Camp Fifteen Lake Fishing Guide, Marquette County, Michigan

• Overview

  You will find Camp Fifteen Lake in Marquette County, Michigan. It sits at 1,522 feet above sea level. At about 31 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Bank access stretches around 1.1 miles in total. It is high ground by Michigan standards. Start from Crystal Falls, 19 miles down the road. The nearest city of size is Green Bay, 123 miles away. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Camp Fifteen Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Marquette County names white sucker, yellow perch and rainbow smelt. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Take Camp Fifteen Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 64°F, while January sits near 11°F. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Camp Fifteen Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. The slipway at Horseshoe Lake Boat Launch is 0.9 miles away. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. If the gate is shut, Little Squaw Lake at 0.8 miles is the nearest alternative. Where Camp Fifteen Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.