Polack Lake in Delta County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Polack Lake sits in Delta County, out in Michigan. Height above sea level is 741 feet. It covers about 20 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. You are 19 miles from Gladstone. For a city, Green Bay is 122 miles off. Close by you also have: Narbon Lake near enough 0.8 miles, 1.1 miles away is Waco Lake, Gleason Lake near enough 1.2 miles, 1.5 miles away is Kenobo Lake and Greens Lake near enough 3.4 miles. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Polack Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. 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. Public occurrence data for Delta County names white sucker, alewife, rock bass, yellow perch and northern pike. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Polack Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 16°F in January to roughly 65°F in July. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. The season between ice runs from about mid April to early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Polack Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Narbon Lake at 0.8 miles is the sensible second choice. For Polack Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.