Muskie on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.8 times a year since 1980, most often in September and October.

Last stocked

October 1, 1991

Plants on record

9

Since 1980

Species recorded

1

Surface acres

490

How Crooked Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the last week of September. In 1991 it was October 1, 1991, about when it usually is.

No plants recorded in 1981, 1982, and 1983.

About 46 reported fish per acre, the fewest of 3 lakes in Missaukee County with both a fish count and a surface area.

Lake Sapphire (1.5 mi), Lake Missaukee (2.4 mi), Lake Cadillac (9.6 mi), and Lake Mitchell (11.5 mi) were stocked more recently.

Fish at Crooked Lake

Fishing Crooked Lake is most likely to be for Tiger Muskie. All 9 plants on record are Tiger Muskie.

Around the dates Crooked Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 49.5°F in October, 62°F in September, 68.1°F in August. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Tiger Muskie 9 plants
Plants
9 of 9
Last stocked
October 1, 1991

Seasons and rigs are on the Tiger Muskie guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 2,0001980
  • 7401984
  • 2,0001985
  • 3,0001986
  • 2,4001987
  • 1,7501988
  • 4,0001989
  • 2,7001990
  • 4,0001991

Stocking history

Source: Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
October 1, 1991 Tiger Muskie 4,000 report
September 27, 1990 Tiger Muskie 2,700 report
September 22, 1989 Tiger Muskie 4,000 report
October 4, 1988 Tiger Muskie 1,750 report
October 14, 1987 Tiger Muskie 2,400 report
October 15, 1986 Tiger Muskie 3,000 report
October 3, 1985 Tiger Muskie 2,000 report
August 28, 1984 Tiger Muskie 740 report
September 17, 1980 Tiger Muskie 2,000 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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