Fishing Bunting Lake in Alger County, Michigan

• Overview

  Bunting Lake is an Alger County water, Michigan side. The ground round it is mixed forest. Roughly 60 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Munising sits 12 miles from the bank. For a city, Green Bay is 135 miles off. Others within reach: Little Round Lake just 0.9 miles, Aleck Lake within 1.6 miles, Paquette Lake just 1.7 miles, Jenny Lake within 1.7 miles and Cook Lake just 1.9 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Bunting Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Alger County, recorded fish include yellow perch, rainbow smelt, northern pike and white sucker. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Take Bunting Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 65°F in July and bottom out at 15°F in January. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Time your trip to Bunting Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. The nearest mapped parking is half a mile away, so the last stretch is on foot. A camping area sits within half a mile of here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Little Round Lake at 0.9 miles is the sensible second choice. Rules at Bunting Lake are worth checking on the day.