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Douglas Lake

📍 Cheboygan County, Michigan

Exceptionally clear water with extensive rocky shoals. Outstanding smallmouth bass fishing. Home to the University of Michigan Biological Station.

3,400
Acres
60 ft
Max depth
48
Fish species
2
Boat launches
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Public access
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🐟 Fish Species in Douglas Lake

Atlantic Salmon Good
Salmo salar
Smallmouth Bass Excellent
Micropterus dolomieu
Brook Trout Good
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown Trout Good
Salmo trutta
Lake Trout Good
Salvelinus namaycush
Northern Pike Good
Esox lucius
Splake Good
Salvelinus fontinalis x namaycush
Yellow Perch Good
Perca flavescens
Walleye Fair
Sander vitreus
Gizzard Shad Good
Dorosoma cepedianum
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Lake Herring Good
Coregonus artedi
Burbot Good
Lota lota
Rock Bass Good
Ambloplites rupestris
Round Goby Good
Neogobius melanostomus
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
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
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
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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📋 Douglas Lake Stocking Records

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May 16, 2023 Walleye 1 4.1"
May 11, 2023 Walleye 3 6.1"
May 11, 2023 Walleye 150,000 0.4"
May 10, 2023 Walleye 5 5.2"
May 9, 2023 Walleye 19 4.3"
Oct 6, 2022 Walleye 86 4.2"
Oct 5, 2022 Walleye 114 5.6"
Jun 13, 2022 Walleye 8,760 1.9"
May 18, 2022 Walleye 3 8.5"
Jun 28, 2018 Walleye 70 2.0"
Jun 27, 2018 Walleye 21,690 2.0"
May 25, 2004 Northern Pike 3,395 2.0"

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📅 Best Time to Fish Douglas Lake

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⚓ Boat Launches

Douglas Lake Access
📍 Douglas Lake Rd, Pellston, MI 49769
Paved ramp Free 25 parking spots
Dock
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Douglas Lake East Access
📍 Douglas Lake Rd, Pellston, MI 49769
Gravel ramp Free 15 parking spots
Basic ramp
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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 Douglas Lake Conditions

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🔗 Resources

📋 DNR Stocking Database 📖 Michigan Fishing Guide (PDF) 🗺 View on Map 📍 Google Maps 🎣 Log a catch here