Lake Trout Stocked · 21 plants · last December 19, 2024 Best: dawn Lake Angeline fishing
Lake Angeline fishing has Tiger Muskie, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Splake, and Rainbow Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 1.2 times a year since 1981, most often in May and June. Species guides list dawn for Lake Trout, dawn, day, and dusk for Brook Trout and Brown Trout, and dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout.
- Last stocked
- May 26, 2026
- · Splake
- Plants on record
- 55
- Since 1981
- Species recorded
- 6
- Surface acres
- 97.4
Fish at Lake Angeline
Lake Trout Stocked · 21 plants · last December 19, 2024 Best: dawn 
Splake Stocked · 13 plants · last May 26, 2026 Last stocked May 26, 2026 · 13 plants
Splake species guide
Rainbow Trout Stocked · 7 plants · last October 24, 2024 Best: dawn, dusk 
Brook Trout Stocked · 5 plants · last April 28, 2020 Best: dawn, day, dusk 
Tiger Muskie Stocked · 5 plants · last September 27, 1990 Last stocked September 27, 1990 · 5 plants
Tiger Muskie species guide
Brown Trout Stocked · 4 plants · last May 6, 2019 Best: dawn, day, dusk Lake Angeline offers a two-tiered fishing opportunity, with lake trout using the colder, deeper parts of the roughly 160-foot-deep former mine pit, and bass using the warmer, upper portion. The 96-acre lake is popular year-round with anglers. This past spring, the DNR stocked 5,000 brown trout in the lake, and 150 15-inch lake trout were also stocked in October. (content.govdelivery.com, accessed October 5, 2026)
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How Lake Angeline is stocked
About 2,751 reported fish per acre, 8th most of 31 lakes in Marquette County with both a fish count and a surface area.
Fish stocked in 1981
500
Fish stocked in 1982
480
Fish stocked in 1984
380
Fish stocked in 1988
300
Fish stocked in 1990
500
Fish stocked in 1991
300
Fish stocked in 1993
1,000
Fish stocked in 1994
1,796
Fish stocked in 1996
1,054
Fish stocked in 1997
470
Fish stocked in 1998
177
Fish stocked in 2006
466
Fish stocked in 2014
9,436
Fish stocked in 2015
4,850
Fish stocked in 2016
16,528
Fish stocked in 2017
71,157
Fish stocked in 2018
29,338
Fish stocked in 2019
19,306
Fish stocked in 2020
6,273
Fish stocked in 2021
21,644
Fish stocked in 2022
21,036
Fish stocked in 2024
45,536
Fish stocked in 2025
9,113
Fish stocked in 2026
6,277
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 | Splake | 6,277 | – | report |
| May 28, 2025 | Splake | 4,120 | – | report |
| May 28, 2025 | Splake | 4,993 | – | report |
| December 19, 2024 | Lake Trout | 150 | – | report |
| October 24, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | 43,986 | – | report |
| May 8, 2024 | Splake | 1,400 | – | report |
| June 2, 2022 | Splake | 11,187 | – | report |
| June 2, 2022 | Splake | 4,849 | – | report |
| May 11, 2022 | Splake | 5,000 | – | report |
| May 11, 2021 | Splake | 7,990 | – | report |
| May 6, 2021 | Splake | 2,995 | – | report |
| April 22, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | 10,659 | – | report |
| April 28, 2020 | Brook Trout | 6,273 | – | report |
| May 20, 2019 | Splake | 8,736 | – | report |
| May 6, 2019 | Rainbow Trout | 10,000 | – | report |
| May 6, 2019 | Brown Trout | 570 | – | report |
| July 26, 2018 | Lake Trout | 350 | – | report |
| May 31, 2018 | Brook Trout | 9,428 | – | report |
| May 14, 2018 | Brown Trout | 9,988 | – | report |
| May 10, 2018 | Rainbow Trout | 9,572 | – | report |
| November 8, 2017 | Rainbow Trout | 41,678 | – | report |
| June 6, 2017 | Brown Trout | 9,495 | – | report |
