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Burt Lake

📍 Cheboygan County, Michigan

Part of the Inland Waterway. Outstanding walleye, smallmouth bass, and northern pike fishery.

17,120
Acres
77 ft
Max depth
54
Fish species
2
Boat launches
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Public access
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📊 Fishing Pressure

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🐟 Fish Species in Burt Lake

Atlantic Salmon Good
Salmo salar
Smallmouth Bass Excellent
Micropterus dolomieu
Walleye Excellent
Sander vitreus
Northern Pike Good
Esox lucius
Rainbow Trout Good
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Yellow Perch Good
Perca flavescens
Lake Sturgeon Fair
Acipenser fulvescens
Lake Trout Fair
Salvelinus namaycush
Muskellunge Fair
Esox masquinongy
Gizzard Shad Good
Dorosoma cepedianum
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Lake Herring Good
Coregonus artedi
Burbot Good
Lota lota
Freshwater Drum Good
Aplodinotus grunniens
Lake Whitefish Good
Coregonus clupeaformis
Pumpkinseed Good
Lepomis gibbosus
Rainbow Smelt Good
Osmerus mordax
Rock Bass Good
Ambloplites rupestris
Round Goby Good
Neogobius melanostomus
Sea Lamprey Good
Petromyzon marinus
White Perch Good
Morone americana
Cisco Fair
Coregonus artedi
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
Pugnose Shiner Good
Notropis anogenus
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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📋 Burt Lake Stocking Records

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Oct 27, 1989 Walleye 4,350 3.0"
Oct 24, 1989 Walleye 3,000 3.0"
Oct 21, 1989 Walleye 3,000 3.0"
Oct 21, 1989 Walleye 7,000 3.0"
Jun 5, 1987 Rainbow Trout 95,000 2.6"
May 19, 1987 Rainbow Trout 43,529 2.3"
May 19, 1987 Rainbow Trout 56,434 2.3"
Oct 28, 1986 Atlantic Salmon 38 24.2"
Aug 29, 1984 Lake Sturgeon 6,698 5.1"
Aug 15, 1983 Lake Sturgeon 1,835 —

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📅 Best Time to Fish Burt Lake

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⚓ Boat Launches

Burt Lake State Park Launch
📍 6635 State Park Dr, Indian River, MI 49749
Paved ramp Fee: Yes 86 parking spots
Vault toilet, Boating pier, Accessible parking, Accessible pier
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Maple Bay DNR Access -- Burt Lake
📍 Maple Bay Rd, Indian River, MI 49749
Paved ramp Free 25 parking spots
Dock
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📏 Fishing Regulations

Regulations locked Size limits, daily bag limits, and seasonal rules for every species in this lake.
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🌤 Current Burt Lake Conditions

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🔗 Resources

📋 DNR Stocking Database 📖 Michigan Fishing Guide (PDF) 🗺 View on Map 📍 Google Maps 🎣 Log a catch here