Bob-A-Ron Lake Fishing Guide, Berrien County, Michigan

• Overview

  Within Berrien County, Michigan, you have Bob-A-Ron Lake. It lies 656 feet above sea level. Small at around 3 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Berrien County list. Three Oaks sits 3.1 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Then Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, 3.3 miles, and New Buffalo, 6.2 miles. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Bob-A-Ron Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Berrien County list alewife, rainbow smelt and bloater. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Read Bob-A-Ron Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 72°F and January at 24°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid usually goes in late March, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The season between ice runs from about late March to late December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. At Bob-A-Ron Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Parking is mapped about 90 yards from the bank. A rest area sits about half a mile from the water. Toilets show in mapping about half a mile away. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Hagley Lake sits 7.5 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Bob-A-Ron Lake in what we hold.