Lake Superior

Overview

Area

5,334,819 ha (13,182,624 acres)

Mean depth

146.7 m (481 ft)

Mean depth: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016)

Fish

• Alewife Alosa pseudoharengusReported · 2025 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
• Brook silverside Labidesthes sicculusReported · 2024 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
• Common carp Cyprinus carpioReported · 2025 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
• Freshwater drum Aplodinotus grunniensReported · 2025 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
• Freshwater tubenose goby Proterorhinus semilunarisReported · 2025 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
• Rainbow smelt Osmerus mordaxReported · 2025 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
• Round goby Neogobius melanostomusReported · 2025 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
• Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuaReported · 2025 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
• Threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatusReported · 2024 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
• White bass Morone chrysopsReported · 2025 · Nonindigenous species occurrences: U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database, via GBIF (CC0 1.0)
• White perch Morone americanaReported · 2025 · 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

• BayfieldBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Beaver IslandBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Birch IslandBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Caribou IslandBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Malone BayBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Boat launchNational Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Tookers IslandBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Boat launchNational Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Boat launchNational Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Passage IslandBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• WindigoBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Grace IslandBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Merritt LaneBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Raspberry IslandBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Boat launchNational Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Belle IsleBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Moskey BasinBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Duncan BayBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Little Sand BayBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest
• Hay BayBoat launch · National Park Service, Public Points of Interest

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.
• National Park Service, Public Points of Interest · Public domain (US Government work, 17 U.S.C. §105)

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