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Bay · Michigan

Garden Island Harbor

45.79°N · 85.50°W · Bay · Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the Mackinac Bridge and North of a line from Charlevoix MI to South Fox Island 5NM offshore

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Best score today · 8 PM

58/100Good

Great Lakes water: no saltwater species, so this is scored on the generic stillwater factors (wind, pressure change, light, solunar).

Now
381 PM EDT
Best window
6-10 PM

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 1 PM · now

Time1PNOW
Score38Fair
Wind15 kn Egusts 20 · building
Sea stateModerate2.0 ft · 3 s
Air temp57°Mild
WeatherPartly cloudy20% cloud

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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Confirm limits with the state fishery agency before you keep a fish.

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Seasonality · 52-week view

Seasonality

No saltwater species are scored at this spot, so there is no season calendar to show.

Spot profile

Garden Island Harbor

Depth
4-7 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom

NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 93 m grid. Depths are feet below Great Lakes low water datum, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.

About this spot

Fishing Garden Island Harbor

Garden Island Harbor is a bay in Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the Mackinac Bridge and North of a line from Charlevoix MI to South Fox Island 5NM offshore. Depth is 4-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, outer water and semi-exposed.

Great Lakes water: no saltwater species, so this is scored on the generic stillwater factors (wind, pressure change, light, solunar).

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Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with your state fishery agency before you keep a fish.