Lake Charlevoix

Overview

Area

7,016 ha (17,337 acres)

Mean depth (estimated)

≈ 18.5 m (61 ft)

Mean depth: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016)

Fish

• Brown trout Salmo truttaReported · 2023 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
• Rainbow smelt Osmerus mordaxReported · 2023 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
• Round goby Neogobius melanostomusReported · 2023 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
• Threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatusReported · 2023 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)

Not listed doesn't mean no fish.

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

Public access

• Tourist ParkBoat launch · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Young State ParkBoat launch · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Dutchman's BayBoat launch · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• IrontonBoat launch · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Ferry BeachBoat launch · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Boyne CityBoat launch · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Whiting ParkBoat launch · Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Camp Sea-Gull ParkBoat launch · Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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.

Sources and licences

• U.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution (NHDPlus HR); U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line® Shapefiles 2025: counties and states · Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. §105)
• Lake mean depth: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016, Nature Communications 7:13603), CC BY 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
• Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0) · CC0 1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/, checked 2026-10-18): the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database is published through GBIF as "no copyright" — "The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law". GBIF dataset d6cc311c-c5ab-4f23-9a20-10514f9eb9c4, licence CC0_1_0; cite U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database.
• Michigan Department of Natural Resources · No restrictions on the use, reproduction, or distribution (State of Michigan public record)
• Michigan DNR, Institute for Fisheries Research · Public record: no restrictions on use, reproduction or distribution (State of Michigan open data terms, provided as is)

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