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Island Lake

📍 Alger County, Michigan

Island Lake is a fishing water in Alger County, Michigan (Northern Lake Michigan management unit).

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🐟 Fish Species in Island Lake

Black Crappie Good
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Bluegill Good
Lepomis macrochirus
Brook Trout Good
Salvelinus fontinalis
Largemouth Bass Good
Micropterus salmoides
Rainbow Trout Good
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Splake Good
Salvelinus fontinalis x namaycush
Walleye Good
Sander vitreus
Yellow Perch Good
Perca flavescens
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Brown Bullhead Good
Ameiurus nebulosus
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
Kiyi Good
Coregonus kiyi
Lake Chub Good
Couesius plumbeus
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
Pygmy Whitefish Good
Prosopium coulteri
Ruffe Good
Gymnocephalus cernua
Sand Shiner Good
Notropis stramineus
Shorthead Redhorse Good
Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Shortjaw Cisco Good
Coregonus zenithicus
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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📋 Island Lake Stocking Records

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Jun 26, 2014 Walleye 7,257 1.9"
Oct 10, 2013 Brook Trout 948 5.8"
Oct 12, 2012 Brook Trout 950 6.1"
May 30, 2012 Walleye 6,856 1.3"
Oct 10, 2011 Brook Trout 949 5.6"
Oct 4, 2010 Brook Trout 949 5.0"
Jun 15, 2010 Walleye 7,000 1.8"
Oct 8, 2009 Brook Trout 948 6.2"
Jun 17, 2009 Walleye 7,000 1.3"
Oct 9, 2007 Brook Trout 950 5.6"
Oct 3, 2006 Brook Trout 1,195 5.6"
Jun 17, 2006 Yellow Perch 250 5.0"

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📅 Best Time to Fish Island Lake

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Boat Launches

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📏 Fishing Regulations

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🌤 Current Island Lake Conditions

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