| May 1, 2017 | Rainbow Trout | 9,999 | – | report |
| April 19, 2017 | Splake | 9,985 | – | report |
| June 6, 2016 | Rainbow Trout | 6,555 | – | report |
| May 19, 2016 | Splake | 4,102 | – | report |
| May 18, 2016 | Splake | 5,871 | – | report |
| June 3, 2015 | Brown Trout | 4,850 | – | report |
| May 28, 2014 | Brook Trout | 3,461 | – | report |
| May 28, 2014 | Brook Trout | 5,975 | – | report |
| March 20, 2006 | Lake Trout | 20 | – | report |
| March 20, 2006 | Lake Trout | 30 | – | report |
| March 20, 2006 | Lake Trout | 90 | – | report |
| March 20, 2006 | Lake Trout | 61 | – | report |
| March 20, 2006 | Lake Trout | 92 | – | report |
| March 20, 2006 | Lake Trout | 92 | – | report |
| March 20, 2006 | Lake Trout | 81 | – | report |
| October 29, 1998 | Lake Trout | 44 | – | report |
| May 29, 1998 | Lake Trout | 133 | – | report |
| June 5, 1997 | Lake Trout | 470 | – | report |
| November 1, 1996 | Lake Trout | 204 | – | report |
| July 2, 1996 | Lake Trout | 60 | – | report |
| July 2, 1996 | Lake Trout | 760 | – | report |
| July 2, 1996 | Lake Trout | 30 | – | report |
| October 27, 1994 | Lake Trout | 516 | – | report |
| June 6, 1994 | Brook Trout | 280 | – | report |
| June 6, 1994 | Lake Trout | 1,000 | – | report |
| June 3, 1993 | Lake Trout | 1,000 | – | report |
| June 10, 1991 | Lake Trout | 132 | – | report |
| June 10, 1991 | Lake Trout | 168 | – | report |
| September 27, 1990 | Tiger Muskie | 500 | – | report |
| October 5, 1988 | Tiger Muskie | 300 | – | report |
| August 27, 1984 | Tiger Muskie | 380 | – | report |
| August 3, 1982 | Tiger Muskie | 480 | – | report |
| August 25, 1981 | Tiger Muskie | 500 | – | report |
Access and facts
- Nearest town
- Ishpeming
- Facilities
- restrooms, dock
DNR launch off Lower Pine Street, reached from downtown Ishpeming via County Road 581: concrete ramp, skid pier, vault toilet and angled parking. The ramp is very steep, so chock the trailer wheels. Open grassy banks make shore fishing popular. Recreation Passport site.
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Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the Michigan Department of Natural Resources before you go.
About Lake Angeline
According to George Madison, a DNR senior fisheries biologist, the fish species within Lake Angeline provide a nice hook-and-bobber nearshore fishery for panfish as well as a midwater fishery for trout. (content.govdelivery.com, accessed October 5, 2026)
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Common questions
What fish are at Lake Angeline?
Fishing Lake Angeline usually means Lake Trout: Lake Trout accounts for 21 of 55 plants on record, ahead of Splake and 4 more. Lake Trout was last stocked December 19, 2024. Splake was last stocked May 26, 2026. Rainbow Trout was last stocked October 24, 2024. Brook Trout was last stocked April 28, 2020. 2 more species are on the stocking report.
When is Lake Angeline stocked?
Last stocked May 26, 2026. It is stocked about 1.2 times a year since 1981, most often in May and June. About 2,751 reported fish per acre, 8th most of 31 lakes in Marquette County with both a fish count and a surface area. No plants recorded in 22 years between 1981 and 2026.
How do you get on Lake Angeline?
The nearest town is Ishpeming. Facilities include restrooms and dock. DNR launch off Lower Pine Street, reached from downtown Ishpeming via County Road 581: concrete ramp, skid pier, vault toilet and angled parking. The ramp is very steep, so chock the trailer wheels. Open grassy banks make shore fishing popular. Recreation Passport site.