Fishing at Priggooris Lake, Clinton County, Michigan

• Overview

  Set in Clinton County, Priggooris Lake is a Michigan water. Height above sea level is 837 feet. It covers about 12 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Bath at 1.3 miles is the nearest place to stop. Lansing is the closest city, 7.5 miles away. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Priggooris Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Clinton County list bluegill, pink salmon and yellow perch. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Work Priggooris Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 71°F and January near 22°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Count the season from break-up, usually late March. Expect the water usable from around late March until roughly mid December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Priggooris Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. There is a mapped slipway roughly half a mile away. There is recorded parking some half a mile off. A jetty or pier is mapped about half a mile from here. There are picnic tables recorded roughly half a mile off. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Perch Lake sits 0.7 miles off and takes the overflow. Signs at Priggooris Lake carry more weight than any list.