FOX CHAIN O'LAKES

Target fish

Image

Avg. weight of catch (lbs)

Best times to fish

Habitat areas to fish

Bluegill

1/3

Spring - Fall

Best lakes: Catherine, Marie, Bluff, Petite.Fish weed beds & edges, peers, brush & snags.

Carp

7

May - Sept

Best lakes: Grass, Fox, Pistakee. Fish shoreline, bays & channel areas.

Channel Catfish

1 to 2

June - Sept.
ice

Best lakes: Grass, Fox, Pistakee. Fish shoreline, islands, bays & channel areas near brush & snags, & deeper areas through ice.

Crappie

1/3 to 1/2

Spring & Fall,
ice

Best lakes: Channel & Catherine, Marie, Bluff, Petite. Fish channels & main lakes near weeds, brush, snags & piers, & deeper areas thru ice.

Freshwater Drum

1

May - Sept.

Best lakes: Fox, Pistakee. Fish shoreline near piers & sea walls.

Largemouth Bass

1 to 2

May - Sept.

Best lakes: Channel & Catherine, Marie, Bluff, Petite, Fox. Fish main lakes & channels in weed beds & edges, near brush, snags, & piers.

Muskellunge

10 to 20

Spring & Fall

Best lakes: Channel & Catherine, Marie, Petite. Fish points, weed lines, dropoffs, channel areas.

Northern Pike

3 to 5

Spring & Fall,
ice

Best lakes: Channel & Catherine, Marie, Bluff, Petite. Fish weed beds & edges.

Walleye & Sauger

1 to 2

Spring & Fall

Best lakes: Channel & Catherine, Marie, Pistakee & Fox. Fish dropoffs, sand & gravel bars, islands, Rts. 12 & 173, Grass Lake Road bridges.

White Bass

1/2

Spring & Fall, ice

Best lakes: Marie, Petite, Fox, Pistakee. Fish open water, deeper through ice.