Pike Lake Fishing in Luce County, Michigan

• Overview

  Pike Lake lies in Luce County, Michigan. Around the bank it is rolling bush. It measures some 287 acres, and wind has room to build across it. You are looking at roughly 3.9 miles of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. On our Luce County list it sits near the top for size. The closest town, Newberry, is 20 miles away. The big place round here is Green Bay, 193 miles distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Pike Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Records held for Luce County cover yellow perch, white sucker, walleye, pink salmon and rock bass. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Fish Pike Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 64°F, while January sits near 15°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Open water usually runs from late April until about early December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Pike Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Pike Lake Sfcg Boat Launch gives a made launch, half a mile off. There is camping recorded roughly half a mile off. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Little Pike Lake at 0.7 miles is the sensible second choice. Nothing on Pike Lake should be assumed from this page alone.