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Muskegon Lake

📍 Muskegon County, Michigan

Connected to Lake Michigan through the Muskegon Channel. Receives Great Lakes salmon and steelhead runs in fall. Good year-round walleye fishing.

4,150
Acres
45 ft
Max depth
52
Fish species
1
Boat launches
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Public access
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📊 Fishing Pressure

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🐟 Fish Species in Muskegon Lake

Brown Trout Good
Salmo trutta
Channel Catfish Good
Ictalurus punctatus
Chinook Salmon Good
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Lake Trout Good
Salvelinus namaycush
Muskellunge Good
Esox masquinongy
Rainbow Trout Good
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Walleye Good
Sander vitreus
Lake Sturgeon Fair
Acipenser fulvescens
Gizzard Shad Good
Dorosoma cepedianum
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Redear Sunfish Good
Lepomis microlophus
Alewife Good
Alosa pseudoharengus
Bowfin Good
Amia calva
Common Carp Good
Cyprinus carpio
Freshwater Drum Good
Aplodinotus grunniens
Lake Whitefish Good
Coregonus clupeaformis
Longnose Gar Good
Lepisosteus osseus
Rainbow Smelt Good
Osmerus mordax
Round Goby Good
Neogobius melanostomus
Sea Lamprey Good
Petromyzon marinus
White Bass Good
Morone chrysops
White Perch Good
Morone americana
Sauger Poor
Sander canadensis
Blackstripe Topminnow Good
Fundulus notatus
Bluntnose Minnow Good
Pimephales notatus
Brook Silverside Good
Labidesthes sicculus
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
Ghost Shiner Good
Notropis buchanani
Golden Redhorse Good
Moxostoma erythrurum
Goldfish Good
Carassius auratus
Lake Chubsucker Good
Erimyzon sucetta
Mimic Shiner Good
Notropis volucellus
Pugnose Minnow Good
Opsopoeodus emiliae
Quillback Good
Carpiodes cyprinus
Redfin Shiner Good
Lythrurus umbratilis
Sand Shiner Good
Notropis stramineus
Shorthead Redhorse Good
Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Silver Chub Good
Macrhybopsis storeriana
Silver Redhorse Good
Moxostoma anisurum
Spoonhead Sculpin Good
Cottus ricei
Spotfin Shiner Good
Cyprinella spiloptera
Spottail Shiner Good
Notropis hudsonius
Spotted Sucker Good
Minytrema melanops
Starhead Topminnow Good
Fundulus dispar
Trout-Perch Good
Percopsis omiscomaycus
Western Banded Killifish Good
Fundulus diaphanus
Western Creek Chubsucker Good
Erimyzon oblongus
White Sucker Good
Catostomus commersonii
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📋 Muskegon Lake Stocking Records

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May 9, 2019 Chinook Salmon 22,966 4.0"
Nov 14, 2018 Muskellunge 2,028 9.8"
Nov 9, 2018 Muskellunge 2,151 9.7"
Jun 5, 2018 Walleye 107,176 1.3"
Jun 5, 2018 Walleye 104,948 1.3"
Apr 3, 2017 Brown Trout 7,596 5.8"
Apr 3, 2017 Brown Trout 12,402 5.8"
Jun 1, 2016 Walleye 108,360 1.1"
Jun 1, 2016 Walleye 104,259 1.1"
May 12, 2016 Chinook Salmon 17,974 3.7"
Apr 27, 2016 Brown Trout 9,500 6.5"
Apr 26, 2016 Brown Trout 9,500 6.3"

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📅 Best Time to Fish Muskegon Lake

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⚓ Boat Launches

Muskegon Lake North Access
📍 Ruddiman Dr, North Muskegon, MI 49445
Paved ramp Free 40 parking spots
Restrooms, 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 Muskegon Lake Conditions

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🔗 Resources

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