Loon Lake Fishing near Munising, Michigan

• Overview

  Alger County, Michigan, is where Loon Lake sits. It sits in mixed forest. Roughly 27 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Nearest place of any size is Munising, 27 miles away. The nearest city of size is Green Bay, 167 miles away. Nearest other option: Grass Lake 0.6 miles, Alger Lake about 1.3 miles, Pickerel Lake 1.4 miles, Pelican Lake about 1.4 miles and Triangle Lake 1.6 miles. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Loon Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Alger County cover yellow perch, rainbow smelt and northern pike. The county list is broader than any single water. The near bank of Loon Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 64°F at the top of summer and 16°F at the bottom of winter. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near early December in autumn. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Plan any trip to Loon Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Grass Lake, 0.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Loon Lake may have changed since it was mapped.