Michigan Lake Depths

Panfish · sunfish family

Crappie (black and white)

Pomoxis nigromaculatus (black) · Pomoxis annularis (white) · also called croppie, speck, calico bass

Recorded in 551 Michigan lakes and bays
Illustration of a crappie in side view
AI-generated illustration, not a photograph and not to scale.
Two species
Black and white crappie both live in Michigan
Moves
In schools — find one and you’ve usually found a bunch
Spawns
Among the first panfish to move shallow in spring
Eats
Mainly insect larvae and minnows
Michigan records
Black Crappie: 4 lb 2 oz — Lincoln Lake, Kent County, 1947
White Crappie: 3 lb 6 oz, 19.5 in — Stony Creek Lake, Macomb County, 2000

Where crappie have been recorded

551 of the 1,288 Michigan lakes on this site with fish records list crappie, across 75 counties, including 4 Great Lakes bays. Tap a dot to open that lake’s depth map.

Saginaw Bay, Bay CountyLake St. Clair, St. Clair CountyLittle Bay de Noc, Delta CountyWildfowl Bay, Huron CountyHoughton Lake, Roscommon CountyTorch Lake, Antrim CountyBurt Lake, Cheboygan CountyLake Charlevoix, Charlevoix CountyMullett Lake, Cheboygan CountyLake Gogebic, Ontonagon CountyBlack Lake, Cheboygan CountyFletcher Pond, Alpena CountyIndian Lake, Schoolcraft CountyLong Lake, Presque Isle CountyHamlin Lake, Mason CountyLake Michigamme, Marquette CountyBrevoort Lake, Mackinac CountyMuskegon Lake, Muskegon CountySouth Manistique Lake, Mackinac CountyDouglas Lake, Cheboygan CountyLong Lake, Grand Traverse CountyGun Lake, Barry CountyPlatte Lake, Benzie CountyLake Mitchell, Wexford CountyCrooked Lake, Emmet CountyPortage Lake, Manistee CountyMartiny Lake, Mecosta CountyLake Missaukee, Missaukee CountyGull Lake, Kalamazoo CountyGreen Lake, Grand Traverse CountyOtsego Lake, Otsego CountyBear Lake, Manistee CountyLake Independence, Marquette CountyLake Macatawa, Ottawa CountyHodenpyl Dam Pond, Wexford CountyIntermediate Lake, Antrim CountyColdwater Lake, Branch CountyTawas Lake, Iosco CountyVan Etten Lake, Iosco CountyDevils Lake, Lenawee CountyBelleville Lake, Wayne CountyWest Twin Lake, Montmorency CountyCass Lake, Oakland CountySanford Lake, Midland CountyLake Cadillac, Wexford CountyWixom Lake, Gladwin CountyLac La Belle, Keweenaw CountyAustin Lake, Kalamazoo CountyChicagon Lake, Iron CountyCedar Lake, Alcona CountyDiamond Lake, Cass CountyPickerel Lake, Emmet CountyThousand Island Lake, Gogebic CountyMcDonald Lake, Schoolcraft CountyKent Lake, Oakland CountyPerch Lake, Iron CountyFord Lake, Washtenaw CountyBig Star Lake, Lake CountyPaw Paw Lake, Berrien CountyLake Fenton, Genesee CountySage Lake, Ogemaw CountyOrchard Lake, Oakland CountyDevils Lake, Alpena CountyGulliver Lake, Schoolcraft CountyEast Twin Lake, Montmorency CountyMarble Lake, Branch CountyPrickett Lake, Houghton CountyWamplers Lake, Jackson CountyChippewa Lake, Mecosta CountyLake Antoine, Dickinson CountyFremont Lake, Newaygo CountyHess Lake, Newaygo CountyCenter Lake, Jackson CountyIndian Lake, Kalamazoo CountyCrystal Lake, Montcalm CountySilver Lake, Oceana CountyBeaver Lake, Alpena CountyPine Lake, Barry CountyPontiac Lake, Oakland CountyMona Lake, Muskegon CountyWalled Lake, Oakland CountyWhite Lake, Oakland CountyOtter Lake, Oakland CountyWorm Lake, Baraga CountyCorey Lake, St. Joseph CountyCrooked Lake, Gogebic CountyClark Lake, Jackson CountyFife Lake, Grand Traverse CountyLobdell Lake, Genesee CountyCisco Lake, Gogebic CountyWhitmore Lake, Livingston CountySunset Lake, Iron CountyUpper Herring Lake, Benzie CountyWall Lake, Barry CountyNorth Lake, Branch CountyLong Lake, Kalamazoo CountyStony Creek Lake, Macomb CountyRound Lake, Lenawee CountyLake Thumb, Charlevoix CountyDuck Lake, Calhoun CountyLake Orion, Oakland CountyKing Lake, Baraga CountyWhitefish Lake, Montcalm CountyLong Lake, Iosco CountyLake Hudson, Lenawee CountySand Lake, Lenawee CountyRound Lake, Delta CountyUnion Lake, Oakland CountyLake Lansing, Ingham CountyHorsehead Lake, Mecosta CountyLangford Lake, Gogebic CountyMaceday Lake, Oakland CountyLakeville Lake, Oakland CountySpider