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Hamlin Lake Fishing

From Crappie to Blue Gill, Bass, Pike, and Catfish, even Walleye, Hamlin Lake offers the angler a multitude of challenges and opportunities. On the main lake the angler can choose the tackle and species they are after. Hamlin Lake can become rough when the winds pick up but no need to cancel your fishing plans. The bayou's offer their own unique challenge so bring all the tackle you can handle and plan on spending many enjoyable hours on the water.

 

Hamlin Lake News from the Michigan DNR

Hamlin Lake Seasonal Lake Level Change Begins April 1

March 2, 2011

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment today announced that Ludington State Park staff will begin raising Hamlin Lake to its summer level beginning Thursday, April 1.

The summer lake level is maintained at approximately two feet above the winter level. It is anticipated it will take two to four weeks to raise the water to its summer level, depending on precipitation during this time period. If ice remains on the lake, the process will be delayed until the lake is free of ice.

 

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SPECIAL LOCAL WATERCRAFT CONTROLS - MASON COUNTY

HAMLIN LAKE; SOUTH BAYOU- R281.753.1 - Controlled speed zone.
1. On those waters of Hamlin lake, Hamlin township, county of Mason, state of Michigan, commonly known as south bayou, lying easterly of the Lake Shore Drive bridge over said bayou, no operator of any motorboat shall exceed a slow--no wake speed. History: Eff. August 15, 1967
HAMLIN LAKE; MIDDLE BAYOU - R281.753.2 - Controlled speed zone.
2. On those waters of Hamlin lake, Hamlin township, county of Mason, state of Michigan, commonly known as middle bayou, lying easterly of the Lake Shore Drive bridge over said bayou, no operator of any motorboat shall exceed a slow--no wake speed. History: Eff. August 15, 1967
HAMLIN LAKE ; INDIAN PETE'S BAYOU - R281.753.3 - Controlled speed zone.
3. On those waters of Hamlin lake, Hamlin township, county of Mason, state of Michigan, commonly known as Indian Pete's bayou, lying southerly of a line commencing at a point on the south shore of Upper Hamlin lake where the west section line of section 2, T19N, R18W, intersects the water's edge, thence due east to the east shore of said bayou, no operator of any motorboat shall exceed a slow--no wake speed. History: Eff. August 15, 1967
HAMLIN LAKE; SABLE RIVER OUTLET - R281.753.4 - Controlled speed zone.
4. On the waters of the Sable river outlet of Hamlin lake, Hamlin township, Mason county, state of Michigan, lying westerly of a line beginning at the extreme northernmost point of Block 151 of the map of the Second Addition to Piny Ridge resort, a subdivision of the NW ¼ of the NE ¼ and the S ½ of the NE ¼ of section 20, T19N, R18W, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, page 45, Mason county records: Thence across a bay of Hamlin lake on bearing 356º true a distance of 650 feet more or less to a point on a small island in Sable river outlet of Hamlin lake, thence continuing on said bearing 356º true, a distance of 650 feet more or less to the southerly extremity of a larger island in said Sable river outlet located easterly and adjacent to Lost lake in the southerly portion of section 17, T19N, R18W, thence along the easterly shoreline of said island a distance of 1,140 feet more or less to the northerly extremity of said island, thence northwesterly from said point a distance of 425 feet more or less to the northerly end of a foot bridge located along the east side of Lost lake at the outlet of said lake on the west shoreline of Hamlin lake, at a point near the east and west quarter line of section 17, T19N, R18W, no operator of any motorboat shall exceed a slow--no wake speed.

 

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