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Elk Lake

📍 Antrim County, Michigan

Deep, clear lake connected to Torch Lake. Excellent lake trout and smallmouth bass. Part of the Chain of Lakes.

7,793
Acres
197 ft
Max depth
43
Fish species
1
Boat launches
✓
Public access


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🐟 Fish Species in Elk Lake

Atlantic Salmon Good
Salmo salar
Smallmouth Bass Excellent
Micropterus dolomieu
Brown Trout Good
Salmo trutta
Lake Trout Good
Salvelinus namaycush
Northern Pike Good
Esox lucius
Rainbow Trout Good
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Walleye Good
Sander vitreus
Yellow Perch Good
Perca flavescens
Gizzard Shad Good
Dorosoma cepedianum
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Lake Herring Good
Coregonus artedi
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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📋 Elk Lake Stocking Records

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Apr 22, 2021 Brown Trout 10,535 4.8"
Apr 7, 2021 Brown Trout 29,050 4.6"
May 29, 2020 Brown Trout 8,998 8.0"
May 14, 2020 Brown Trout 9,000 5.5"
Apr 24, 2020 Brown Trout 34,995 4.6"
Apr 29, 2019 Brown Trout 19,994 5.1"
Apr 4, 2019 Brown Trout 10,000 7.3"
Apr 4, 2019 Brown Trout 9,995 7.3"
Dec 19, 2018 Brown Trout 40,000 4.1"
Mar 28, 2018 Rainbow Trout 7,700 7.9"
Jun 6, 2013 Brown Trout 158 2.5"
Jun 6, 2012 Brown Trout 56 3.0"

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📅 Best Time to Fish Elk Lake

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⚓ Boat Launches

Elk Lake South DNR Access
📍 Elk Lake Rd, Elk Rapids, MI 49629
Paved ramp Free 25 parking spots
Dock
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📏 Fishing Regulations

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🌤 Current Elk Lake Weather Conditions

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🔗 Resources

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