Kemperman Lake Fishing Guide, Newaygo County, Michigan

• Overview

  Set in Newaygo County, Michigan, this is Kemperman Lake. This is lake country bush ground. Surface area is around 36 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. With about 1.1 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Start from Fremont, 5 miles down the road. Grand Rapids sits 38 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Kemperman Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name largemouth bass, bluegill, yellow perch and johnny darter. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Kemperman Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 69°F and January near 21°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early April until roughly mid December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That shapes the year on Kemperman Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Bolen Lake is 0.4 miles off. The position on Kemperman Lake is worth confirming on the day.