Fishing at LeMays Lake, Baraga County, Michigan

• Overview

  LeMays Lake stands in Baraga County, Michigan. The bank is 1,693 feet above sea level. It covers about 7 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Most waters listed here for Baraga County are larger. The closest town, L'Anse, is 15 miles away. Thunder Bay sits 133 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on LeMays Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Baraga County names yellow perch, pink salmon, white sucker, walleye and rainbow smelt. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At LeMays Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 64°F in July and bottoms out near 10°F in January. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. The season on LeMays Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Knight Lake is 1 mile distant. Treat access at LeMays Lake as something to verify.