Fishery Lake Fishing near Manistique, Michigan

• Overview

  Set in Delta County, Fishery Lake is a Michigan water. It lies 574 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 5 acres — small enough to read in one session. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Delta County. Manistique sits 21 miles from here and is the nearest stop. The nearest city of size is Green Bay, 111 miles away. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Fishery Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Delta County include white sucker, alewife, rock bass, yellow perch and northern pike. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Fishery Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August runs about 66°F on average, January about 19°F. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Break-up comes around mid April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The open-water window runs from around mid April to about mid December in an average year. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Plan around that when you fish Fishery Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Bog Lake, 0.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. For Fishery Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.