Davison Lake fishing

Fishing at Davison Lake is on a natural lake, stocked with Rainbow Trout, Crappie, Bluegill, Northern Pike, and Longear sunfish. It is stocked once in 1979, most often in June. Species guides list dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout, dawn, dusk, and night for Crappie, and dawn, day, and dusk for Bluegill and Northern Pike.

Last stocked

June 4, 1979

Plants on record

Since 1979

Species recorded

Surface acres

57.8

Access and facts

Water type: natural lake
Nearest town: Ortonville, MI
Boat ramp: Yes
Fee required: Yes

Small gravel boat launch on the west side of this 56-acre kettle lake, inside the DNR's Ortonville Recreation Area. No-wake rules apply to all watercraft year-round; about half the shoreline is developed, the rest is part of the recreation area.

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How Davison Lake is stocked

About 26 reported fish per acre, the fewest of 5 lakes in Lapeer County with both a fish count and a surface area.

Big Fish Lake (0.8 mi), Algoe Lake (3.3 mi), Lake Orion (9.5 mi), Deer Lake (10.8 mi), and Strawberry Lake (11.7 mi) were stocked more recently. Big Fish Lake is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Algoe Lake is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, and Deer Lake is also stocked with Rainbow Trout.

Fish at Davison Lake

Fishing Davison Lake is most likely to be for Rainbow Trout. The one plant on record is Rainbow Trout.

Around the dates Davison Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 67.7°F in June. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Rainbow Trout 1 plant

Plants: 1 of 1
Last stocked: June 4, 1979

Seasons and rigs are on the Rainbow Trout guide.

Stocking history

Source: Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Date	Species	Quantity	Avg. length	Source
June 4, 1979	Rainbow Trout	1,500	–	report

Species found here

Confirmed present independent of the stocking records above, not from a stocking event.

Black crappie : Among a variety of panfish captured in recent MDNR surveys; not in the state stocking data for this lake. (source)
Bluegill : Among a variety of panfish captured in recent MDNR surveys; not in the state stocking data for this lake. (source)
Longear sunfish : Among a variety of panfish captured in recent MDNR surveys; not in the state stocking data for this lake. (source)
Northern pike : Seven captured in the 2007 MDNR survey; not in the state stocking data for this lake. (source)

Species stocked here

Rainbow Trout (1)

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