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Pickerel Lake

📍 Cheboygan County, Michigan

Quiet lake with good largemouth bass, northern pike, and panfish populations.

830
Acres
38 ft
Max depth
45
Fish species
1
Boat launches
✓
Public access


📊 Fishing Pressure

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🐟 Fish Species in Pickerel Lake

Lake Trout Excellent
Salvelinus namaycush
Bluegill Good
Lepomis macrochirus
Brook Trout Good
Salvelinus fontinalis
Northern Pike Good
Esox lucius
Rainbow Trout Good
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Smallmouth Bass Good
Micropterus dolomieu
Splake Good
Salvelinus fontinalis x namaycush
Walleye Good
Sander vitreus
Yellow Perch Good
Perca flavescens
Gizzard Shad Good
Dorosoma cepedianum
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Lake Herring Good
Coregonus artedi
Burbot Good
Lota lota
Rock Bass Good
Ambloplites rupestris
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
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
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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📋 Pickerel Lake Stocking Records

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Oct 30, 2018 Walleye 1,757 6.0"
May 2, 2018 Rainbow Trout 2,700 7.1"
Jul 12, 2017 Walleye 2,817 1.7"
Jun 2, 2017 Walleye 15,404 1.3"
Apr 19, 2017 Rainbow Trout 2,749 7.2"
May 10, 2016 Rainbow Trout 2,500 6.1"
Jun 30, 2015 Walleye 22,189 2.1"
Jun 3, 2015 Walleye 16,289 1.5"
Apr 21, 2015 Rainbow Trout 2,599 6.5"
May 6, 2014 Rainbow Trout 2,470 7.1"
May 30, 2013 Walleye 17,865 1.4"
Apr 25, 2013 Rainbow Trout 2,500 6.9"

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📅 Stocking Forecast

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📅 Best Time to Fish Pickerel Lake

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⚓ Boat Launches

Pickerel Lake Cheboygan DNR Access
📍 Pickerel Lake Rd, Cheboygan, MI 49721
Paved ramp Free 20 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 Pickerel Lake Weather Conditions

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🔗 Resources

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