Camp Ten Lakes, Michigan: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Camp Ten Lakes stands in Chippewa County, Michigan. The country round it is lake country bush from end to end. Surface area is around 28 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. With about 1.5 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Newberry lies 23 miles from the water. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 198 miles off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Camp Ten Lakes

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Chippewa County, recorded fish include rainbow smelt, bloater and lake whitefish. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Camp Ten Lakes the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 64°F; the cold one sits at 15°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. The lid tends to go about late April and return around early December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Camp Ten Lakes follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Failing this one, try Lost Lake, 2 miles away. Ask locally about Camp Ten Lakes if anything is unclear.