Jones Lake Fishing near Grayling, Michigan

• Overview

  You will find Jones Lake in Crawford County, Michigan. What surrounds it is rolling bush. The water covers some 39 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. A shoreline of some 1.1 miles keeps the choices simple. Grayling sits 10 miles from here and is the nearest stop. After that come Lewiston at 16 miles and Gaylord at 17 miles. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Jones Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. 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. County-wide records name white sucker, rock bass, yellow perch, largemouth bass and bluegill. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Jones Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 17°F in January up to 67°F in July. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Once it clears, about mid April, the fishing comes on quickly. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Expect Jones Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Jones Lake SFCG Boat Launch is the mapped launch, some half a mile from here. There is somewhere to leave the car, half a mile off. A camping area sits within half a mile of here. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. River Lake, 0.8 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Jones Lake should be assumed from this page alone.