Lake, Grand Traverse CountyLincoln Lake, Kent CountyLake Ovid, Clinton CountyNepessing Lake, Lapeer CountyBaw Beese Lake, Hillsdale CountyIron Lake, Iron CountyEight Point Lake, Clare CountyJordan Lake, Barry CountyLoon Lake, Iosco CountyCraig Lake, Baraga CountyWabasis Lake, Kent CountyThornapple Lake, Barry CountyArbutus Lake, Grand Traverse CountyAvalon Lake, Montmorency CountySixmile Lake, Charlevoix CountyEagle Lake, Cass CountyRose Lake, Osceola CountyPortage Lake, Jackson CountyLake of the Woods, Branch CountyLake Gerald, Houghton CountyTamarack Lake, Gogebic CountyGoguac Lake, Calhoun CountyLong Lake, Ionia CountyGrass Lake, Jackson CountyMorrison Lake, Ionia CountyWiggins Lake, Gladwin CountyMiner Lake, Allegan CountyHaymarsh Lakes, Mecosta CountyLake Emily, Iron CountyThunder Lake, Schoolcraft CountyLake Chemung, Livingston CountyGrass Lake, Montmorency CountyGreen Lake, Allegan CountyTamarack Lake, Montcalm CountyMurray Lake, Kent CountyBirch Lake, Antrim CountyPickerel Lake, Newaygo CountyBrooks Lake, Newaygo CountyLong Lake, Barry CountyBarton Pond, Washtenaw CountyDeer Lake, Charlevoix CountyLake Mecosta, Mecosta CountyBass Lake, Lake CountyMarion Lake, Gogebic CountyLake of the Woods, Van Buren CountyDuck Lake, Montcalm CountyTipsico Lake, Oakland CountyShavehead Lake, Cass CountyGravel Lake, Van Buren CountyJehnsen Lake, Mecosta CountyLong Lake, Montmorency CountyBoyles Creek, Clare CountyColdwater Lake, Isabella CountyTownline Lake, Montcalm CountyBass Lake, Marquette CountyLake Mary, Iron CountyLake Oakland, Oakland CountySouth Dease Lake, Ogemaw CountyAu Sable Lake, Ogemaw CountyStony Lake, Oceana CountyLake Nettie, Presque Isle CountyPleasant Lake, Jackson CountyOxbow Lake, Oakland CountyReeds Lake, Kent CountyMcLaren Lake, Oceana CountyDonnell Lake, Cass CountyThompson Lake, Livingston CountyBaldwins Lake, Cass CountySand Lake, Iosco CountyWoodland Lake, Livingston CountyWinslow Lake, Iron CountyPleasant Lake, St. Joseph CountyCedar Lake, Van Buren CountyDeer Lake, Alger CountyFourmile Lake, Washtenaw CountyHart Lake, Oceana CountyBankson Lake, Van Buren CountyEagle Lake, Kalamazoo CountyAlgonquin Lake, Barry CountyWolverine Lake, Oakland CountyLong Lake, Clare CountyLoon Lake, Oakland CountyRyerson Lake, Newaygo CountyEast Crooked Lake, Livingston CountySawyer Lake, Dickinson CountyRush Lake, Montmorency CountyClear Lake, St. Joseph CountyPeach Lake, Ogemaw CountyRoss Lake, Gladwin CountyBlue Lake, Mecosta CountyGun Lake, Mason CountyStateline Lake, Gogebic CountyDickerson Lake, Montcalm CountyLily Lake, Clare CountyWoodland Lake, Newaygo CountyHalfmoon Lake, Washtenaw CountyPaint Lake, Iron CountyLong Lake, Cass CountyBig Pine Island Lake, Kent CountyNorth Lake, Washtenaw CountyMcCollum Lake, Oscoda CountyGourdneck Lake, Kalamazoo CountyEvans Lake, Lenawee CountyLake Cora, Van Buren CountyBig Lake, Oakland CountyFarewell Lake, Jackson CountySilver Lake, Washtenaw CountyTea Lake, Oscoda CountyLong Lake, Lapeer CountyChristie Lake, Van Buren CountyBig Lake, Osceola CountyPleasant Lake, Washtenaw CountyCavanaugh Lake, Washtenaw CountyWitch Lake, Marquette CountyLong Lake, St. Joseph CountySouth Lake, Washtenaw CountyBostwick Lake, Kent CountySouth Scott Lake, Van Buren CountyLittlefield Lake, Isabella CountyWest Londo Lake, Iosco CountyLondo Lake, Iosco CountySouth Lake, Branch CountyCedar Hedge Lake, Grand Traverse CountyClifford Lake, Montcalm CountyBills Lake, Newaygo CountyEagle Lake, Van Buren CountyJewell Lake, Alcona CountyIndian Lake, Iron CountyFirst Fortune Lake, Iron CountyRainy Lake, Presque Isle CountyChicago Lake, Delta CountyPratt Lake, Gladwin CountyJoslin Lake, Washtenaw CountyGeorge Lake, Ogemaw CountyStraits Lake, Schoolcraft CountySchool Section Lake, Oceana CountyLong Lake, Wexford CountyIndependence Lake, Washtenaw CountyMurphy Lake, Tuscola CountyFord Lake, Mason CountyMaple Lake, Van Buren CountyMiddle Straits Lake, Oakland CountyHardwood Lake, Ogemaw CountyLittle Whitefish Lake, Montcalm CountyHenderson Lake, Ogemaw CountyOsterhout Lake, Allegan CountyLake