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Manistee Lake

📍 Manistee County, Michigan

Connected to the Manistee River. Excellent walleye, perch, and seasonal salmon runs.

📋 Last stocked 37 days ago
930
Acres
47 ft
Max depth
48
Fish species
2
Boat launches
Public access
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📊 Fishing Pressure

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🐟 Fish Species in Manistee Lake

Chinook Salmon Good
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Coho Salmon Good
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Northern Pike Good
Esox lucius
Smallmouth Bass Good
Micropterus dolomieu
Walleye Good
Sander vitreus
Yellow Perch Good
Perca flavescens
Muskellunge Fair
Esox masquinongy
Gizzard Shad Good
Dorosoma cepedianum
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Lake Herring Good
Coregonus artedi
Bowfin Good
Amia calva
Common Carp Good
Cyprinus carpio
Freshwater Drum Good
Aplodinotus grunniens
Longnose Gar Good
Lepisosteus osseus
Pumpkinseed Good
Lepomis gibbosus
Round Goby Good
Neogobius melanostomus
White Perch Good
Morone americana
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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📋 Manistee Lake Stocking Records

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Jun 20, 2002 Walleye 17,355 0.9"
Jun 22, 2000 Northern Pike 313 4.4"
Jun 11, 1999 Walleye 23,931 1.6"
Jun 25, 1996 Walleye 39,633 1.7"
Jun 18, 1993 Walleye 24,386 1.7"
Jun 15, 1990 Walleye 26,700 1.6"
Jun 11, 1987 Walleye 22,700 2.1"
Jun 12, 1985 Walleye 26,922 1.0"
Jun 30, 1983 Walleye 8,049
Jun 30, 1983 Walleye 8,050
Jul 27, 1982 Walleye 16,337
Jun 28, 1982 Walleye 1,933

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📅 Best Time to Fish Manistee Lake

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Boat Launches

📍 75 Maple St, Manistee, MI 49660
Paved ramp Fee: City fee 60 parking spots
Restrooms, fuel, dock, fish cleaning station
📍 Lake Shore Rd, Manistee, MI 49660
Paved ramp Free 35 parking spots
Restrooms, dock

📏 Fishing Regulations

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🌤 Current Manistee Lake Conditions

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