Fishing Report For Glen Lake, MI

By Rick Seaman

June 7, 2025

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Fishing Report Glen Lake, MI

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Popular Fish Species Glen Lake, MI

Smallmouth Bass

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

This fishery is divided in two sections, Big Glen Lake which is the deeper of the two, and Little Glen Lake which is shallower. Smallmouth are being caught in both lakes, as well as the area on both sides of the Narrows. Jerkbaits, crankbaits, Ned rigs and tube baits are popular smallie lures. Fishing for smallmouth is often good on cold, windy, cloudy and rainy days. The water temperature is approaching the 60's and smallmouth are beginning the spawning rituals. They often spawn in as shallow as 4 or 5 feet, to as deep as 15 or 2o feet. After the spawn, look for these smallmouth to get aggressive and feed heavily. Early and late in the day topwater can be effective throughout the warmer months.

Yellow Perch

Current Report: Very Good To Excellent
Outlook: Very Good

A healthy population of yellow perch reside here, providing a steady food source for larger, predator fish. They also provide fun fishing for anglers, and make for tasty table fare. Ice fishing was very good all Winter for these fat scroungers. Perch feed on small fish and invertebrates. Fishing for them through the ice was good this year using minnows, mealworms, maggots, small spoons, and nightcrawlers. These baits continue to work now that the ice is gone. Anglers are catching them in 10 to 20 feet of water, around any type of vegetation. As Summer warms the water, they will move deeper, and can be found 25 to 40 feet deep, or deeper.

Rainbow Trout

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Thanks to an on-going stocking program by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, there is a healthy rainbow trout fishery here. The diet of a rainbow trout consists of insects, small fishes and crustaceans. Trolling with spoons, flashers and bait is popular. For casting, use flies or small lures, imitating their natural food, to tempt them into biting. Small spinners, miniature crankbaits and miniature swimbaits are catching rainbows, as are nightcrawlers, salmon eggs and prepared baits.

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Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, walleye, rainbow trout, lake trout, steelhead, bluegill, rock bass, yellow perch and northern pike at Glen Lake in Michigan.

Glen Lake is a 6,300-acre lake with 17 miles of shoreline, and over 140 feet deep. It has two sections, Big and Little Glen Lake. Rainbow trout, lake trout, brown trout, northern pike, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, and a variety of panfish all reside here. There is limited access for bank fishing, however a public fishing pier is available. Ice fishing during winter is very popular.

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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".