Fishing Report For Brevoort Lake, MI

By Rick Seaman

May 21, 2025

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Fishing Report Brevoort Lake, MI

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Popular Fish Species Brevoort Lake, MI

Walleye

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good

Tipping jigs with minnows, leeches and nightcrawlers is a favorite approach for walleye here, and some nice fish are currently being caught this way. Shallow rocky banks are producing the better fish. Spring and Fall are the best season for catching walleye. They will spawn in May and June, then move to flats, shoals and ledges off shore. Throughout Summer, early in the morning and from dusk to long after dark are good times to catch walleye, as they move shallow to feed. They primarily feed close to the bottom, so keep your bait in touch with the lake bottom. Locals report catching walleye using spoons, deep-diving crankbaits, and worm harness spinners while trolling as well.

Yellow Perch

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good

Fat yellow perch here feed on small fish and invertebrates. Fishing for them through the ice was good again this year using minnows, mealworms, maggots, and nightcrawlers. These baits continue to work now that the ice is gone. Anglers are catching them in 4 to 10 feet of water, around any type of vegetation. As Summer warms the water, they will move deeper, and can be found 20 feet deep, or deeper. A nice population of yellow perch here provides a steady food source for larger, predator fish. They also make for an excellent fish fry.

Northern Pike

Johnson Silver Minnow Spoon with a curly tail grub

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

This winter, many nice northerns were caught through the ice on minnows, worms and cut bait. Northern pike are now roaming the shores, especially in weedy areas, looking for small fish to eat. shiners and minnows are the most popular live bait, but night crawlers and leeches work too, when tipped on spinners. Jerkbaits, Johnson spoons and noisy topwater baits are also catching some big northerns

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Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, walleye, rainbow trout, bluegill, rock bass, yellow perch, chinook salmon and muskie at Brevoort Lake in Michigan.

Brevoort Lake is a 4,200-acre lake with about 14 miles of shoreline. Known for quality walleye and chinook salmon fishing, the lake also supports healthy populations of perch, trout, muskie, crappie and bass. In winter, ice fishing for walleye, pike and perch can be quite good.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".