Slough Lake near Gwinn: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  You will find Slough Lake in Marquette County, Michigan. The land about it is lake country bush. Roughly 34 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Gwinn lies 2.1 miles from the water. Further out sit K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base (3.3 miles) and Harvey (14 miles). Neighbouring water: Noren Lake a shade over 1.1 miles, Irene Lake 1.2 miles away, Blue Lake a shade over 1.6 miles, Mehl Lake 1.7 miles away and Stump Lake a shade over 1.7 miles. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Slough Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Marquette County list white sucker, yellow perch, rainbow smelt and smallmouth bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. The near bank of Slough Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 65°F, the coldest about 15°F. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid April. Averages place the thaw at mid April and the freeze at late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Slough Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Noren Lake, 1.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Slough Lake.