Lake No Sho Mo Fishing Guide, Osceola County, Michigan

• Overview

  Lake No Sho Mo is one of the Osceola County waters in Michigan. It lies 1,020 feet above sea level. It runs to roughly 30 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Shoreline comes to about 1.0 miles, small enough to learn in a day. Reed City is the closest town at 1.4 miles. Then Evart, 13 miles, and Big Rapids, 14 miles. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Lake No Sho Mo

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Osceola County names bluegill, largemouth bass, pink salmon and northern pike. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. At Lake No Sho Mo the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 68°F and January at 19°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Once it clears, about early April, the fishing comes on quickly. Open water usually runs from early April until about early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It holds true on Lake No Sho Mo more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is a car park half a mile from the bank. A jetty or pier is mapped about half a mile from here. Mapping shows a campsite some half a mile from the water. There are picnic tables half a mile away. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Lincoln Lake is 4.3 miles distant.