A crisp, open sky after dark, with light air out of the NW as pressure builds. Expect most activity at Loon Lake around the margins and the shelf beyond them. A hard day on paper; the night edges the rest. Scale down and fish slowly. Cooler water spreads fish back across the shallows.
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Loon Lake is listed under Chippewa County, Michigan. The surroundings are rolling bush. The water measures roughly 12 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Newberry lies 19 miles from the water. The nearest city of size is Green Bay, 194 miles away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.
Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Reported across Chippewa County: rainbow smelt, bloater and lake whitefish. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Loon Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.
On the long-term average, July reads 64°F and January reads 15°F. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate figures give an open season running late April to early December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Loon Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.
Access status is simply unknown for this water. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Pine Lake is 0.4 miles off. Confirm access to Loon Lake locally before you travel.
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| 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 9.2 | 6 | 3.8 | 4 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 51° | 50° | 50° | 49° | 49° | 48° | 47° | 47° | 47° | 50° | 53° | 54° | 54° | 56° | 56° | 57° | 56° | 56° | 54° | 52° | 50° | 47° | 46° | 45° |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29.94 | 29.95 | 29.96 | 29.97 | 29.99 | 30 | 30.02 | 30.04 | 30.07 | 30.08 | 30.1 | 30.12 | 30.14 | 30.15 | 30.17 | 30.18 | 30.19 | 30.2 | 30.21 | 30.23 | 30.24 | 30.25 | 30.25 | 30.26 |
| 82 | 83 | 86 | 86 | 88 | 87 | 88 | 90 | 88 | 87 | 78 | 77 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 68 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 83 | 87 | 90 |
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