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Big Whitefish Lake

📍 Montcalm County, Michigan

Big Whitefish Lake is a fishing water in Montcalm County, Michigan (Central Lake Michigan management unit).

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🐟 Fish Species in Big Whitefish Lake

Black Crappie Good
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Bluegill Good
Lepomis macrochirus
Brown Trout Good
Salmo trutta
Channel Catfish Good
Ictalurus punctatus
Largemouth Bass Good
Micropterus salmoides
Muskellunge Good
Esox masquinongy
Northern Pike Good
Esox lucius
Rainbow Trout Good
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Walleye Good
Sander vitreus
Yellow Perch Good
Perca flavescens
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Redear Sunfish Good
Lepomis microlophus
Blackstripe Topminnow Good
Fundulus notatus
Bluntnose Minnow Good
Pimephales notatus
Brook Silverside Good
Labidesthes sicculus
Central Mudminnow Good
Umbra limi
Common Shiner Good
Luxilus cornutus
Emerald Shiner Good
Notropis atherinoides
Fathead Minnow Good
Pimephales promelas
Ghost Shiner Good
Notropis buchanani
Golden Redhorse Good
Moxostoma erythrurum
Goldfish Good
Carassius auratus
Lake Chubsucker Good
Erimyzon sucetta
Mimic Shiner Good
Notropis volucellus
Pugnose Minnow Good
Opsopoeodus emiliae
Redfin Shiner Good
Lythrurus umbratilis
Sand Shiner Good
Notropis stramineus
Shorthead Redhorse Good
Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Silver Chub Good
Macrhybopsis storeriana
Spotfin Shiner Good
Cyprinella spiloptera
Spottail Shiner Good
Notropis hudsonius
Spotted Sucker Good
Minytrema melanops
Starhead Topminnow Good
Fundulus dispar
Trout-Perch Good
Percopsis omiscomaycus
Western Banded Killifish Good
Fundulus diaphanus
Western Creek Chubsucker Good
Erimyzon oblongus
White Sucker Good
Catostomus commersonii
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📋 Big Whitefish Lake Stocking Records

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Jun 28, 2016 Walleye 4,950 2.1"
May 28, 2015 Walleye 17,589 1.4"
Jun 27, 2014 Walleye 4,675 1.6"
Jun 12, 2014 Northern Pike 500 4.5"
May 29, 2013 Walleye 17,160 1.6"
Jun 8, 2012 Walleye 4,775 1.7"
Jun 14, 2006 Walleye 9,631 1.4"
Jul 2, 2004 Walleye 9,360 1.6"
Apr 22, 2003 Walleye 2,250 5.0"
Jul 2, 2002 Walleye 15,600 2.0"
Sep 1, 2001 Walleye 2,374 6.1"
Sep 21, 2000 Walleye 1,005 7.0"

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📅 Best Time to Fish Big Whitefish Lake

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⚓ Boat Launches

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📏 Fishing Regulations

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🌤 Current Big Whitefish Lake Weather Conditions

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