A co-worker and I will be paddling Belleville Lake in Belleville, MI this weekend. Neither of us have graphs or any charts. Has anyone here fished this lake that knows any decent spots or lake areas where we should be looking? If anyone has or knows where I can get a depth map, that would help me out a bunch too.

I used to live in Dea.Hts. and spent many a day on Belleville  and have taken some nice fish out of there. Unfortunately, I can't honestly say that I have ever found any one place, or places, on that lake that really stand out. I had a lake map book that included Belleville, that you should still be able to find locally, possibly at Gander Mtn. in Taylor. Most of the fish seem to be in all the places you would expect to find them, anywhere there is cover, structure, drop offs or points. Open water never produced much for me on that lake. Once summer gets under way, the weekends belong to the power boaters and jet skiers so good luck if you can only fish it on weekends. I had tournament friends that said that Belleville was a great night lake but the public launch and the marina close in the evening, so you would have to know someone who lives on the lake to get your boat out.

Thanks! Most of my fishing is up on Kent Lake, but my co-worker lives downriver so we figured this lake would be a good halfway point to meet. I was able to find some decent depth maps already too.

If you are in a smaller boat, like a kayak, the western part of the lake is much more peaceful and calm. We are early in the season yet, but the power boaters and jokers on waverunners pretty much own the rest of the lake during the summer months on the weekends. The area west of Van Buren Township park all the way to the dam at Ford Lake, in particular, is shallower and stumpy/weedy in parts. Larger boats tend to stay away, but the fish don't. There is a smaller DNR access ramp off Rawsonville Road that is ideal for smaller boats on the west side of the lake. The main DNR ramp in the City of Belleville is much busier (deeper waters) and is better suited for powerboats. Good luck!

We're gonna be kayaking and going off the rawsonville ramp. I'm bringing a crappie box with me too in case we get into some