How deep is Pine Lake?

Pine Lake reaches a maximum depth of 50 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 10 closed depth contours over about 159 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 25 ft line.

Where is the deepest part of Pine Lake?

The deepest charted water on Pine Lake lies inside the 50 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 12 acres, 7.3% 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 Pine Lake is shallower than 25 feet?

About half. The 25 ft contour encloses 75 acres of the roughly 159 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 25 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 45 acres.

How accurate is this Pine 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

Pine Lake depth map

Pine Lake in Manistee County, Michigan reaches a depth of 50 feet. Pine Lake is charted here across 10 closed depth contours, from the 5 ft line down to 50 ft, enclosing about 159 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 25 ft line, and only 12 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

Pine Lake depth chart: 10 depth contours from 5 to 50 ft

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

Pine Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
5 ft	159 acres	100%
10 ft	114 acres	72%
15 ft	99 acres	62%
20 ft	85 acres	54%
25 ft	75 acres	47%
30 ft	63 acres	40%
35 ft	55 acres	35%
40 ft	44 acres	28%
45 ft	34 acres	21%
50 ft	12 acres	7.3%

Acreages are computed from the closed Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours contour rings, with islands subtracted. Shares are of the 159 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.

Fishing Pine Lake: an evenly graded bottom

The survey encloses about 159 acres of Pine Lake inside its 5 ft contour, and half of that water lies inside the 25 ft line, so the bottom loses depth gradually and evenly, with no broad shelf and no single abrupt drop. Between 5 and 10 ft the mapped water sheds 45 acres in 5 ft of depth, the sharpest change on the chart, start on that band, because it is where the bottom stops being flat. The deepest 50 ft contour holds 12 acres, 7.3% of the mapped water, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. Nothing here reaches a true cold-water layer at 50 ft, so structure does the thermocline's work: the points and inside turns where the 5 and 10 ft lines pinch together fish hardest in early season, and again as fish follow bait back down in autumn.

Ice fishing on Pine Lake

At 50 ft, Pine Lake is a workable ice depth: deep enough to hold fish all winter without the slow freeze-up of a big basin. Start on the 50 ft hole, 12 acres of it, at first light, then move up onto the 5–10 ft break as the sun gets up, and fish the flats inside the 25 ft line through the middle of the day. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

Pine Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Pine Lake?: Pine Lake reaches a maximum depth of 50 feet in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey. Most of it is far shallower: the survey charts 10 closed depth contours over about 159 acres, and half of that water sits inside the 25 ft line.
Where is the deepest part of Pine Lake?: The deepest charted water on Pine Lake lies inside the 50 ft contour, toward the northeastern corner of the lake. That contour encloses 12 acres, 7.3% 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 Pine Lake is shallower than 25 feet?: About half. The 25 ft contour encloses 75 acres of the roughly 159 acres inside the outer 5 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 25 feet. The sharpest drop is between 5 and 10 feet, where the mapped water sheds 45 acres.
How accurate is this Pine 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 Pine Lake

Pine Lake in the venue directory covers access and fishing details for this water.

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