Little Torch Lake in Antrim County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Little Torch Lake stands in Antrim County, Michigan. The bank is 715 feet above sea level. At about 84 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 1.4 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. For supplies, Charlevoix is 9.2 miles out. The big place round here is Green Bay, 140 miles distant. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Little Torch Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Antrim County, recorded fish include brook trout, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, rock bass and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Take Little Torch Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 20°F to 67°F. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around mid December. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Anyone fishing Little Torch Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Mud Lake sits 0.9 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Little Torch Lake in what we hold.