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Bass Fishing near Lansing

Started by jacksonmj, June 23, 2009, 10:20:07 AM

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jacksonmj

I'm getting stationed in Lansing for the next four years and need to know what are the best lakes or areas around Lansing to do some bass fishing. Also does anyone know if there are any Bass Clubs that are in the Lansing area. Thanks and I like the site took me long enough to find one.

gr@ssmonkey

welcome to the site jacksonmj,i don,t know the stuff to fish in lansing i'm up in grand rapids about a 1/2 hour west of u,but someone on here will answer your post,your right this site rocks......what do u do in the army(mp?soldier?) just wondering

Cy

Jacksonmj,

Welcome to GLB!  I am also from Grand Rapids but I have fished down in that area once or twice.

The first place you should check out is Lake Ovid at Sleepy Hollow State Park.  It is located a touch North of Lansing right off US-127.  Good fishing and a nice lake.

I hear the Grand River in Lansing and Portland has good small mouth fishing but I don't know the details on that.

Good Luck.

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You can also look at Lake Lansing in Haslett.  If you want to fish from shore you can also try Hawk Island.  It's catch and release on bass but you can keep all the panfish you want. 

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Some shore fishing on the Grand River in Lansing. There are two parks with boat ramps also - 1 below the BWL dam and 1 above.

There's Grovenburg Park south of town along the Grand River. They also have a trout pond next to the river. Haven't been there in a while.

Lake Ovid is a pure fishing lake. State Park and no wake so boat and shore fishing around the whole lake. Shore fishing at Lake Lansing is limited, but there's a nice boat ramp. Busy lake in the summer.

Round Lake just north of town is a decent small lake. Round Lake party store was renting boats cheap. Haven't checked on that in a while though. Last I knew, you could still rent pontoons from the party store on Lake Ovid too. You have to go to the party store first because they don't have a local presence on the lake.

There's also Lake Independence off of I-96 and Canal Rd in the SW corner of town. And another small lake - forget the name - just north a couple miles on Canal Rd - mostly shore fishing only - these are borrow pits that are either stocked (Independence) or were private (the other one owned by the Board of Water and Light) and opened to the public.

That should get you started. Keep up on here and maybe you can meet some new fishing partners too. Thanks for signing up.

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jacksonmj

Thanks everyone for the replys. Gives me a good start. I'm actually in the Navy and I'm getting stationed at the Reserve center in Lansing. I can't wait to get out there and try for some of the smallmouth you guys have there should be fun. I do have a question about the bass season there, I looked at a few posts and it looks like it started in May but can you catch and release bass through out the year? I only catch and release so just wondering. Thanks again and I hope to meet up with some people that know how to fish the area once I'm there. I have to drive from Utah to Michigan so it may take a week but I will be there in July and can't wait to get some fishing in.

Durand Dan

Welcome jacksonmj. Bass season in Michigan opens with catch and release the last Sat. in April and catch and keep the last Sat. in May, although you won't find many here that eat Bass ;D. Another lake in the area is Park Lake which can be fun until the weeds choke it up

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