Fishing at Round Lake, Marquette County, Michigan

• Overview

  Round Lake is set in Marquette County, Michigan. Everything around it is pine and birch. At 7 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Our Marquette County list holds plenty of bigger water. The town to know is West Ishpeming, 14 miles out. Then Ishpeming, 15 miles, and Negaunee, 17 miles. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Round Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Species logged across Marquette County include white sucker, yellow perch, rainbow smelt, smallmouth bass and northern pike. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Round Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 64°F and January reads 12°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. On average, late April opens the water and late November closes it again. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Round Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Penglase Lake is 0.4 miles distant. Nothing on Round Lake should be assumed from this page alone.