Fishing at Auger Lake, Luce County, Michigan

• Overview

  Out in Luce County, Michigan, sits Auger Lake. It stands 814 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 13 acres — small enough to read in one session. Newberry sits 8.6 miles from the bank. The nearest city of size is Green Bay, 178 miles away. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout. The approach is plain, and a car park is not always part of it.

• Where to Fish on Auger Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Luce County records list yellow perch, white sucker and walleye among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Auger Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 64°F and January near 15°F on the long-run figures. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Auger Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Donut Lake, 0.5 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Auger Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.