Pickerel Lake — Michigan Fishing
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Pickerel Lake

📍 Cheboygan County, Michigan

Quiet lake with good largemouth bass, northern pike, and panfish populations.

830
Acres
38 ft
Max depth
9
Fish species
1
Boat launches
Public access

🐟 Fish Species

Species Population Best technique
Salvelinus namaycush
Clear, cold, deep
Excellent Jigging spoons deep, vertical jigging
Lepomis macrochirus
Good Worms, crickets, small spinners near docks and weeds
Salvelinus fontinalis
Cold, clear water — native brook trout
Good Small spinners, dry flies, wet flies, small worms ÔÇö match the hatch in clear streams
Lota lota
Deep water -- best through the ice at night
Good Large tube jigs, jigging spoons, and smelt or sucker meat fished on bottom through the ice at night. Best action after dark near river mouths and rocky lake structure. Tip-ups with live smelt are also
Ambloplites rupestris
Good Small jigs, spinners, crayfish imitations
Micropterus dolomieu
Good Tubes, drop shot, jigs near rocky points
Salvelinus fontinalis x namaycush
MDNR stocked -- check stocking report for your lake
Good Same techniques as lake trout and brook trout -- jigging spoons in deep water, trolling with downriggers, and ice fishing with large tube jigs and spoons near bottom in deep water
Perca flavescens
Good Small jigs tipped with minnow or waxworm, small spinners, ice fishing with teardrops and waxworms
Coregonus artedi
Michigan Threatened -- handle carefully, report catches to MDNR
Fair Ice fishing with small spoons and jigging lures at thermocline depth; fall trolling near river mouths with small spoons

📋 DNR Stocking Records

Date Species Quantity Size Notes
Apr 16, 2026 Rainbow Trout 2,600 7.4" Imported from DNR CSV
Jun 4, 2025 Walleye 16,219 1.2" Imported from DNR CSV
Apr 30, 2025 Rainbow Trout 2,600 7.7" Imported from DNR CSV
Oct 22, 2024 Walleye 407 6.9" Imported from DNR CSV
Apr 9, 2024 Rainbow Trout 2,750 7.4" Imported from DNR CSV
Nov 22, 2023 Rainbow Trout 923 8.9" Imported from DNR CSV
Jun 30, 2022 Walleye 21,627 1.5" Imported from DNR CSV
Jun 28, 2022 Walleye 3,300 1.5" Imported from DNR CSV
Apr 21, 2021 Rainbow Trout 2,500 8.2" Imported from DNR CSV
Apr 16, 2020 Rainbow Trout 2,400 7.2" Imported from DNR CSV
Jun 12, 2019 Walleye 3,386 1.3" Imported from DNR CSV
Jun 5, 2019 Walleye 15,953 1.1" Imported from DNR CSV
May 1, 2019 Rainbow Trout 2,749 7.3" Imported from DNR CSV
Oct 30, 2018 Walleye 1,757 6.0" Imported from DNR CSV
May 2, 2018 Rainbow Trout 2,700 7.1" Imported from DNR CSV
Jul 12, 2017 Walleye 2,817 1.7" Imported from DNR CSV
Jun 2, 2017 Walleye 15,404 1.3" Imported from DNR CSV
Apr 19, 2017 Rainbow Trout 2,749 7.2" Imported from DNR CSV
May 10, 2016 Rainbow Trout 2,500 6.1" Imported from DNR CSV
Jun 30, 2015 Walleye 22,189 2.1" Imported from DNR CSV

* Records shown are from our database. For the most current data, visit the Michigan DNR directly.

📏 Fishing Regulations

No regulations on file. Check the Michigan DNR Fishing Guide for current rules.

Boat Launches

Pickerel Lake Cheboygan DNR Access
📍 Pickerel Lake Rd, Cheboygan, MI 49721
Paved ramp Free 20 parking spots
Amenities: Dock
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