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Lake · Benzie, Michigan

Crystal Lake

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At a glance

Area
3,996 ha (9,875 acres)

This lake's year

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A ring of the twelve months, January at the top: the outer band is the ice cover, the inner rings the spawning months of the lake's species, and a needle marks the day this page was updated. The list beside it says the same.

  • No published ice dates for this lake.
  • 1. Lake trout spawns: Sep–Nov (months cited for Great Lakes populations)
  • Needle: Oct 25, the day this page was updated

Spawning months from each species' cited source for this region, for its five best-recorded species here; ice dates from the published record (sources below). Summer layering and fall turnover are drawn only for lakes the USGS has modelled (in the U.S. Midwest).

Who lives here

Not listed doesn't mean no fish.

Stocking

YearSpeciesStageNumber
Apr 16, 2026Rainbow trout19,998
Apr 8, 2026Lake trout23,995
Apr 8, 2026Lake trout21,396
Apr 8, 2026Rainbow trout20,692
Oct 20, 2025Rainbow trout60,034
May 20, 2025Rainbow trout7,311
Apr 23, 2025Rainbow trout13,840
Apr 10, 2025Rainbow trout21,164
Apr 9, 2025Lake trout21,235
Apr 9, 2025Lake trout24,995
Apr 15, 2024Rainbow trout20,000
Apr 8, 2024Lake trout44,790
Apr 1, 2024Rainbow trout21,999
Oct 10, 2023Rainbow trout102,876
May 4, 2023Rainbow trout10,714
Apr 12, 2023Rainbow trout14,569
Apr 12, 2023Rainbow trout14,568
Apr 7, 2023Lake trout19,998
Apr 7, 2023Lake trout23,030
Oct 12, 2022Lake trout82,587

As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 20 of 63.

Getting on the water

Listed by public agencies. A listed site doesn't make the water or its shore open to fishing: when in doubt, it's unknown. Check signs and local rules.

The rules

Summary, not the law. Check the official regulations before you fish.

HuntGrid has no rules for this water yet.

Official regulations: Michigan Department of Natural Resources

What's biting

Not enough anglers have shared catches here lately. A species shows for a week once at least 5 anglers share catches of it.

From anglers who chose to share their catches in HuntGrid Fishing, each counted once, counts rounded to the nearest 5, published 3 days after the week ends and never changed. Never a spot, time or name.

About this page

Sources and licences:

Spawning months:

The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above, without a basemap. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.