Floodwood Lakes in Dickinson County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  This water sits in Dickinson County, Michigan. The water sits 1,385 feet up. At about 91 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. A shoreline of some 2.5 miles keeps the choices simple. Size puts it in the front rank of our Dickinson County list. Crystal Falls is the closest place, 17 miles off. Further out sit West Ishpeming (24 miles) and Ishpeming (25 miles). Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Floodwood Lakes

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Dickinson County list bluegill, walleye, yellow perch and brown trout. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Floodwood Lakes light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 65°F and January near 11°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Open water usually runs from mid April until about late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Anyone fishing Floodwood Lakes regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Launch at Silver Lake Boat Launch, 0.9 miles from the water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Parlemee Lake is 0.9 miles off. Nothing on Floodwood Lakes should be assumed from this page alone.