Hutchins Lake fishing

Fishing at Hutchins Lake has Tiger Muskie, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, and Flathead Catfish on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.3 times a year since 1981, most often in May and June. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk for Northern Pike, dawn and dusk for Largemouth Bass and Smallmouth Bass, and dusk and night for Channel Catfish.

Last stocked

May 26, 1998

Plants on record

6

Since 1981

Species recorded

2

Surface acres

378.8

Access and facts

A public access site is located off the 59th Street road ending, owned by Clyde Township.

Sources: shore_notes , speciesFound

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How Hutchins Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of June. In 1998 it was May 26, 1998, about when it usually is.

No plants recorded in 13 years between 1981 and 1998.

About 34 reported fish per acre, the fewest of 8 lakes in Allegan County with both a fish count and a surface area.

Osterhout Lake (11.2 mi) and Lake Macatawa (14 mi) were stocked more recently. Osterhout Lake is also stocked with Tiger Muskie and Lake Macatawa is also stocked with Tiger Muskie.

Fish at Hutchins Lake

Fishing Hutchins Lake is most likely to be for Northern Pike. Northern Pike accounts for 5 of 6 plants on record, ahead of Tiger Muskie.

Northern Pike 5 plants
Plants
5 of 6
Last stocked
May 26, 1998

Seasons and rigs are on the Northern Pike guide.

Tiger Muskie 1 plant
Plants
1 of 6
Last stocked
August 13, 1981

Seasons and rigs are on the Tiger Muskie guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 7001981
  • 3,7341991
  • 3,0001992
  • 2,9891994
  • 2,3391998

Stocking history

Source: Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
May 26, 1998 Northern Pike 2,339 – report
June 15, 1994 Northern Pike 960 – report
June 1, 1994 Northern Pike 2,029 – report
June 2, 1992 Northern Pike 3,000 – report
May 14, 1991 Northern Pike 3,734 – report
August 13, 1981 Tiger Muskie 700 – report

Species found here

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

  • Largemouth Bass : Documented present in the 2007 MDNR Status and Trends Survey. (source)
  • Smallmouth Bass : Newly documented as an introduced species in the 2007 survey, not part of the lake's original fish community. (source)
  • Channel Catfish : Newly documented as an introduced species in the 2007 survey, not part of the lake's original fish community. (source)
  • Flathead Catfish : Newly documented as an introduced species in the 2007 MDNR Status and Trends Survey. (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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