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Murphy Lake, Big

📍 Schoolcraft County, Michigan

Murphy Lake, Big is a fishing water in Schoolcraft County, Michigan (Northern Lake Michigan management unit).

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🐟 Fish Species in Murphy Lake, Big

Bluegill Good
Lepomis macrochirus
Channel Catfish Good
Ictalurus punctatus
Largemouth Bass Good
Micropterus salmoides
Muskellunge Good
Esox masquinongy
Northern Pike Good
Esox lucius
Walleye Good
Sander vitreus
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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📋 Murphy Lake, Big Stocking Records

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Jun 14, 2001 Walleye 7,562 1.7"
Jun 2, 1998 Walleye 8,020 1.9"
Jun 15, 1995 Walleye 10,994 1.5"
Jun 8, 1993 Walleye 11,184 1.3"
Jun 14, 1991 Walleye 6,631 2.5"
May 9, 1991 Northern Pike 10,000 2.2"
Nov 8, 1990 Channel Catfish 10,712 3.8"
Oct 31, 1990 Largemouth Bass 7,000 4.1"
Jun 14, 1990 Walleye 7,536 1.7"
May 16, 1990 Northern Pike 6,000 4.0"
May 19, 1989 Channel Catfish 12,000 3.4"
Oct 26, 1988 Largemouth Bass 5,000 6.6"

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📅 Best Time to Fish Murphy Lake, Big

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📏 Fishing Regulations

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🌤 Current Murphy Lake, Big Weather Conditions

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