Cloverleaf Lake, Michigan: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Cloverleaf Lake is a Gogebic County water, in Michigan. The setting is pine and birch. Roughly 60 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The whole outline is near 1.7 miles, and most of it is walkable. Compared with other Michigan water on our list, it sits high. Eagle River at 25 miles is the nearest place to stop. Green Bay sits 139 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Cloverleaf Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Gogebic County include bluegill, yellow perch, walleye and largemouth bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. At Cloverleaf Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 65°F, while January sits near 9°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Plan around that when you fish Cloverleaf Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is a slipway at Cisco Lake Boat Launch, roughly 0.9 miles off. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. If the gate is shut, Spider Lake at 0.4 miles is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Cloverleaf Lake should be assumed from this page alone.