Lower Evans Lake Fishing near Canadian Lakes, Michigan

• Overview

  Lower Evans Lake is a Mecosta County water, Michigan side. Height above sea level is 991 feet. With some 62 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Canadian Lakes sits 9.8 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Beyond it, Big Rapids at 12 miles and Evart at 13 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lower Evans Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Mecosta County list bluegill, largemouth bass and rock bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Treat Lower Evans Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 69°F, the coldest about 19°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Look for the thaw near early April; the fishing lifts straight after. In an average year the thaw lands around early April and the freeze near mid December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Time your trip to Lower Evans Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Boats go in at Lower Evans Lake Boat Launch, roughly half a mile from the water. There is somewhere to leave the car, half a mile off. There are toilets half a mile off. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Manake Lake is 0.4 miles off. For Lower Evans Lake in particular, ask before you travel.