Lake Weber Fishing in Houghton County, Michigan

• Overview

  This water sits in Houghton County, Michigan. Elevation runs to 1,181 feet. This is a pocket water of some 15 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Start from Atlantic Mine, 10 miles down the road. Hancock lies 13 miles off, Houghton another 14 miles. Not far off: Bush Lake within 1.4 miles, Toivola Lakes lies 1.4 miles on, Lake Eva within 2 miles, Hall Lake lies 2.2 miles on and Morrison Lake within 2.3 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lake Weber

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Houghton County names rainbow smelt, bloater, cisco, yellow perch and lake whitefish. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Lake Weber to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 64°F and January reads 14°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. That is the shape of the year on Lake Weber.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For walleye, a jig and minnow near the bottom is the standard; evenings beat middays. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Bush Lake, 1.4 miles away. Nothing here settles the position at Lake Weber for certain.