Muskelonge Lake

 

Lake Data

 

Acres:  32

 

Maximum Depth:  21 feet

 

Average Depth:  9.3 feet

 

Thermocline:

            2 to 16 feet

 

Fish Population:

Black crappie, gizzard shad, golden shiner, bluegill, spotted sucker, white sucker, brown bullhead, largemouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, pumpkinseed, black bullhead, carp, yellow bullhead, spotted gar, channel catfish, warmouth, longear sunfish, bowfin, quillback carpsucker, lake chubsucker and green sunfish.

 

Aquatic Vegetation:

Spatterdock, water lily, cattail, water smartweed, arrowhead, soft rush, water willow, coontail, sago pondweed, milfoil and bushy pondweed.

 

Bottom Types:

            Sand, gravel, muck and marl.

 

Best Fishing:

Black crappie, bluegill, largemouth bass, catfish, northern pike and yellow perch.