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Glen Lake

📍 Leelanau County, Michigan

One of Michigan's most beautiful lakes — stunning clarity, emerald green color, and dune backdrop. Trophy smallmouth and lake trout.

4,944
Acres
130 ft
Max depth
47
Fish species
2
Boat launches
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Public access
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📊 Fishing Pressure

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🐟 Fish Species in Glen Lake

Atlantic Salmon Good
Salmo salar
Lake Trout Excellent
Salvelinus namaycush
Smallmouth Bass Excellent
Micropterus dolomieu
Brown Trout Good
Salmo trutta
Splake Good
Salvelinus fontinalis x namaycush
Walleye Good
Sander vitreus
Yellow Perch Good
Perca flavescens
Rainbow Trout Fair
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Gizzard Shad Good
Dorosoma cepedianum
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Lake Herring Good
Coregonus artedi
Burbot Good
Lota lota
Lake Whitefish Good
Coregonus clupeaformis
Rainbow Smelt Good
Osmerus mordax
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
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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📋 Glen Lake Stocking Records

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May 2, 2022 Rainbow Trout 10,000 7.0"
Apr 22, 2022 Lake Trout 13,999 5.4"
Apr 20, 2022 Rainbow Trout 8,087 7.6"
Oct 27, 2021 Rainbow Trout 49,242 3.4"
Apr 20, 2021 Rainbow Trout 10,000 6.9"
Apr 1, 2021 Lake Trout 14,499 5.5"
Apr 22, 2020 Rainbow Trout 9,642 7.4"
Apr 22, 2020 Rainbow Trout 9,643 7.4"
Mar 31, 2020 Lake Trout 14,395 5.5"
Nov 5, 2019 Rainbow Trout 44,000 3.8"
Apr 23, 2019 Rainbow Trout 10,999 7.2"
Apr 23, 2019 Rainbow Trout 11,000 7.3"

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📅 Stocking Forecast

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📅 Best Time to Fish Glen Lake

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⚓ Boat Launches

Glen Lake Big Glen Access
📍 M-22, Empire, MI 49630
Paved ramp Free 20 parking spots
Dock -- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore nearby
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Glen Lake DNR Access
📍 W Harbor Hwy, Empire, MI 49630
Paved ramp Free 25 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 Glen Lake Conditions

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🔗 Resources

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