Dunathon Lake Fishing in Luce County, Michigan

• Overview

  Luce County, Michigan, is where Dunathon Lake sits. The bank is 823 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 2 acres — small enough to read in one session. Our Luce County list holds plenty of bigger water. Nearest place of any size is Newberry, 4.5 miles away. The big place round here is Green Bay, 177 miles distant. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Dunathon Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Fish documented in Luce County include yellow perch, white sucker and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Anyone new to Dunathon Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 64°F and January near 16°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Dunathon Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Spring Hill Lake, 0.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. For Dunathon Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.