Fishing Report For Fletcher Pond, MI

By Rick Seaman

April 22, 2025

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Fishing Report Fletcher Pond, MI

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Popular Fish Species Fletcher Pond, MI

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Very Good

Generally shallow water and considerable vegetation makes this lake unfavorable for large boats. As a result, there is limited fishing pressure, and the bass fishing is quite good for anglers fishing from canoes and kayaks. Spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, jerkbaits and drop shots are all popular and effective. During slow times, stick worms, rigged wacky style, are catching lethargic bass. Topwater baits will be getting bites soon as the water warms into the mid-50's.

Yellow Perch

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good

Winter is the prime time to catch yellow perch here, and ice fishing this past winter was quite good. As Spring is bringing warmer water, locals are still catching plenty of perch, but they are spread out and hiding in the weeds. Small jigs, tipped with worms, grubs or minnows continue to work well. Summer will drive them to deeper water making them harder to locate. These perch are part of the steady food source for larger, predator fish, like bass and pike. Yellow perch make for an excellent fish fry.

Northern Pike

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good

Northerns here roam around under the ice looking for food, and ice fishing was pretty good this year. Live, large minnows, suckers, and shiners, as well as frozen smelt or ciscoes are catching northerns while ice fishing. Now that the ice is disappearing, they are just starting to migrate toward the shallows which are warming the quickest. As Spring gets into full swing, and throughout mornings and evenings in Summer, topwater baits are a good bet for these aggressive feeders. The lake has a good population of northern pike, as they also get limited fishing pressure.

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Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed sunfish, yellow perch and northern pike at Fletcher Pond in Michigan.

Fletcher Pond is a 9,000-acre lake with over 20 miles of shoreline. Crappie, bluegill, perch, bass and northern pike are the popular species here. In winter ice fishing for bluegill and pike is quite popular. There are multiple access points around the lake for fishing from the bank.

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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".