Little Lake Fishing in Ionia County, Michigan

• Overview

  Little Lake is one of the Ionia County listings for Michigan. The water sits 837 feet up. At 7 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Ionia County. Lake Odessa at 3.5 miles is the nearest place to stop. The big place round here is Lansing, 27 miles distant. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Little Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Ionia County names rainbow darter, bluegill and largemouth bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Work Little Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 71°F in July and bottoms out near 22°F in January. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. The lid usually goes in late March, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Climate figures give an open season running late March to mid December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Little Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. 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. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Mud Lake is 0.6 miles off. What applies at Little Lake may have changed since it was mapped.