Reed Lake in Oakland County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Reed Lake in Oakland County, Michigan. Everything around it is lake country bush. At about 34 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. A shoreline of some 1.0 miles keeps the choices simple. Wolverine Lake is the closest town at 1.2 miles. The nearest city of size is Sterling Heights, 22 miles away. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Reed Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Oakland County records list bluegill, black crappie, largemouth bass, yellow perch and rock bass among the fish reported. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. At Reed Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 72°F and January reads 23°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Winter locks it down, and late March brings it back. Averages place the thaw at late March and the freeze at mid December. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Anyone fishing Reed Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public data records a boat ramp half a mile out. A car park lies half a mile away, so the walk in is short. A platform or pier sits within 120 yards. There are toilets mapped about half a mile away. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Woodbridge Lake at 0.4 miles is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Reed Lake in what we hold.