Lake Angeline Fishing near Ishpeming, Michigan

• Overview

  This water sits in Marquette County, Michigan. Elevation runs to 1,417 feet. Roughly 97 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Shoreline comes to about 2.1 miles, small enough to learn in a day. It ranks high for size among our Marquette County listings. Ishpeming at 0.6 miles is the nearest place to stop. After that come West Ishpeming at 1.8 miles and Negaunee at 2.8 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lake Angeline

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Public occurrence data for Marquette County names white sucker, yellow perch, rainbow smelt and smallmouth bass. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lake Angeline the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 65°F, the coldest about 14°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Lake Angeline.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Lake Sally is 0.9 miles distant. Nothing here settles the position at Lake Angeline for certain.