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299 acres · deepest 70 ft (measured) · shoreline about 7.7 mi
Shavehead Lake is the 7th largest of the 98 named lakes of 10 acres or more in Cass County. By Michigan DNR survey it is the 3rd deepest of the 31 with a measured depth. Its shoreline measures about 7.7 miles along the state outline. About 63% of its area is deeper than 30 ft.
Ranks against Cass County lakes in Michigan hydrography, Michigan DNR lake surveys and Michigan EGLE satellite clarity; shoreline measured from the state outline. How we measure
Michigan DNR has stocked Shavehead Lake 30 times since 1981. The most recent stocking was 2,890 rainbow trout on 8 April 2008. Species stocked: rainbow trout.
Latest: 8 Apr 2008: 2,890 rainbow trout.
Source: Michigan DNR Fisheries, fetched 7 Oct 2026. How we measure
Measured from Michigan DNR contours. How we measure
Historically recorded species, from records through 1983: black crappie, blackchin shiner, blacknose shiner, bluegill, bluntnose minnow, brook silverside, brown bullhead, golden shiner, grass pickerel, green sunfish, iowa darter, johnny darter, lake chubsucker, lake herring, largemouth bass, mimic shiner, northern logperch, pumpkinseed, rock bass, sand shiner, tadpole madtom, warmouth, western blacknose dace, yellow bullhead, yellow perch. Historic records, not a current survey.
Michigan Fish Atlas.
Michigan DNR survey; straight-line miles.
Shavehead Lake is 70 feet at its deepest point, measured by Michigan DNR survey. It covers 299 acres.
Yes. Michigan DNR has stocked it 30 times since 1981, most recently 2,890 rainbow trout on 8 April 2008.
About 79% of the lake's area is deeper than 10 feet, measured from Michigan DNR depth contours.