Michigan lake depth maps
Little Duck Lake depth map
Little Duck Lake in Gogebic County, Michigan reaches a depth of 69 feet. Little Duck Lake is charted here across 13 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 65 ft, enclosing about 43 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 25 ft line, and only under an acre 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
Little Duck Lake depth chart: 13 depth contours from 5 to 65 ft
Data: Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours (public record), retrieved August 2026 · depths change over time · not for navigation
| Depth contour | Water inside it | Share of mapped water |
|---|---|---|
| 5 ft | 43 acres | 100% |
| 10 ft | 38 acres | 87% |
| 15 ft | 33 acres | 76% |
| 20 ft | 27 acres | 64% |
| 25 ft | 21 acres | 50% |
| 30 ft | 13 acres | 29% |
| 35 ft | 5.6 acres | 13% |
| 40 ft | 3.7 acres | 8.6% |
| 45 ft | 2.7 acres | 6.3% |
| 50 ft | 2.1 acres | 5% |
| 55 ft | 1.6 acres | 3.7% |
| 60 ft | under 1 acre | 1.8% |
| 65 ft | under 1 acre | under 1% |
Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 43 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 69 ft sounding, marked as a point rather than a closed contour, so it is not charted as a band.
Fishing Little Duck Lake: a stepped drop into deep water
Inside its outermost 5 ft contour the survey charts about 43 acres of Little Duck Lake, with the 25 ft line enclosing half of it, so the drop to the deep basin comes in stages, each contour giving up another slice of water, rather than in one abrupt wall. The sharpest change on the chart is between 25 and 30 ft, where the mapped water loses 8 acres in 5 ft of depth, that band is the contour to work first, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. Inside the 65 ft contour there is under an acre of water, toward the western side of the lake: a single pocket rather than a basin, and worth a drift over in high summer. 69 ft of water makes this a two-story fishery: warm-water fish hold the 5-to-25 ft ground while the basin can stay cold below the summer thermocline, and the traffic between the two runs along the 25–30 ft break at first and last light.
Ice fishing on Little Duck Lake
Little Duck 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 65 ft hole. The 25–30 ft band on the chart above is that edge: 8 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-25 ft flat. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.
Little Duck Lake depth map FAQs
- How deep is Little Duck Lake?
- Little Duck Lake reaches a maximum depth of 69 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 13 closed depth contours over about 43 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 25 ft line. The 69 ft figure is a single recorded sounding rather than a closed contour, so the deepest line you can actually trace on the map is 65 ft.
- Where is the deepest part of Little Duck Lake?
- The deepest charted water on Little Duck Lake lies inside the 65 ft contour, toward the western side of the lake. That contour encloses under an acre, under 1% 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 Little Duck Lake is shallower than 25 feet?
- About half. The 25 ft contour encloses 21 acres of the roughly 43 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 25 feet. The sharpest drop is between 25 and 30 feet, where the mapped water sheds 8 acres.
- How accurate is this Little Duck 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.
Depth maps for lakes near Little Duck Lake
- High Lake depth map · 90 ft max · 3 mi away
- Corey Lake depth map · 33 ft max · 3 mi away
- Wilson Lake depth map · 60 ft max · 4 mi away
- Clark Lake depth map · 74 ft max · 4 mi away
- Schneider Lake depth map · 60 ft max · 5 mi away
Mapped fishing venues near Little Duck Lake
Little Duck Lake in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.
- High Lake · 3 mi away
- Corey Lake · 3 mi away
- Wilson Lake · 4 mi away
Fishing in Michigan needs a state license: Michigan fishing license guide · all Michigan venues