Pickerel Lake, Coldsprings Fishing near Mancelona, Michigan

• Overview

  Pickerel Lake, Coldsprings is listed under Kalkaska County, Michigan. Country round the bank runs to mixed forest. With some 79 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Shoreline comes to about 1.6 miles, small enough to learn in a day. Few waters listed in Kalkaska County are bigger. The closest town, Mancelona, is 8.1 miles away. For a city, Grand Rapids is 132 miles off. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Pickerel Lake, Coldsprings

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Kalkaska County include yellow perch, white sucker and rock bass. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Pickerel Lake, Coldsprings a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 67°F at the top of summer and 18°F at the bottom of winter. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. Average temperatures cross freezing around mid April in spring and again near early December in autumn. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Anyone fishing Pickerel Lake, Coldsprings regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. 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. A camping area sits within half a mile of here. Facilities run to toilets half a mile from the water. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Little Twin Lake sits 1 mile off and takes the overflow. Where Pickerel Lake, Coldsprings is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.