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Lake Columbia

📍 Jackson County, Michigan

Popular Jackson County all-sports lake. Good largemouth bass, walleye, and panfish. Active fishing community.

821
Acres
32 ft
Max depth
48
Fish species
1
Boat launches
✓
Public access


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🐟 Fish Species in Lake Columbia

Black Crappie Good
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Bluegill Good
Lepomis macrochirus
Channel Catfish Good
Ictalurus punctatus
Largemouth Bass Good
Micropterus salmoides
Northern Pike Good
Esox lucius
Walleye Good
Sander vitreus
White Crappie Good
Pomoxis annularis
Yellow Perch Good
Perca flavescens
Gizzard Shad Good
Dorosoma cepedianum
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Redear Sunfish Good
Lepomis microlophus
Bowfin Good
Amia calva
Brown Bullhead Good
Ameiurus nebulosus
Common Carp Good
Cyprinus carpio
Green Sunfish Good
Lepomis cyanellus
Hybrid Sunfish Good
Lepomis macrochirus x Lepomis cyanellus
Longnose Gar Good
Lepisosteus osseus
Pumpkinseed Good
Lepomis gibbosus
White Bass Good
Morone chrysops
Grass Pickerel Fair
Esox americanus vermiculatus
Yellow Bullhead Fair
Ameiurus natalis
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
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
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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📋 Lake Columbia Stocking Records

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Nov 20, 2009 Fathead Minnow 1,150 2.0"
Nov 20, 2009 Walleye 3,000 8.0"
Nov 20, 2009 Yellow Perch 961 5.5"
Dec 16, 2008 Hybrid Sunfish 2,550 5.1"
Dec 16, 2008 Yellow Perch 2,925 5.1"
Dec 12, 2007 Walleye 2,316 7.5"
Jan 22, 2007 Walleye 2,100 8.0"
Nov 12, 2003 Walleye 500 10.0"
Nov 12, 2003 Walleye 1,500 6.5"
Nov 10, 1982 Walleye 1,200 —
Oct 31, 1981 Walleye 420 19.0"
Nov 8, 1979 Northern Pike 156 —

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📅 Best Time to Fish Lake Columbia

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⚓ Boat Launches

Lake Columbia County Launch
📍 Jefferson Rd, Brooklyn, MI 49230
Paved ramp Fee: County fee 40 parking spots
Restrooms, dock
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📏 Fishing Regulations

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🌤 Current Lake Columbia Weather Conditions

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🔗 Resources

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