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Duck Lake

📍 Muskegon County, Michigan

Connected to Lake Michigan via a short channel. Receives Great Lakes salmon and steelhead runs in fall. Good walleye year-round.

490
Acres
30 ft
Max depth
41
Fish species
2
Boat launches
✓
Public access


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🐟 Fish Species in Duck Lake

Bluegill Good
Lepomis macrochirus
Brown Trout Good
Salmo trutta
Chinook Salmon Good
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Coho Salmon Good
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Lake Trout Good
Salvelinus namaycush
Muskellunge Good
Esox masquinongy
Northern Pike Good
Esox lucius
Smallmouth Bass Good
Micropterus dolomieu
Splake Good
Salvelinus fontinalis x namaycush
Walleye Good
Sander vitreus
Yellow Perch Good
Perca flavescens
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Redear Sunfish Good
Lepomis microlophus
Hybrid Sunfish Good
Lepomis macrochirus x Lepomis cyanellus
Pumpkinseed Good
Lepomis gibbosus
Round Goby Good
Neogobius melanostomus
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
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
Redfin Shiner Good
Lythrurus umbratilis
Sand Shiner Good
Notropis stramineus
Shorthead Redhorse Good
Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Silver Chub Good
Macrhybopsis storeriana
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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📋 Duck Lake Stocking Records

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Oct 13, 2021 Walleye 1,056 7.1"
Oct 8, 2021 Walleye 1,258 5.7"
Sep 28, 2021 Lake Trout 10,147 3.7"
Apr 10, 2021 Yellow Perch 1,000 5.5"
Apr 1, 2021 Lake Trout 7,999 5.5"
Apr 2, 2020 Lake Trout 12,540 5.6"
Apr 25, 2019 Lake Trout 6,415 5.4"
May 7, 2018 Lake Trout 11,332 6.1"
Oct 24, 2017 Walleye 2,500 6.7"
May 31, 2017 Walleye 58,765 1.1"
Apr 11, 2017 Lake Trout 8,080 5.6"
Jun 29, 2016 Walleye 15,339 1.9"

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📅 Best Time to Fish Duck Lake

Combined bite activity across all 41 species in this lake.

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⚓ Boat Launches

Duck Lake Channel Access
📍 White Lake Dr, Whitehall, MI 49461
Paved ramp Free 20 parking spots
Dock -- Lake Michigan channel access nearby
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Duck Lake State Park Launch
📍 Scenic Dr, Whitehall, MI 49461
Paved ramp Fee: State park pass or day fee 50 parking spots
Restrooms, beach, camping nearby
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📏 Fishing Regulations

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🌤 Current Duck Lake Weather Conditions

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🔗 Resources

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