Fishing Little Trail Lake in Gogebic County, Michigan

• Overview

  The Gogebic County entry here is Little Trail Lake, in Michigan. The surroundings are mixed forest. It covers about 6 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Most waters listed here for Gogebic County are larger. For a base, Eagle River sits 23 miles out. Green Bay sits 133 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Little Trail Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Survey and observation records for Gogebic County include bluegill, yellow perch, walleye, largemouth bass and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Little Trail Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 9°F to 65°F. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. It holds true on Little Trail Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Parking sits half a mile out, which makes for a walk with tackle. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Hilltop Lake, 0.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Little Trail Lake locally before you travel.