Fish Lake fishing

Fishing at Fish Lake has Walleye, Yellow Perch, Crappie, Northern Pike, Bluegill, and Smallmouth Bass, and 1 more on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.5 times a year since 2012, most often in June. Species guides list dawn, dusk, and night for Walleye and Crappie, dawn, day, and dusk for Yellow Perch, Northern Pike, and Bluegill, and dawn and dusk for Smallmouth Bass.

Last stocked

June 27, 2025

Plants on record

7

Since 2012

Species recorded

1

Surface acres

151.5

Access and facts

Nearest town
Ishpeming, MI
Boat ramp
Yes
Fee required
Yes

A gravel-based public-access boat launch on the southeastern shoreline is maintained by the DNR. The lake is about 14 miles west of Ishpeming and has been extensively developed with seasonal and permanent dwellings.

Sources: access , shore_notes , access.fee , nearest_town

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How Fish Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the fourth week of June. In 2025 it was June 27, 2025, about when it usually is.

No plants recorded in 7 years between 2012 and 2025.

About 261 reported fish per acre, 22nd most of 32 lakes in Marquette County with both a fish count and a surface area.

Twin Lake (2.8 mi) was stocked more recently.

Fish at Fish Lake

Fishing Fish Lake is most likely to be for Walleye. All 7 plants on record are Walleye.

Around the dates Fish Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 62.5°F in June. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo

Walleye 7 plants
Plants
7 of 7
Last stocked
June 27, 2025

Seasons and rigs are on the Walleye guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 4,7752012
  • 4,6752014
  • 4,9502016
  • 5,2602019
  • 10,4442021
  • 4,6802023
  • 4,7002025

Stocking history

Source: Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
June 27, 2025 Walleye 4,700 – report
June 28, 2023 Walleye 4,680 – report
June 16, 2021 Walleye 10,444 – report
June 25, 2019 Walleye 5,260 – report
June 28, 2016 Walleye 4,950 – report
June 27, 2014 Walleye 4,675 – report
June 8, 2012 Walleye 4,775 – report

Species found here

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

  • Yellow perch : Among the most numerically abundant species (with black crappie and northern pike, 73% of the 2009 MDNR catch combined); not in the state stocking data for this lake. (source)
  • Black crappie : 75 captured (18% of the total catch) in the 2009 MDNR survey; not in the state stocking data for this lake. (source)
  • Northern pike : Among the most numerically abundant species in the 2009 MDNR survey; not in the state stocking data for this lake. (source)
  • Bluegill : 27 captured in the 2009 MDNR survey; not in the state stocking data for this lake. (source)
  • Pumpkinseed sunfish : Listed among species collected in the 2009 MDNR survey; not in the state stocking data for this lake. (source)
  • Smallmouth bass : Listed among species collected in the 2009 MDNR survey; not in the state stocking data for this lake. (source)

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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