Fishing Report For Burt Lake, MI
AKA: Lake Burt
By Rick Seaman
January 8, 2025
Fishing Reports
Popular Fish Species Burt Lake, MI
Walleye
Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good
Walleye in Burt Lake tend to concentrate in migrating schools from the Chaboiganing Nature Preserve on the north to Burt Lake State Park area at the south end of the lake. The lake is reported to be one of the better walleye lakes in the state. Use fish finders to locate the schools and troll, cast or drift-troll across the area. Deep-diving crankbaits, like the Bandit, are a great for trolling.
Smallmouth Bass
Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Fair To Good
Burt Lake is considered a decent smallmouth fishery. focus on areas with weedy, rocky or gravel bottoms where smallies feed on crayfish. Mid-range crankbaits, like the Rapala DT-6, are a good way to cover lots of water and the smallmouth here are prone to strike them aggressively.
Yellow Perch
Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good
Ice fishing for yellow perch in winter is a very popular pass time. In Spring through Fall, fish the edges of weeds in shallower water. Fat, healthy perch feed aggressively and can be caught on tube baits, worms, minnows, jigs and meal worms. The Michigan DNR reports yellow perch up to 14" are thriving here in good numbers.
Fish species to fish for...
Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, walleye, rainbow trout, brown trout, bluegill, green sunfish, pumpkinseed sunfish, rock bass, yellow perch, muskie and northern pike at Burt Lake in Michigan.
Offering anglers numerous fish species to pursue, Burt Lake is a 17,000-acre lake in the northern tip of the lower peninsula, at Indian River, MI. Walleye, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike and big muskies are the primary target of local anglers.
Primary fish species to catch
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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".
Contact Information
Burt Lake
Maple Bay State Forest Campground
1700 Maple Bay Rd
Brutus, MI 49716
989 732-3541
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Fishing near the northern tip of the lower MI peninsula, for bass, catfish, crappie, walleye, trout, bluegill, sunfish, perch, muskie and northern pike.
