How deep is East Twin Lake?

East Twin Lake reaches a maximum depth of 61 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 8 closed depth contours over about 96 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 20 ft line. The 61 ft figure is a single recorded sounding rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is 60 ft.

Where is the deepest part of East Twin Lake?

The deepest charted water on East Twin Lake lies inside the 60 ft contour, toward the southwestern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 1.9 acres, 2% of the mapped water, so it is a small target on a small water, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.

How much of East Twin Lake is shallower than 20 feet?

About half. The 20 ft contour encloses 44 acres of the roughly 96 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 20 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 26 acres.

How accurate is this East Twin Lake depth map?

The contours come from the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey, retrieved August 2026 and last rebuilt on August 19, 2026. Depths change over time with water levels and sediment, so treat this map as a planning guide for fishing, and never use it for navigation. Acreages are computed from the published contour geometry, not from a separate area survey, so read them as close approximations.

Michigan lake depth maps

East Twin Lake depth map

East Twin Lake in Luce County, Michigan reaches a depth of 61 feet. East Twin Lake is charted here across 8 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 60 ft, enclosing about 96 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 20 ft line, and only 1.9 acres lie inside the deepest one. Every contour is on the interactive map below, free and without an account.

Data: Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours (public record). Contours closed, checked and area-computed by Jordan Carter, founder of GilledIt · page updated August 19, 2026

East Twin Lake depth chart: 8 depth contours from 5 to 60 ft

Data: Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours (public record), retrieved August 2026 · depths change over time · not for navigation

East Twin Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
5 ft	96 acres	100%
10 ft	70 acres	73%
15 ft	57 acres	60%
20 ft	44 acres	46%
30 ft	28 acres	29%
40 ft	17 acres	18%
50 ft	7.9 acres	8.3%
60 ft	1.9 acres	2%

Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 96 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 5 ft line), which is the outer edge of the mapped water, several state files carry no 0 ft shoreline line, so this is not the same as a share of the lake's published surface area. The survey also records a 61 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.

Fishing East Twin Lake: a wide shallow flat over a deep hole

Inside its outermost 5 ft contour the survey charts about 96 acres of East Twin Lake, with the 20 ft line enclosing half of it, so the bulk of this Luce County water sits on a shallow flat, with the real depth packed into one part of the basin. The sharpest change on the chart is between 5 and 10 ft, where the mapped water loses 26 acres in 5 ft of depth, that band is the contour to work first, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. The deepest 60 ft contour holds 1.9 acres, 2% of the mapped water, toward the southwestern corner of the lake. 61 ft of water makes this a two-story fishery: warm-water fish hold the 5-to-20 ft ground while the basin can stay cold below the summer thermocline, and the traffic between the two runs along the 5–10 ft break at first and last light.

Ice fishing on East Twin Lake

East Twin Lake freezes later and less evenly than the shallow waters around it, and the winter bite sets up on the first real break rather than out over the 60 ft hole. The 5–10 ft band on the chart above is that edge: 26 acres of bottom tilt away there, and panfish and walleye slide up and down it through the day. Late ice pushes fish back onto the 5-to-20 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

East Twin Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is East Twin Lake?: East Twin Lake reaches a maximum depth of 61 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 8 closed depth contours over about 96 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 20 ft line. The 61 ft figure is a single recorded sounding rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is 60 ft.
Where is the deepest part of East Twin Lake?: The deepest charted water on East Twin Lake lies inside the 60 ft contour, toward the southwestern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 1.9 acres, 2% of the mapped water, so it is a small target on a small water, the depth chart above gives the contour to line up on.
How much of East Twin Lake is shallower than 20 feet?: About half. The 20 ft contour encloses 44 acres of the roughly 96 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 20 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 26 acres.
How accurate is this East Twin Lake depth map?: The contours come from the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey, retrieved August 2026 and last rebuilt on August 19, 2026. Depths change over time with water levels and sediment, so treat this map as a planning guide for fishing, and never use it for navigation. Acreages are computed from the published contour geometry, not from a separate area survey, so read them as close approximations.

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Mapped fishing venues near East Twin Lake

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