Fishing at Round Lake, Shiawassee County, Michigan

• Overview

  This water sits in Shiawassee County, Michigan. The surface lies 843 feet up. At roughly 10 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Durand is the closest town at 7.3 miles. Lansing is the closest city, 26 miles away. Within a short run: Rose Lake at 0.2 miles, Aginaw Lake near enough 0.5 miles, Woods Lake at 0.5 miles, Merrill Lake near enough 1.6 miles and Euler Lake at 2.9 miles. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Round Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Shiawassee County include bluegill, northern pike, largemouth bass, pink salmon and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Round Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 70°F on average, January about 21°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early April. Expect the water usable from around early April until roughly mid December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Time your trip to Round Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Rose Lake, 0.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Round Lake in what we hold.