Lake Ruth Fishing near Rogers City, Michigan

• Overview

  Lake Ruth is a Presque Isle County water, in Michigan. The ground round it is lake country bush. At roughly 4 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Most waters listed here for Presque Isle County are larger. Rogers City sits 13 miles from the bank. Greater Sudbury sits 165 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Lake Ruth

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Presque Isle County include rainbow smelt, alewife and bloater. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lake Ruth the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 18°F to 67°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid April and starts locking again about early December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Lake Ruth runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. There is a slipway at Lake May Boat Launch, roughly 0.9 miles off. Expect 0.9 miles away in from where the car goes. Toilets show in mapping about 0.9 miles away. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. The nearest alternative is Lake May, 1 mile out. Nothing here settles the position at Lake Ruth for certain.