Coon Lake Fishing Guide, Lake County, Michigan

• Overview

  Coon Lake stands in Lake County, Michigan. The surface lies 778 feet up. The water measures roughly 14 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. For a base, Baldwin sits 16 miles out. Then Scottville, 20 miles, and Manistee, 20 miles. More in the same country: Wile Lake some 0.4 miles off, Horseshoe Lake 0.7 miles off, Harper Lake some 1.3 miles off, Middle Pickerel Lake 1.9 miles off and Elbow Lake some 1.9 miles off. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Coon Lake

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Lake County cover rainbow trout, brook trout and white sucker. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Fish Coon Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 68°F on average, January about 20°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early April. Open water usually runs from early April until about mid December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. It holds true on Coon Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. The nearest alternative is Wile Lake, 0.4 miles out. None of that is settled for Coon Lake in what we hold.