Little Lake in Mackinac County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Mackinac County, Little Lake is a Michigan water. What surrounds it is lake country bush. The water measures roughly 4 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Mackinac County. Some 18 miles away sits Newberry, the nearest settlement. Saint Ignace follows at 32 miles, then Sault Ste. Marie at 48 miles. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Little Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Mackinac County list white sucker, rainbow smelt, yellow perch, rock bass and alewife. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Little Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 64°F at the top of summer and 16°F at the bottom of winter. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. Climate figures give an open season running mid April to early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. On Little Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Rexton Lake is 0.3 miles off. Nothing on Little Lake should be assumed from this page alone.