Manuka, Otsego CountyRainbow Lake, Montcalm CountyGreen Lake, Oakland CountyLong Lake, Oakland CountyTwin Lake (South), Cheboygan CountyClark Lake, Luce CountyLog Lake, Marquette CountyBass Lake, Livingston CountyNorth Dease Lake, Ogemaw CountyLake May, Presque Isle CountyBudd Lake, Clare CountyLittle Brevoort Lake, Mackinac CountyFlat Rock Impoundment, Wayne CountySeven Lakes, Oakland CountyRound Lake, Mecosta CountyTriangle Lake, Schoolcraft CountyHicks Lake, Osceola CountyFish Lake, Marquette CountyBennett Lake, Livingston CountyStone Lake, Cass CountyKimball Lake, Newaygo CountyThompson Lake, St. Joseph CountyIsland Lake, Livingston CountyBass Lake, Antrim CountyCedar Island Lake, Oakland CountyBeadle Lake, Calhoun CountySherman Lake, Kalamazoo CountyNichols Lake, Newaygo CountySugarloaf Lake, Kalamazoo CountyMill Lake, Washtenaw CountyHermansville Lake, Menominee CountyBristol Lake, Barry CountyVandercook Lake, Jackson CountyLake George, Clare CountyGilead Lake, Branch CountyDuck Lake, Allegan CountyGraham Lake, Calhoun CountyFish Lake, Alger CountyDuncan Lake, Barry CountyRobinson Lake, Newaygo CountyPine Lake, Genesee CountyPleasant Lake, Wexford CountyClear Lake, Jackson CountyByram Lake, Genesee CountyMurphy Lake, Schoolcraft CountyBig Lake, Otsego CountyYoungs Lake, Mecosta CountySilver Lake, Iron CountyBruin Lake, Washtenaw CountyHorseshoe Lake, Marquette CountyPickerel Lake, Newaygo CountyLee Lake, Calhoun CountyJose Lake, Iosco CountyStevenson Lake, Isabella CountyMiddle Lake, Barry CountyTamarack Lake, St. Joseph CountyDeer Lake, Oakland CountyWoodhull Lake, Oakland CountyClear Lake, Mecosta CountyColwell Lake, Schoolcraft CountyMorrison Lake, Branch CountyBird Lake, Hillsdale CountyCook Lake, Alger CountyGaylanta Lake, Montmorency CountyBig Lake, Baraga CountyCrockery Lake, Ottawa CountyBen-way Lake, Antrim CountyPerch Lake, Luce CountyMuskellunge Lake, Montmorency CountyHi-Land Lake, Livingston CountyWelch Lake, Jackson CountyStager Lake, Iron CountyNottawa Lake, Calhoun CountyWinfield Lake, Montcalm CountyGrass Lake, Oakland CountyHillsview Lake, Mecosta CountyHeron Lake, Oakland CountyLost Lake, Alger CountyArnold Lake, Clare CountyLake Emma, Presque Isle CountyFive Lakes, Clare CountyHelen Lake, Marquette CountyHackert Lake, Mason CountyLong Lake, Mason CountyTwin Lake (east), Muskegon CountyChief Lake, Manistee CountyLake Marion, Charlevoix CountyCub Lake, Hillsdale CountyCowden Lake, Montcalm CountyDerby Lake, Montcalm CountyTan Lake, Oakland CountySylvan Lake, Newaygo CountyThayer Lake, Antrim CountyCrooked Lake, Washtenaw CountyEllsworth Lake, Antrim CountyLittle Bear Lake, Otsego CountyBush Lake, Oakland CountyBishop Lake, Livingston CountyCarney Lake, Dickinson CountyLong Lake, Oakland CountyLake Sixteen, Oakland CountyLeach Lake, Barry CountyLoon Lake, Lake CountyPickerel Lake, Kalkaska CountyBig Fish Lake, Lapeer CountyBass Lake, Iron CountyNorth Lake, Van Buren CountySaddlebag Lake, Cass CountySixmile Lake, Dickinson CountyLost Lake, Presque Isle CountyTyrone Lake, Livingston CountyWilson Lake, Antrim CountyEast Twin Lake, Luce CountyLittle Portage Lake, Washtenaw CountyUpper Scott Lake, Allegan CountyCranberry Lake, Clare CountyWildwood Lake, Iron CountyWolf Lake, Marquette CountyReynolds Lake, Van Buren CountyCrescent Lake, Oakland CountyClam Lake, Antrim CountySand Lake, Montcalm CountyDana Lake, Delta CountyLittle Wolf Lake, Montmorency CountyLake George, Ogemaw CountyLittle Twin Lake, Kalkaska CountyMoore Lake, Oakland CountySquare Lake, Oakland CountyHuzzy Lake, Van Buren CountyLake Fifteen, Montmorency CountySelkirk Lake, Allegan CountyPleasant Lake, Oakland CountyPole Creek Lake, Delta CountyMerrill Lake, Mecosta CountyArgo Pond, Washtenaw CountyMary Lake, Dickinson CountyHorseshoe Lake, Washtenaw CountyCooley Lake, Oakland CountyDiamond Lake, Mecosta CountyStone Ledge Lake, Wexford CountyLake Lavine, Branch CountyCampau Lake, Kent CountyBaptist Lake, Newaygo CountyTownline Lake, Schoolcraft CountyMyers Lake, Kent CountyEdey Lake, Dickinson CountyMeauwataka