How deep is Strawberry Lake?

Strawberry Lake is more than 50 feet deep. The deepest contour in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey is the 50 foot line, and the lake continues deeper inside it.

Where is the deepest part of Strawberry Lake?

The deepest charted water on Strawberry Lake lies inside the 50 ft contour, toward the eastern 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 Strawberry Lake is shallower than 35 feet?

About half. The 35 ft contour encloses 57 acres of the roughly 195 acres inside the outer 10 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 35 feet. The sharpest drop is between 30 and 35 feet, where the mapped water sheds 48 acres.

How accurate is this Strawberry 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

Strawberry Lake depth map

Strawberry Lake in Livingston County, Michigan reaches a depth of more than 50 feet at its deepest surveyed contour. Strawberry Lake is charted here across 9 closed depth contours, from the 10 ft line down to 50 ft, enclosing about 195 acres of water. Half of that water lies inside the 35 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 August 19, 2026

Strawberry Lake depth chart: 9 depth contours from 10 to 50 ft

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

Strawberry Lake depth chart data: water enclosed by each contour
Depth contour	Water inside it	Share of mapped water
10 ft	195 acres	100%
15 ft	184 acres	95%
20 ft	169 acres	87%
25 ft	141 acres	72%
30 ft	105 acres	54%
35 ft	57 acres	29%
40 ft	24 acres	12%
45 ft	4.7 acres	2.4%
50 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 195 acres inside the outermost charted contour (the 10 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 Strawberry Lake: steep sides for its size

The survey encloses about 195 acres of Strawberry Lake inside its 10 ft contour, and half of that water lies inside the 35 ft line, so the bottom holds its depth well out from the bank rather than tapering off a long shallow margin. Between 30 and 35 ft the mapped water sheds 48 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 50 ft contour, toward the eastern side of the lake, encloses under an acre of water, a single pocket rather than a basin, but one worth a drift over in high summer. With 50 ft at its deepest there is no true cold-water layer here, so structure does the work the thermocline does elsewhere: fish the points and inside turns where the 30 and 35 ft lines pinch together, hardest in early season and again as fish follow bait back down in autumn.

Ice fishing on Strawberry Lake

Strawberry Lake's 50 ft is a workable ice depth, enough water to hold fish all winter, without the slow freeze-up of a big basin. First light belongs on the 50 ft hole, all 0.2 acres of it; as the sun gets up, move onto the 30–35 ft break, and spend the middle of the day on the flats inside the 35 ft line. Check ice thickness locally before you walk out.

Strawberry Lake depth map FAQs

How deep is Strawberry Lake?: Strawberry Lake is more than 50 feet deep. The deepest contour in the Michigan DNR Inland Lake Contours survey is the 50 foot line, and the lake continues deeper inside it.
Where is the deepest part of Strawberry Lake?: The deepest charted water on Strawberry Lake lies inside the 50 ft contour, toward the eastern 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 Strawberry Lake is shallower than 35 feet?: About half. The 35 ft contour encloses 57 acres of the roughly 195 acres inside the outer 10 ft line, so the other half of the water is shallower than 35 feet. The sharpest drop is between 30 and 35 feet, where the mapped water sheds 48 acres.
How accurate is this Strawberry 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 Strawberry Lake

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

Bass Lake · 1 mi away
Michigan Sailing Club Private Dock · 3 mi away
Ore Lake · 3 mi away

Fishing in Michigan needs a state license: Michigan fishing license guide · all Michigan venues