Lost Lake in Chippewa County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Out in Chippewa County, Michigan, sits Lost Lake. The surface lies 669 feet up. Surface area runs to about 8 acres — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Chippewa County list. Head to Newberry, 25 miles away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 196 miles distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lost Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Chippewa County list rainbow smelt, bloater, lake whitefish and alewife. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Work Lost Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 64°F at the top of summer and 15°F at the bottom of winter. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. At Lost Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Camp Ten Lakes, 2 miles away. None of that is settled for Lost Lake in what we hold.