Cloud from horizon to horizon today, with a useful S wind pushing food about and pressure easing off. Start the search at No Name Lake along bays that hold the day's warmth. One clear peak today: the night. Work fewer spots, but work them properly. Autumn rewards covering water while the fish roam.
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Michigan holds No Name Lake, in Alger County. The country round it is pine and birch from end to end. The water measures roughly 7 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Alger County are larger. Start from Munising, 27 miles down the road. Then Newberry, 29 miles, and Manistique, 37 miles. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.
The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Species logged across Alger County include yellow perch, rainbow smelt, northern pike and white sucker. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On No Name Lake that means starting tight and working out.
Between January at about 16°F and July at about 64°F, the water has a wide range to work through. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly early December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. No Name Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.
Public data does not answer the access question here. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Section Seven Lake, 0.4 miles out. Check the current arrangement for No Name Lake.
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| 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 12.4 | 14.3 | 15.7 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 17 | 16.5 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 11.9 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 7.3 |
| 36° | 34° | 35° | 35° | 36° | 37° | 40° | 42° | 45° | 47° | 50° | 53° | 56° | 59° | 62° | 64° | 64° | 62° | 62° | 61° | 60° | 60° | 60° | 59° |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30.19 | 30.18 | 30.17 | 30.15 | 30.13 | 30.1 | 30.08 | 30.07 | 30.04 | 30.03 | 30 | 29.96 | 29.91 | 29.87 | 29.82 | 29.75 | 29.7 | 29.68 | 29.67 | 29.66 | 29.65 | 29.65 | 29.65 | 29.65 |
| 90 | 94 | 87 | 89 | 89 | 94 | 91 | 92 | 91 | 85 | 79 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 76 |
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