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Long Lake

📍 Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Deep clear lake near Traverse City. Good smallmouth bass, lake trout, and walleye. Less traffic than nearby Torch Lake.

1,410
Acres
92 ft
Max depth
51
Fish species
1
Boat launches
✓
Public access


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🐟 Fish Species in Long Lake

Atlantic Salmon Good
Salmo salar
Smallmouth Bass Excellent
Micropterus dolomieu
Black Crappie Good
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Bluegill Good
Lepomis macrochirus
Brook Trout Good
Salvelinus fontinalis
Channel Catfish Good
Ictalurus punctatus
Lake Trout Good
Salvelinus namaycush
Largemouth Bass Good
Micropterus salmoides
Muskellunge Good
Esox masquinongy
Rainbow Trout Good
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Splake Good
Salvelinus fontinalis x namaycush
Walleye Good
Sander vitreus
Yellow Perch Good
Perca flavescens
Northern Pike Fair
Esox lucius
Gizzard Shad Good
Dorosoma cepedianum
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Lake Herring Good
Coregonus artedi
Pumpkinseed Good
Lepomis gibbosus
Rainbow Smelt Good
Osmerus mordax
Rock Bass Good
Ambloplites rupestris
Bluntnose Minnow Good
Pimephales notatus
Brook Silverside Good
Labidesthes sicculus
Brook Stickleback Good
Culaea inconstans
Central Mudminnow Good
Umbra limi
Common Shiner Good
Luxilus cornutus
Deepwater Sculpin Good
Myoxocephalus thompsonii
Emerald Shiner Good
Notropis atherinoides
Fathead Minnow Good
Pimephales promelas
Finescale Dace Good
Phoxinus neogaeus
Golden Redhorse Good
Moxostoma erythrurum
Goldfish Good
Carassius auratus
Lake Chub Good
Couesius plumbeus
Least Darter Good
Etheostoma microperca
Longnose Sucker Good
Catostomus catostomus
Mimic Shiner Good
Notropis volucellus
Mottled Sculpin Good
Cottus bairdii
Ninespine Stickleback Good
Pungitius pungitius
Northern Pearl Dace Good
Margariscus nachtriebi
Northern Redbelly Dace Good
Phoxinus eos
Quillback Good
Carpiodes cyprinus
Sand Shiner Good
Notropis stramineus
Shorthead Redhorse Good
Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Silver Redhorse Good
Moxostoma anisurum
Slimy Sculpin Good
Cottus cognatus
Spoonhead Sculpin Good
Cottus ricei
Spotfin Shiner Good
Cyprinella spiloptera
Spottail Shiner Good
Notropis hudsonius
Threespine Stickleback Good
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Trout-Perch Good
Percopsis omiscomaycus
Western Banded Killifish Good
Fundulus diaphanus
White Sucker Good
Catostomus commersonii
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📋 Long Lake Stocking Records

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Jul 1, 2022 Walleye 5,926 1.5"
Jun 23, 2022 Walleye 34,435 1.8"
Jun 15, 2022 Walleye 18,244 1.3"
Jun 15, 2022 Walleye 16,640 1.3"
May 7, 2022 Yellow Perch 2,754 4.5"
Nov 2, 2021 Walleye 1,000 7.0"
Jun 2, 2021 Walleye 4,588 1.5"
Apr 30, 2021 Yellow Perch 1,000 5.5"
Mar 27, 2021 Yellow Perch 4,000 5.0"
Oct 20, 2020 Walleye 4,000 5.0"
Oct 15, 2020 Black Crappie 1,000 5.0"
Oct 15, 2020 Walleye 1,000 7.0"

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📅 Best Time to Fish Long Lake

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⚓ Boat Launches

Long Lake Township Launch
📍 N Long Lake Rd, Traverse City, MI 49686
Paved ramp Fee: Township fee 30 parking spots
Restrooms, dock
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📏 Fishing Regulations

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🌤 Current Long Lake Weather Conditions

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🔗 Resources

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