Lake, Wexford CountyScram Lake, Kent CountyHogset Lake, Kalamazoo CountyRound Lake, Hillsdale CountyDodge Lake, Schoolcraft CountyIron Lake, Lenawee CountyCrispell Lake, Jackson CountyTownline Lake, Mecosta CountyBrower Lake, Kent CountyGrebe Lake, Ogemaw CountyPardee Lake, Livingston CountyLoon Lake, Oakland CountyStearn's Bayou, Ottawa CountySunrise Lake, Osceola CountyEmerald Lake, Newaygo CountyGoose Lake, Hillsdale CountyHamilton Lake, Dickinson CountyBass Lake, Marquette CountyWilliamsville Lake, Livingston CountyShafer Lake, Van Buren CountyLong Lake, Barry CountyBig Bass Lake, Otsego CountyElk Lake, Gladwin CountyChain Lakes, Iosco CountySauble Lake #1, Lake CountyEagle Lake, Kalamazoo CountyHalls Lake, Isabella CountyBlind Lake, Washtenaw CountyWabascon Lake, Calhoun CountyOtter Lake, Lapeer CountyWhite Lake, Jackson CountyHalf Moon Lake, Gratiot CountyClear Lake, Van Buren CountyIronjaw Lake, Schoolcraft CountyScotts Lake, Antrim CountyTwin Lake (west), Muskegon CountyCloverdale Lake, Barry CountyHubbell Pond, Oakland CountyIsland Lake, Ogemaw CountyCounty Line Lake, Gogebic CountyLoon Lake, Montcalm CountyBaldy Lake, Alger CountyLong Lake, Kalkaska CountyEden Lake, Mason CountyAllen Lake, Lenawee CountyBass Lake, Dickinson CountyStony Lake, Oakland CountyPine Lake, Barry CountyRound Lake, Lenawee CountyCarter Lake, Barry CountyLake Minnawanna, Lapeer CountyLilley Lake, Newaygo CountyClear/Squaw Lake, Oakland CountySand Lake, Newaygo CountySandy Bottom Lake, Livingston CountyMcComb Lake, Alger CountyPine Lake, Kent CountyProud Lake, Oakland CountyLower Jeptha Lake, Van Buren CountyLittle Island Lake, Iosco CountyWarner Lake, Calhoun CountyLittle Long Lake, Clare CountyPerch Lake, Clare CountyGray Lake, Clare CountyNorway Lake, Dickinson CountyDavison Lake, Lapeer CountyNorth Lake, Tuscola CountyBelas Lake, Cass CountyLong Lake, Kent CountyWindover Lake, Clare CountyBig Long Lake, Osceola CountyIsland Lake, Marquette CountyHalf Moon Lake, Montcalm CountyEnglewright Lake, Newaygo CountyCrooked Lake, Montmorency CountyHewey Lake, Ogemaw CountyIndian Lake, Gladwin CountySage Lakes, Montmorency CountyPerry Lake (South and Middle), Oscoda CountyEngman Lake, Marquette CountyRattalee Lake, Oakland CountyHunter Lake, Montcalm CountyHigh Lake, Grand Traverse CountyGarnet Lake, Mackinac CountyBertha Lake, Clare CountyPettibone Lake, Newaygo CountyRound Lake, Jackson CountyDe Cheau Lake, Montmorency CountyHunters Lake, Alcona CountyDickinson Lake, Oakland CountyCaulkins Lake, Otsego CountyLittle Brush Lake, Montmorency CountyMuskrat Lake, Clinton CountyBass Lake, Montcalm CountyWyckoff Lake, Oceana CountyHealy Lake, Manistee CountyElbow Lake, Ogemaw CountyLake Four, Gladwin CountyFloyd Lake, Iosco CountyPaquette Lake, Alger CountyLake Perrault, Houghton CountyBass Lake, Alger CountyFarmer Lake, Marquette CountyHalfmoon Lake, Alger CountyLake Ferdelman, Presque Isle CountyHorseshoe Lake, Ogemaw CountyPearl Lake, Montcalm CountyBush Lake, Ogemaw CountySkidway Lake, Ogemaw CountyWelcome Lake, Iosco CountyTownline Lake, Clare CountyBridge Lake, Grand Traverse CountyBear Den Lake, Presque Isle CountyStewart Lake, Oakland CountyCanfield Lake, Manistee CountyNorth Selkirk Lake, Kalkaska CountyChenango Lake, Livingston CountyToms Lake, Schoolcraft CountyHart Lake, Kent CountyBasford Lake, Lake CountyBarney Lake, Roscommon CountyBig Trout Lake, Marquette CountyHannah Lake, Mecosta CountyBritton Lake, Muskegon CountyLittle Round Lake, Alger CountyLog Lake, Kalkaska CountyBlack Lake, Berrien CountyMiddle Lake, Barry CountyGraham Lakes, Oakland CountyVerdant Lake, Schoolcraft CountyLittle Tomahawk Lake, Presque Isle CountyLost Lake, Alcona CountyFish Lake, Lapeer CountyBlue Lake, Gladwin CountyAlderman Lake, Oakland CountyFoley Pond, Oakland CountyWalker Lake, Chippewa CountySilver Lake, Washtenaw CountyCrystal Lake, Manistee CountyCedar Lake, Lapeer CountyDeadman Lake, Clare CountyRed Jack Lake, Alger CountySheffer Lake, Allegan CountySecord Lake, Iosco CountyLittle Perch Lake, Luce CountyYoung Lake, Luce County

