Fishing at Corner Lake, Marquette County, Michigan

• Overview

  You will find Corner Lake in Marquette County, Michigan. The bank is 1,798 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 18 acres — small enough to read in one session. It is high ground by Michigan standards. You are 19 miles from L'Anse. The nearest city of size is Thunder Bay, 130 miles away. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Corner Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Species logged across Marquette County include white sucker, yellow perch and rainbow smelt. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Corner Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 63°F and January about 11°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Corner Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Lake Sally Lou is 0.9 miles off. Signs at Corner Lake carry more weight than any list.