Lake Twentytwo in Iron County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Michigan holds Lake Twentytwo, in Iron County. It lies 1,631 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 4 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Iron County. Head to Iron River, 7 miles away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Green Bay, 116 miles distant. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Lake Twentytwo

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Iron County list brown trout, yellow perch, northern pike, walleye and white sucker. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Treat Lake Twentytwo as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 65°F and January reads 9°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Lake Twentytwo runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Fern Lake sits 1.5 miles off and takes the overflow. Signs at Lake Twentytwo carry more weight than any list.