Log Lake Fishing near Kalkaska, Michigan

• Overview

  This water sits in Kalkaska County, Michigan. This is pine and birch ground. It runs to roughly 26 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Nearest town is Kalkaska, 1.7 miles off. Rapid City lies 8.9 miles off, Mancelona another 11 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Log Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Kalkaska County records list yellow perch, white sucker and rock bass among the fish reported. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Take Log Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 68°F; the cold one sits at 18°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice is part of the season here, ending near mid April. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. It holds true on Log Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. A car park sits roughly half a mile away. Fishing from a pier is possible half a mile away. You can camp half a mile off, which suits an early start. There are picnic tables recorded roughly half a mile off. Public toilets are recorded roughly half a mile off. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Little Log Lake, 0.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback.