Kelly Lake Fishing near Brooklyn, Michigan

• Overview

  Kelly Lake stands in Lenawee County, Michigan. The land about it is rolling bush. Roughly 42 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The whole outline is near 1.0 miles, and most of it is walkable. For supplies, Brooklyn is 5.4 miles out. Manitou Beach-Devils Lake is 8 miles away, with Napoleon at 8.4 miles. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Kelly Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Lenawee County list bluegill, largemouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Kelly Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 71°F for July and 22°F for January. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late March. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late March and starts locking again about mid December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan around that when you fish Kelly Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is a slipway on the shore, half a mile from the water we list. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Killarney Lake is 0.2 miles off. Nothing on Kelly Lake should be assumed from this page alone.