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Bear Lake

📍 Manistee County, Michigan

Beautiful Manistee County lake connected to the Manistee River. Excellent smallmouth bass fishing and good walleye.

📋 Last stocked 32 days ago
3,350
Acres
47 ft
Max depth
50
Fish species
2
Boat launches
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Public access
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📊 Fishing Pressure

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🐟 Fish Species in Bear Lake

Atlantic Salmon Good
Salmo salar
Smallmouth Bass Excellent
Micropterus dolomieu
Black Crappie Good
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Bluegill Good
Lepomis macrochirus
Brook Trout Good
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown Trout Good
Salmo trutta
Channel Catfish Good
Ictalurus punctatus
Chinook Salmon Good
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Coho Salmon Good
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Muskellunge Good
Esox masquinongy
Northern Pike Good
Esox lucius
Rainbow Trout Good
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Walleye Good
Sander vitreus
Yellow Perch Good
Perca flavescens
Gizzard Shad Good
Dorosoma cepedianum
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Lake Herring Good
Coregonus artedi
Redear Sunfish Good
Lepomis microlophus
Rock Bass Good
Ambloplites rupestris
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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📋 Bear Lake Stocking Records

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Oct 30, 2024 Muskellunge 1,251 9.2"
Jun 11, 2024 Muskellunge 99 14.8"
Apr 30, 2024 Rainbow Trout 9,673 7.6"
Apr 2, 2024 Rainbow Trout 5,495 7.7"
Mar 21, 2024 Brown Trout 14,700 6.9"
Nov 1, 2023 Muskellunge 1,250 9.9"
Jul 3, 2023 Muskellunge 99 13.1"
Jun 28, 2023 Muskellunge 500 13.1"
Jun 7, 2023 Walleye 21,307 1.3"
May 4, 2023 Rainbow Trout 6,202 6.9"
Apr 18, 2023 Brown Trout 11,998 7.1"
Apr 18, 2023 Rainbow Trout 4,800 7.8"

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📅 Stocking Forecast

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📅 Best Time to Fish Bear Lake

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⚓ Boat Launches

Bear Lake Township Launch
📍 Valhalla Rd, Bear Lake, MI 49614
Gravel ramp Free 8 parking spots
Modern restrooms, Boating pier, AIS signage
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Bear Lake Village Access
📍 Main St, Bear Lake, MI 49614
Gravel ramp Free 15 parking spots
Basic ramp access
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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 Bear Lake Conditions

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🔗 Resources

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