Fishing at Perch Lake, Luce County, Michigan

• Overview

  Perch Lake sits in Luce County, out in Michigan. Everything around it is mixed forest. It runs to roughly 92 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Roughly 1.8 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It ranks high for size among our Luce County listings. You are 20 miles from Newberry. The nearest city of size is Green Bay, 187 miles away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Perch Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Luce County cover yellow perch, white sucker, walleye, pink salmon and rock bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The shape of Perch Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 64°F at the top of summer and 16°F at the bottom of winter. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Plan around that when you fish Perch Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Parking within half a mile means no long carry with tackle. Mapping shows a campsite some half a mile from the water. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Old Headquarters Lake is 0.7 miles off. For Perch Lake in particular, ask before you travel.