Dawn Lake fishing

Fishing at Dawn Lake has Brook Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.9 times a year since 1979, most often in May and October. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

October 21, 1986

Plants on record

7

Since 1979

Species recorded

1

Surface acres

16.3

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How Dawn Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of October. In 1986 it was October 21, 1986, later than usual.

No plants recorded in 1980.

About 775 reported fish per acre, 11th most of 18 lakes in Gogebic County with both a fish count and a surface area.

Ormes Lake (2.4 mi), Cornelia Lake (5 mi), and Langford Lake (6.2 mi) were stocked more recently. Cornelia Lake is also stocked with Brook Trout.

Fish at Dawn Lake

Fishing Dawn Lake is most likely to be for Brook Trout. All 7 plants on record are Brook Trout.

Around the dates Dawn Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 45.7°F in October, 52.6°F in May, 63.2°F in June. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Brook Trout 7 plants
Plants
7 of 7
Last stocked
October 21, 1986

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 1,7001979
  • 2,8501981
  • 1,7001982
  • 1,6201983
  • 1,7001984
  • 1,3601985
  • 1,7001986

Stocking history

Source: Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
October 21, 1986 Brook Trout 1,700 – report
October 22, 1985 Brook Trout 1,360 – report
October 3, 1984 Brook Trout 1,700 – report
October 17, 1983 Brook Trout 1,620 – report
October 4, 1982 Brook Trout 1,700 – report
May 13, 1981 Brook Trout 2,850 – report
June 28, 1979 Brook Trout 1,700 – 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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