| Lake Michigan offers excellent fishing for novices | | | | Four different states, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, |
| and experts alike. The best way to hit it is on one | | | | and Michigan surround the lake. In fact, the original |
| of the many Lake Michigan fishing charters. | | | | name Michigan once referred only to the lake. It |
| Lake Michigan is the only one of the Great Lakes | | | | comes from an Indian word meaning, |
| located entirely in the United States. All the others | | | | âGreat Water.â Obviously, the |
| share shoreline with Canada, but Lake Michigan is | | | | lake offers a variety of fishing opportunities. It is |
| pure USA. It is the fifth largest freshwater lake in | | | | a home to many native species such as steelhead |
| the World and the largest one located in just one | | | | trout and brown trout. Like neighboring Lake |
| country. It is really one body of water with Lake | | | | Huron, it has been stocked with many new |
| Huron as it connects to it by a narrow strait. It | | | | species such as salmon that have thrived in the |
| has 1,640 miles of shoreline. The average depth is | | | | cool waters of the lake. |
| 279 feet with a maximum depth of 923 feet. | | | | |