Recorded here Other lakes with fish records

How we know

  • 497lakes where an angler registered one (Master Angler)
  • 109lakes where a DNR fisheries survey netted them
  • 48lakes the DNR has stocked with this fish; 22 of them are listed on stocking alone, because these fish keep breeding once established

A lake can appear in more than one line. A lake that isn’t listed may still have them: records exist only where someone caught, netted or stocked them.

Inland lakes on this list run from 6 to 19,592 acres (median 151) and from 3 to 285 ft deep (median 39 ft).

When and how big crappie are caught

From 3,226 Master Angler entries, 1947–2025, from all Michigan waters including the Great Lakes. An entry needs a fish at least 14 in, so these describe big fish that anglers chose to register — where and when people fish, not how many fish a lake holds.

Entries by month

The busiest month is May (25% of entries); 23% come in December–February (lighter bars), mostly through the ice.

Size of registered fish

Half were 14.5 in or less, and 9 in 10 were under 16 in.

Method

Spincasting38%
Ice Fishing25%
Still Fishing23%
Trolling10%
Drift Fishing3%

Bait

Artificial lures35%
Live bait (type not given)26%
Minnows and baitfish25%
Combination5%
Worms and crawlers5%
Wax worms and grubs4%

Share of entries that recorded a method (3,034) or a bait (2,204).

Lakes on this site with the most entries

  1. Stony Creek Lake, Macomb 139
  2. Saginaw Bay, Bay 79
  3. Gull Lake, Kalamazoo 75
  4. Houghton Lake, Roscommon 55
  5. Lake St. Clair, St. Clair 45
  6. White Lake, Oakland 44
  7. Kent Lake, Oakland 37
  8. Van Etten Lake, Iosco 35
  9. Pontiac Lake, Oakland 26
  10. Gun Lake, Barry 25

Master Angler entries matched to each lake. A busy lake gets more entries; this is not a ranking of fishing quality.

Often found with

Share of these lakes that also list each fish.

