10,346 Acres of Michigan Fishing Fun

Whether you're looking for summer angling or winter jigging there's no better place to find excellent year round fishing fun than on the Upper Peninsula's Big Manistique Lake. Here's the short list of fish that can be found in Big Manistique Lake:

* Largemouth Bass

* Nothern Pike

* Pumpkinseed

* Rock Bass

* Smallmouth Bass

* Yellow Perch

* Walleye

* Brook Trout

* Bluegill

* Muskie

This diverse fishery is worth traveling to, and to make sure it stays that way the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has gone to great lengths to keep it that way. Here's a list of the fish stocking done by the MI DNR just over that past few seasons:

* 3,239 Muskellunge in 2004

* 1,000,000 Walleye in 2005 (That's right, a million!)

* 4,700 Walleye in 2005

* 2,000 Walleye in 2007

This Big Manistique Lake ...