Little Lake Number One in Lake County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Little Lake Number One is listed under Lake County, Michigan. It stands 830 feet above sea level. The water covers some 51 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. It ranks high for size among our Lake County listings. Baldwin sits 5 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Reed City follows at 17 miles, then White Cloud at 20 miles. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Little Lake Number One

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Lake County list rainbow trout, brook trout, white sucker, bluegill and brown trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. On Little Lake Number One the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 20°F in January and 68°F in July. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early April. Ice usually gives way near early April, and forms again about mid December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That shapes the year on Little Lake Number One.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is South Lake, 0.3 miles out. For Little Lake Number One in particular, ask before you travel.