Walloon Lake Fishing

                 Emerson's Master Angler Smallmouth caught 8-25-08

As one of Michigan’s cleanest lakes, Walloon Lake hosts a wide variety of game fish. The steep drop offs carved out by glaciers, and Walloon’s cool spring fed waters provide an outstanding opportunity for anglers of all ages and skills. Brown trout, rainbow trout, lake trout, walleye, smallmouth bass, perch, bluegills, rock bass, and even smelt are all caught by Walloon Lake anglers. The most sought after are smallmouth bass, and they are caught trolling, casting, or still fishing. Rainbow trout are very plentiful and are caught year round. Still fishing with minnows or trolling with downriggers or planer boards take the majority of these fish with the occasional brown trout included. Lake trout stay in the deepest areas of the lake and are only caught on downriggers in the summer, but are also taken through the ice either jigging or on a tip-up. Trolling with a crawler harness takes the majority of walleyes, but casting or still fishing will also boat a few. Walloon Lake property owners fishing off their docks will land most species at various times throughout the season.

Fishing in Walloon Lake has been a joy for Jim Kerr all his life. As a young boy, countless hours were spent on the dock patiently watching a bobber until his parents finally let him take the Whaler out and anchor within sight of the dock. In the early 1980’s Jim was a USGC licensed Great Lakes Charter Boat Captain during the salmon heydays in Lakes Michigan and Huron. These days, from early May, throughout the summer and into mid October, early mornings will find Jim out on Walloon trolling for trout. In the spring and fall the trout are cruising the cool shallow waters, and Jim pulls Rapala’s off planner boards. In the summer, trout hold in the 55 degree thermocline and Jim uses downriggers to troll spoons 35 to 60 feet deep for rainbows, and 80 to 90 feet deep for lakers.

                 Walloon Brown Trout

Walloon Lake Trout 

  Walloon Rainbow & Walleye

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