How to recognize it

Count the dorsal spines: white crappie usually have 6, black crappie 7 or 8. White crappie tend to show vertical bars on their sides; black crappie look randomly speckled. Most lake records just say “crappie”, so this page covers both.

Don’t confuse it with

White crappie — Six dorsal spines and faint vertical bars. More often in cloudy water, rivers and reservoirs, around brush and standing timber.
Black crappie — Seven or eight dorsal spines and random speckles. More often in clear lakes, in and around weed beds.

Up close

Illustration of a black crappie's head and front half from the side, with seven spines at the front of the dorsal fin and irregular black speckles on the sides.
Black crappie: seven dorsal spines; the dorsal fin's base is about as long as the distance from the eye to the fin; irregular black speckles, not bars.
Illustration of a white crappie's head and front half from the side, with six spines at the front of the dorsal fin and dark vertical bars on pale silvery sides.
White crappie: six dorsal spines; the dorsal fin's base is shorter than the distance from the eye to the fin; dark vertical bars on silvery sides.

AI-generated close-ups, not photographs, drawn from the cited descriptions. They show what to look for; they are not a substitute for an expert identification (provenance).

Life in a Michigan lake

Crappie are among the first panfish to head into the shallows in spring. Dark-bottomed canals and cuts, which warm faster than the main lake, are early gathering spots, as are marinas and sheltered coves; on the Great Lakes they use shallow reeds and bulrushes.

After spawning they move to deeper water and tend to suspend in open water, which makes them harder to find than most panfish. Both species school.

Source: Michigan DNR species page.

Rules and eating

Check the rules before you keep fish. Each lake page shows the regulations that apply there, and the Michigan Fishing Guide is the official source. Before eating fish from a particular lake, check Michigan’s Eat Safe Fish guidelines.

All 551 lakes with crappie

Show every lake, by county

Alcona County 4

Cedar Lake, Hunters Lake, Jewell Lake, Lost Lake

Alger County 11

Baldy Lake, Bass Lake, Cook Lake, Deer Lake, Fish Lake, Halfmoon Lake, Little Round Lake, Lost Lake, McComb Lake, Paquette Lake, Red Jack Lake

Allegan County 7

Duck Lake, Green Lake, Miner Lake, Osterhout Lake, Selkirk Lake, Sheffer Lake, Upper Scott Lake

Alpena County 3

Beaver Lake, Devils Lake, Fletcher Pond

Antrim County 10

Bass Lake, Ben-way Lake, Birch Lake, Clam Lake, Ellsworth Lake, Intermediate Lake, Scotts Lake, Thayer Lake, Torch Lake, Wilson Lake

Baraga County 4

Big Lake, Craig Lake, King Lake, Worm Lake

Barry County 16

Algonquin Lake, Bristol Lake, Carter Lake, Cloverdale Lake, Duncan Lake, Gun Lake, Jordan Lake, Leach Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Middle Lake, Middle Lake, Pine Lake, Pine Lake, Thornapple Lake, Wall Lake

Bay County 1

Saginaw Bay

Benzie County 2

Platte Lake, Upper Herring Lake

Berrien County 2

Black Lake, Paw Paw Lake

Branch County 8

Coldwater Lake, Gilead Lake, Lake Lavine, Lake of the Woods, Marble Lake, Morrison Lake, North Lake, South Lake

Calhoun County 8

Beadle Lake, Duck Lake, Goguac Lake, Graham Lake, Lee Lake, Nottawa Lake, Wabascon Lake, Warner Lake

Cass County 9

Baldwins Lake, Belas Lake, Diamond Lake, Donnell Lake, Eagle Lake, Long Lake, Saddlebag Lake, Shavehead Lake, Stone Lake

Charlevoix County 5

Deer Lake, Lake Charlevoix, Lake Marion, Lake Thumb, Sixmile Lake

Cheboygan County 5

Black Lake, Burt Lake, Douglas Lake, Mullett Lake, Twin Lake (South)

Chippewa County 1

Walker Lake

Clare County 16

Arnold Lake, Bertha Lake, Boyles Creek, Budd Lake, Cranberry Lake, Deadman Lake, Eight Point Lake, Five Lakes, Gray Lake, Lake George, Lily Lake, Little Long Lake, Long Lake, Perch Lake, Townline Lake, Windover Lake

Clinton County 2

Lake Ovid, Muskrat Lake

Delta County 5

Chicago Lake, Dana Lake, Little Bay de Noc, Pole Creek Lake, Round Lake

Dickinson County 9

Bass Lake, Carney Lake, Edey Lake, Hamilton Lake, Lake Antoine, Mary Lake, Norway Lake, Sawyer Lake, Sixmile Lake

