Conway Lake in Marquette County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Conway Lake is listed under Marquette County, Michigan. It stands 620 feet above sea level. At some 355 acres it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. At about 3.6 miles of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Size puts it in the front rank of our Marquette County list. Head to West Ishpeming, 28 miles away, for anything you forgot. It is 124 miles to Thunder Bay, the nearest city. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Conway Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Marquette County include white sucker, yellow perch and rainbow smelt. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The shape of Conway Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 65°F for July and 17°F for January. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That shapes the year on Conway Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Part of this sits inside or beside Huron Islands Unit, so read the notices. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. The nearest alternative is Lily Pond, 1.9 miles out. Nothing on Conway Lake should be assumed from this page alone.