Dumont Lake Fishing near Allegan, Michigan

• Overview

  You will find Dumont Lake in Allegan County, Michigan. The surface lies 709 feet up. Surface area is around 241 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Bank access stretches around 2.7 miles in total. It is among the larger waters listed here for Allegan County. For a base, Allegan sits 4.4 miles out. Fennville follows at 12 miles, then Wayland at 12 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Dumont Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Allegan County records list alewife, rainbow smelt, yellow perch, bloater and bluegill among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Dumont Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 71°F, the coldest about 22°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Ice-out usually falls in late March, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Averages place the thaw at late March and the freeze at mid December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. It sets the rhythm of the year at Dumont Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. You will be walking about half a mile from the nearest car park. A campsite lies half a mile away for anyone staying over. There are toilets half a mile off. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Little Spec Lake, 1.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Dumont Lake before loading the car.