Norway Lake Fishing Guide, Dickinson County, Michigan

• Overview

  Norway Lake belongs to Dickinson County, Michigan. Height above sea level is 1,148 feet. Surface area is around 55 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Shoreline comes to about 1.1 miles, small enough to learn in a day. The nearest place of any size is Quinnesec, 20 miles away. Norway is 20 miles away, with Iron Mountain at 20 miles. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Norway Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Dickinson County records list bluegill, walleye and yellow perch among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The shape of Norway Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 65°F and January about 12°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid April. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Plan around that when you fish Norway Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is a slipway on the shore, half a mile from the water we list. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Gene Pond is 1.1 miles distant. Treat Norway Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.