Lake Michigan, Milwaukee / Sheboygan / Door County, Wisconsin — fishing destination

Milwaukee / Sheboygan / Door County • East Wisconsin

Fishing Lake Michigan, Wisconsin

One of the five Great Lakes and Wisconsin's eastern boundary. Lake Michigan's rocky shorelines, harbors, and nearshore reefs produce world-class smallmouth bass, along with salmon, trout, and walleye runs throughout the season. Country Cave Baits injection-pours premium soft plastic baits built for the bass, panfish and walleye that call Lake Michigan home.

22,404 sq mi acres Max depth 923 ft Milwaukee / Sheboygan / Door County

About Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan is located in Milwaukee / Sheboygan / Door County in East Wisconsin and is one of the state's premier fishing destinations. Anglers visiting Lake Michigan target Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout and Northern Pike throughout the open-water season. Whether you're fishing from a boat or the shore, Lake Michigan offers diverse structure and productive water that responds well to injection-poured soft plastic baits from Country Cave Baits — made right here in Fall River, WI.

Fish Species in Lake Michigan

Smallmouth Bass Walleye Lake Trout Brown Trout Rainbow Trout Northern Pike

Landmarks & Points of Interest

Boat Launches & Access

Best Baits for Lake Michigan

Our top-recommended Country Cave Baits for fishing Lake Michigan in Milwaukee / Sheboygan / Door County, Wisconsin. Each is injection-poured in Fall River, WI and shipped fresh to your door.

5 Inch Fluke for fishing Lake Michigan, Milwaukee / Sheboygan / Door County, Wisconsin

$4.95

Weightless wild action

5 Inch Fluke

Our 5-inch fluke dances with an erratic, darting action on a weightless Texas rig. The soft, slim body glides and slashes through the water column, imitating a fleeing baitfish that bass simply cannot resist.

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3 Inch Split Tail Minnow for fishing Lake Michigan, Milwaukee / Sheboygan / Door County, Wisconsin

$5.75

Finesse flicker

3 Inch Split Tail Minnow

A delicate 3-inch split tail minnow that flickers and darts on a drop shot or small jig head. The slim forked tail shimmies on the fall, making it a go-to for pressured bass and finicky feeders.

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4 Inch Skinny Paddle Tail for fishing Lake Michigan, Milwaukee / Sheboygan / Door County, Wisconsin

$5.75

Swim & thump

4 Inch Skinny Paddle Tail

A slim-profile 4-inch paddle tail that swims with a seductive kick on a steady retrieve. Perfect for swim jigs, spinnerbait trailers, or a weighted swimbait hook through grass and around docks.

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Cave Prickly Star for fishing Lake Michigan, Milwaukee / Sheboygan / Door County, Wisconsin

$12.95

Urchin-style tentacled threat

Cave Prickly Star

The Cave Prickly Star is an urchin-style creature bait with a buoyant center ball and dozens of thin, whipping tentacles that quiver on the slightest movement. It stands up off the bottom, taunts pressured bass into striking, and keeps working long after other baits die. Flip it, drag it, pin it to a jig, or throw it on a Ned rig and watch it come alive.

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