Ladue Lake, Michigan: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Ladue Lake in Luce County, Michigan. Rolling bush runs right down to the water. The water covers some 34 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Roughly 1.1 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. You are 18 miles from Newberry. Then Munising, 46 miles, and Manistique, 49 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Ladue Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Luce County include yellow perch, white sucker, walleye, pink salmon and rock bass. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. The near bank of Ladue Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 64°F and January near 16°F. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Ladue Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Beavertown Lakes is 1.1 miles distant. Where Ladue Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.