Emmet County 2

Crooked Lake, Pickerel Lake

Genesee County 4

Byram Lake, Lake Fenton, Lobdell Lake, Pine Lake

Gladwin County 8

Blue Lake, Elk Lake, Indian Lake, Lake Four, Pratt Lake, Ross Lake, Wiggins Lake, Wixom Lake

Gogebic County 8

Cisco Lake, County Line Lake, Crooked Lake, Langford Lake, Marion Lake, Stateline Lake, Tamarack Lake, Thousand Island Lake

Grand Traverse County 8

Arbutus Lake, Bridge Lake, Cedar Hedge Lake, Fife Lake, Green Lake, High Lake, Long Lake, Spider Lake

Gratiot County 1

Half Moon Lake

Hillsdale County 5

Baw Beese Lake, Bird Lake, Cub Lake, Goose Lake, Round Lake

Houghton County 3

Lake Gerald, Lake Perrault, Prickett Lake

Huron County 1

Wildfowl Bay

Ingham County 1

Lake Lansing

Ionia County 2

Long Lake, Morrison Lake

Iosco County 13

Chain Lakes, Floyd Lake, Jose Lake, Little Island Lake, Londo Lake, Long Lake, Loon Lake, Sand Lake, Secord Lake, Tawas Lake, Van Etten Lake, Welcome Lake, West Londo Lake

Iron County 14

Bass Lake, Chicagon Lake, First Fortune Lake, Indian Lake, Iron Lake, Lake Emily, Lake Mary, Paint Lake, Perch Lake, Silver Lake, Stager Lake, Sunset Lake, Wildwood Lake, Winslow Lake

Isabella County 4

Coldwater Lake, Halls Lake, Littlefield Lake, Stevenson Lake

Jackson County 13

Center Lake, Clark Lake, Clear Lake, Crispell Lake, Farewell Lake, Grass Lake, Pleasant Lake, Portage Lake, Round Lake, Vandercook Lake, Wamplers Lake, Welch Lake, White Lake

Kalamazoo County 10

Austin Lake, Eagle Lake, Eagle Lake, Gourdneck Lake, Gull Lake, Hogset Lake, Indian Lake, Long Lake, Sherman Lake, Sugarloaf Lake

Kalkaska County 5

Little Twin Lake, Log Lake, Long Lake, North Selkirk Lake, Pickerel Lake

Kent County 13

Big Pine Island Lake, Bostwick Lake, Brower Lake, Campau Lake, Hart Lake, Lincoln Lake, Long Lake, Murray Lake, Myers Lake, Pine Lake, Reeds Lake, Scram Lake, Wabasis Lake

Keweenaw County 1

Lac La Belle

Lake County 5

Basford Lake, Bass Lake, Big Star Lake, Loon Lake, Sauble Lake #1

Lapeer County 8

Big Fish Lake, Cedar Lake, Davison Lake, Fish Lake, Lake Minnawanna, Long Lake, Nepessing Lake, Otter Lake

Lenawee County 8

Allen Lake, Devils Lake, Evans Lake, Iron Lake, Lake Hudson, Round Lake, Round Lake, Sand Lake

Livingston County 15

Bass Lake, Bennett Lake, Bishop Lake, Chenango Lake, East Crooked Lake, Hi-Land Lake, Island Lake, Lake Chemung, Pardee Lake, Sandy Bottom Lake, Thompson Lake, Tyrone Lake, Whitmore Lake, Williamsville Lake, Woodland Lake

Luce County 5

Clark Lake, East Twin Lake, Little Perch Lake, Perch Lake, Young Lake

Mackinac County 4

Brevoort Lake, Garnet Lake, Little Brevoort Lake, South Manistique Lake

Macomb County 1

Stony Creek Lake

Manistee County 6

Bear Lake, Canfield Lake, Chief Lake, Crystal Lake, Healy Lake, Portage Lake

Marquette County 14

Bass Lake, Bass Lake, Big Trout Lake, Engman Lake, Farmer Lake, Fish Lake, Helen Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Island Lake, Lake Independence, Lake Michigamme, Log Lake, Witch Lake, Wolf Lake

Mason County 6

Eden Lake, Ford Lake, Gun Lake, Hackert Lake, Hamlin Lake, Long Lake

Mecosta County 15

Blue Lake, Chippewa Lake, Clear Lake, Diamond Lake, Hannah Lake, Haymarsh Lakes, Hillsview Lake, Horsehead Lake, Jehnsen Lake, Lake Mecosta, Martiny Lake, Merrill Lake, Round Lake, Townline Lake, Youngs Lake

