Fishing Landin Lake in Oceana County, Michigan

• Overview

  You will find Landin Lake in Oceana County, Michigan. The setting is pine and birch. It covers about 8 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Oceana County. Shelby is the closest town at 6.5 miles. Hart lies 9.4 miles off, Montague another 14 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Landin Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Oceana County records list brook trout, walleye, white sucker, rock bass and smallmouth bass among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Landin Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 69°F and January reads 21°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early April. The open-water window runs from around early April to about mid December in an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Expect Landin Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Weber Lake is 2.1 miles off. Check the current arrangement for Landin Lake.