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Big Twin Lake

📍 Wexford County, Michigan

Clear deep lake in central Michigan. Excellent rainbow trout stocking program. Smallmouth bass along rocky structure.

210
Acres
62 ft
Max depth
43
Fish species
1
Boat launches
✓
Public access
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🐟 Fish Species in Big Twin Lake

Rainbow Trout Excellent
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Bluegill Good
Lepomis macrochirus
Brook Trout Good
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown Trout Good
Salmo trutta
Channel Catfish Good
Ictalurus punctatus
Lake Trout Good
Salvelinus namaycush
Largemouth Bass Good
Micropterus salmoides
Northern Pike Good
Esox lucius
Smallmouth Bass Good
Micropterus dolomieu
Splake Good
Salvelinus fontinalis x namaycush
Yellow Perch Good
Perca flavescens
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Lake Herring Good
Coregonus artedi
Redear Sunfish Good
Lepomis microlophus
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
Sand Shiner Good
Notropis stramineus
Shorthead Redhorse Good
Moxostoma macrolepidotum
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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📋 Big Twin Lake Stocking Records

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Nov 9, 2023 Brook Trout 105 10.5"
May 19, 2023 Brook Trout 420 8.1"
May 17, 2023 Splake 719 8.5"
May 17, 2023 Splake 779 8.4"
May 8, 2023 Rainbow Trout 165 12.4"
Apr 20, 2023 Rainbow Trout 9,270 7.5"
Nov 28, 2022 Brook Trout 105 14.8"
May 19, 2022 Splake 440 8.0"
May 19, 2022 Brook Trout 65 12.4"
May 10, 2022 Splake 2,200 8.1"
May 4, 2021 Splake 1,997 8.4"
Apr 12, 2021 Splake 420 8.0"

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📅 Stocking Forecast

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📅 Best Time to Fish Big Twin Lake

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⚓ Boat Launches

Big Twin Lake Access
📍 N Twin Lake Rd, Cadillac, MI 49601
Gravel ramp Free 15 parking spots
Basic ramp
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📏 Fishing Regulations

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🌤 Current Big Twin Lake Conditions

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🔗 Resources

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