Fishing at Pete Lake, Livingston County, Michigan

• Overview

  Within Livingston County, Michigan, you have Pete Lake. The bank is 988 feet above sea level. About 20 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. 3.2 miles away sits Brighton, the nearest town. The nearest city of size is Ann Arbor, 21 miles away. What else is close: Morse Lake at 0.9 miles, Ackerman Lake some 1.2 miles off, Euler Lake at 1.3 miles, East Crooked Lake some 1.7 miles off and Clark Lake at 1.8 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Pete Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Livingston County: bluegill, largemouth bass, black crappie and pink salmon. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Pete Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 71°F in July and bottoms out near 22°F in January. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late March. Climate figures give an open season running late March to mid December. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Pete Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. The nearest mapped parking is half a mile away, so the last stretch is on foot. There are toilets mapped about half a mile away. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Morse Lake sits 0.9 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Pete Lake in what we hold.