Menominee County 1

Hermansville Lake

Midland County 1

Sanford Lake

Missaukee County 1

Lake Missaukee

Montcalm County 18

Bass Lake, Clifford Lake, Cowden Lake, Crystal Lake, Derby Lake, Dickerson Lake, Duck Lake, Half Moon Lake, Hunter Lake, Little Whitefish Lake, Loon Lake, Pearl Lake, Rainbow Lake, Sand Lake, Tamarack Lake, Townline Lake, Whitefish Lake, Winfield Lake

Montmorency County 14

Avalon Lake, Crooked Lake, De Cheau Lake, East Twin Lake, Gaylanta Lake, Grass Lake, Lake Fifteen, Little Brush Lake, Little Wolf Lake, Long Lake, Muskellunge Lake, Rush Lake, Sage Lakes, West Twin Lake

Muskegon County 5

Britton Lake, Mona Lake, Muskegon Lake, Twin Lake (east), Twin Lake (west)

Newaygo County 18

Baptist Lake, Bills Lake, Brooks Lake, Emerald Lake, Englewright Lake, Fremont Lake, Hess Lake, Kimball Lake, Lilley Lake, Nichols Lake, Pettibone Lake, Pickerel Lake, Pickerel Lake, Robinson Lake, Ryerson Lake, Sand Lake, Sylvan Lake, Woodland Lake

Oakland County 46

Alderman Lake, Big Lake, Bush Lake, Cass Lake, Cedar Island Lake, Clear/Squaw Lake, Cooley Lake, Crescent Lake, Deer Lake, Dickinson Lake, Foley Pond, Graham Lakes, Grass Lake, Green Lake, Heron Lake, Hubbell Pond, Kent Lake, Lake Oakland, Lake Orion, Lake Sixteen, Lakeville Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Loon Lake, Loon Lake, Maceday Lake, Middle Straits Lake, Moore Lake, Orchard Lake, Otter Lake, Oxbow Lake, Pleasant Lake, Pontiac Lake, Proud Lake, Rattalee Lake, Seven Lakes, Square Lake, Stewart Lake, Stony Lake, Tan Lake, Tipsico Lake, Union Lake, Walled Lake, White Lake, Wolverine Lake, Woodhull Lake

Oceana County 6

Hart Lake, McLaren Lake, School Section Lake, Silver Lake, Stony Lake, Wyckoff Lake

Ogemaw County 16

Au Sable Lake, Bush Lake, Elbow Lake, George Lake, Grebe Lake, Hardwood Lake, Henderson Lake, Hewey Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Island Lake, Lake George, North Dease Lake, Peach Lake, Sage Lake, Skidway Lake, South Dease Lake

Ontonagon County 1

Lake Gogebic

Osceola County 5

Big Lake, Big Long Lake, Hicks Lake, Rose Lake, Sunrise Lake

Oscoda County 3

McCollum Lake, Perry Lake (South and Middle), Tea Lake

Otsego County 6

Big Bass Lake, Big Lake, Caulkins Lake, Lake Manuka, Little Bear Lake, Otsego Lake

Ottawa County 3

Crockery Lake, Lake Macatawa, Stearn's Bayou

Presque Isle County 9

Bear Den Lake, Lake Emma, Lake Ferdelman, Lake May, Lake Nettie, Little Tomahawk Lake, Long Lake, Lost Lake, Rainy Lake

Roscommon County 2

Barney Lake, Houghton Lake

Schoolcraft County 13

Colwell Lake, Dodge Lake, Gulliver Lake, Indian Lake, Ironjaw Lake, McDonald Lake, Murphy Lake, Straits Lake, Thunder Lake, Toms Lake, Townline Lake, Triangle Lake, Verdant Lake

St. Clair County 1

Lake St. Clair

St. Joseph County 6

Clear Lake, Corey Lake, Long Lake, Pleasant Lake, Tamarack Lake, Thompson Lake

Tuscola County 2

Murphy Lake, North Lake

Van Buren County 15

Bankson Lake, Cedar Lake, Christie Lake, Clear Lake, Eagle Lake, Gravel Lake, Huzzy Lake, Lake Cora, Lake of the Woods, Lower Jeptha Lake, Maple Lake, North Lake, Reynolds Lake, Shafer Lake, South Scott Lake

Washtenaw County 19

Argo Pond, Barton Pond, Blind Lake, Bruin Lake, Cavanaugh Lake, Crooked Lake, Ford Lake, Fourmile Lake, Halfmoon Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Independence Lake, Joslin Lake, Little Portage Lake, Mill Lake, North Lake, Pleasant Lake, Silver Lake, Silver Lake, South Lake

Wayne County 2

Belleville Lake, Flat Rock Impoundment

Wexford County 7

Hodenpyl Dam Pond, Lake Cadillac, Lake Mitchell, Long Lake, Meauwataka Lake, Pleasant Lake, Stone Ledge Lake

Sources

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