Trailer ramp · Lake Superior · Michigan

Marquette City Boat Launch

Name: Marquette City
Address: MI, US
Telephone: 906-228-0460

A public trailer ramp on Lake Superior in Marquette County, Michigan, with 2 lanes. Managed by City of Marquette.

Directions Call 906-228-0460 All Superior launches

The launch

What the agency lists

Launch type: Trailer ramp — 2-lane ramp
Water: Lake Superior
Lanes: 2
Piers / docks: 1
Toilets: 1
Fee: Not published in the source — ask the manager
Managed by: City of Marquette
Owner: Municipal
Location: Marquette County, Michigan
Coordinates: 46.5818° N, 87.3863° 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 Marquette:

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

Chinook Salmon Fishing on Lake Superior

Marquette and the Chocolay River mouth: Michigan's central Superior shoreline produces a modest number of kings through July. Fish the drop east of the Chocolay and out toward Shot Point.

Lake Trout · May and June shallow, July through September deep, plus a strong fall shoal bite in October

Lake Trout Fishing on Lake Superior

Stannard Rock: A shoal in open water 24 miles off Marquette that rises from more than 600 feet to under 20. It is the most famous lake trout structure in North America and the reason a lighthouse stands in the middle of nowhere. A serious, weather-dependent run.

Steelhead · April and May on the North Shore; September through November on the Michigan and Wisconsin streams

Steelhead Fishing on Lake Superior

The Chocolay and Anna rivers near Marquette: Central Upper Peninsula streams with both spring and fall fish, and lake access at the mouths for casting spoons.

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.

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

Lake Whitefish Fishing on Lake Superior

Lake whitefish are the best winter fish on Lake Superior and the reason Keweenaw Bay fills with shanties in February. They school over deep flats in 40 to 90 feet, they will chase a jigging spoon, and they are the finest eating fish in fresh water.

Muskellunge Northern Pike Smallmouth Bass Walleye 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

Marquette Lower Harbor2.7 mi · trailer ramp · 4 lanes · MI
Cinder Pond Marina2.7 mi · trailer ramp · MI
Big Bay Harbor of Refuge23 mi · trailer ramp · 2 lanes · MI
Munising Municipal36 mi · trailer ramp · MI
Arvon Township Park44 mi · trailer ramp · 1 lane · MI
L'anse Village Dock52 mi · trailer ramp · MI

Straight-line distance, not a boating route.

Landmarks from the water

Lighthouses nearby

Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater Light0.8 mi
Marquette Harbor Light2.5 mi
Granite Island Lighthouse9.7 mi

For the crew ashore

Beaches nearby

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 City of Marquette 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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