Avery Lake Fishing Guide, Chippewa County, Michigan

• Overview

  Avery Lake is a Chippewa County water, Michigan side. What surrounds it is pine and birch. The water measures roughly 16 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Sault Ste. Marie lies 21 miles from the water. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 180 miles distant. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Avery Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Across Chippewa County, recorded fish include rainbow smelt, bloater and lake whitefish. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The shape of Avery Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 65°F at the top of summer and 14°F at the bottom of winter. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan around that when you fish Avery Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Little Avery Lake at 0.4 miles is the sensible second choice. What applies at Avery Lake may have changed since it was mapped.