Fishing Hawk Lake in Gogebic County, Michigan

• Overview

  Set in Gogebic County, Hawk Lake is a Michigan water. The water sits 1,552 feet up. With some 68 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Around 1.3 miles of margin, front to back. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Michigan listings. Start from Wakefield, 14 miles down the road. Bessemer is 19 miles away, with Ironwood at 23 miles. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Hawk Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Gogebic County cover bluegill, yellow perch and walleye. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Read Hawk Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 65°F, while January sits near 10°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Hawk Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Mishike Lake is 0.8 miles off. Treat access at Hawk Lake as something to verify.