Trailer ramp · Lake Superior · Michigan

Baraga State Park Boat Launch

Name: Baraga State Park
Address: MI, US
Telephone: 906-353-6558

A public trailer ramp on Lake Superior in Baraga County, Michigan. Managed by Baraga State Park.

Directions Call 906-353-6558 All Superior launches

The launch

What the agency lists

Launch type: Trailer ramp
Water: Lake Superior
Toilets: 1
Fee: Not published in the source — ask the manager
Managed by: Baraga State Park
Owner: DNR-PRD
Location: Baraga County, Michigan
Coordinates: 46.7590° N, 88.5000° W

Before you launch

Lake Superior is big water

Pick the launch for the harbor you can get back into, not for the fish. Long stretches of Superior shore have no shelter, the water stays cold enough all season to make a capsize a survival problem, and fog and wind come up fast. File a float plan and watch the nearshore forecast for the whole day, not the morning.

Water temperature. The open lake sits in the high 30s to mid 40s most of the year. Cold-water immersion takes usable strength from your hands and arms in minutes — long before hypothermia is the issue.
Distance from help. On the north shore of the Keweenaw or east of Grand Marais you can be 30-plus miles from a Coast Guard station and out of cell coverage. A handheld VHF is not optional gear on this lake.
Sea state that builds faster than the forecast. A northeast blow across 200 miles of open water stacks steep, short-period waves in under two hours. The run home is always into it.

Read how to read a Great Lakes marine forecast and trailering and launching on big water. Pack the big-water safety kit.

From this launch

What to fish on Lake Superior

Our Superior fishing guides name spots at or near Baraga:

Lake Whitefish · January through March on the ice; late October and November on the shallow spawning reefs

Lake Whitefish Fishing on Lake Superior

Keweenaw Bay — L'Anse and Baraga: The signature Superior whitefish ice fishery. Deep water close to accessible ice at the head of the bay, with fish on the 50 to 90 foot flats through February.

Northern Pike · Late May through June, September and October, and February on ice

Northern Pike Fishing on Lake Superior

Keweenaw Bay and the L'Anse and Baraga shoreline: The long protected bay on the west side of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Weed flats in the shallow south end, and a reliable winter fishery out of L'Anse.

Walleye · May and June in the St. Louis River; July and August trolling the south shore; March on the Chequamegon Bay ice

Lake Superior Walleye Fishing: St. Louis River & Chequamegon Bay

Keweenaw Bay, L'Anse and Baraga: Michigan's best walleye water on Superior is the weedy south end of the bay near L'Anse. It's a small fishery that the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community supports with walleye it raises and stocks.

Brown Trout · April through early June, with a fall window in October and November near river mouths

Brown Trout Fishing on Lake Superior

Brown trout are a niche fish on Lake Superior, concentrated in the few places warm enough to suit them: Chequamegon Bay, the Duluth and Superior harbor entries, and the water off a handful of tributaries. Where they do exist they are catchable from shore and from a small boat in shallow water.

Chinook Salmon · Late June through August, with the best shot in July off the Minnesota North Shore

Chinook Salmon Fishing on Lake Superior

Lake Superior is the least productive chinook water on the chain and a king here is a bonus fish, not a plan. The Minnesota North Shore and the Apostle Islands produce them most reliably, usually as a by-catch of a coho and lake trout program run in the top 60 feet.

Coho Salmon · May through July, with a second shot at maturing fish near the river mouths in September

Lake Superior Coho Salmon Fishing: North Shore & Spring Trolling

Lake Superior grows fewer and smaller coho than Lake Michigan, but almost all of them are wild fish and they are catchable in the top 20 feet of water within sight of the North Shore highway. Spring and early summer off Duluth, Knife River and the Apostles is the most consistent coho water on the lake.

Lake Trout Muskellunge Smallmouth Bass Steelhead Yellow Perch

Superior by season

SpringShallow water is the only warm water there is SummerThe thermocline sets up and the lake gets vertical FallLake trout come up on the reefs to spawn WinterIce where the bays let it form, and nowhere else

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Nearest Superior launches

Baraga Village Ramp1.5 mi · trailer ramp · 3 lanes · MI
L'anse Village Dock2.1 mi · trailer ramp · MI
Arvon Township Park16 mi · trailer ramp · 1 lane · MI
White City16 mi · trailer ramp · MI
Chassell19 mi · trailer ramp · MI
Bootjack20 mi · trailer ramp · 1 lane · MI

Straight-line distance, not a boating route.

For the crew ashore

Beaches nearby

Camp or picnic

State parks nearby

Baraga State Park0.1 mi

Source

Launch facts are from the Michigan DNR, State Sponsored Developed Boating Access Sites, retrieved 2026-10-05. Ramps close for repairs, fees change and water levels move; confirm with Baraga State Park before you tow. Fishing rules are set by theMichigan DNR.

Chart shoreline generalized from Natural Earth (public domain). Not for navigation. Something wrong or missing? Write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com.

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