General Commerce Township Information

Commerce Township is the center of Oakland Counties "Lakes Area" The cities of Commerce, Union Lake, Walled Lake, and Wolverine Lake Village are incorporated within Commerce Township. This area has been under development since the 1990's and boasts two School Districts, Walled Lake Consolidated Schools and Huron Valley Schools. Additional information on these schools can be found at http://www.schoolmatters.com/

Oakland County contains more than 60 lakes plus additional rivers and streams. Not all lakes have homes and some of the lakes border on State or protected lands within the Oakland County. The following lakes are located within Commerce Township.

• Bass Lake
• Carroll Lake
• Commerce Lake
• Fox Lake
• Lake Sherwood   home owners association website
• Long Lake (public)
• Lower Straits Lake
• Middle Straits Lake ((portions) (public)
• Mud Lake
• Proud Lake (State owned)
• Reed Lake
• Twin Suns Lake
• Union Lake (portions) (public)
• Walled Lake
• Wolverine Lake (public)  Wolverine Lake Village website

Additional Aerial Photographs of the Commerce area are available at http://www.commercetwp.com/Photo%20Album/Commerce_Twp_Photo_Album.htm  these photos were posted online by Randall Thomas, DDA member.

Public Fishing Site Information

Oakland County lakes offer a tremendous variety of public fishing locations. With the exception of Proud Lake, most lakes have both lakefront and lake access sites for backlot owners. There are also some smaller deeded easement areas for homeowners. Information on these sites is only available from the homeowner.

Wolverine Lake Public Access site is located at 425 Glengary Rd between S. Commerce and Benstein Rds. Paved to gravel road with space for approximately 15 trailers. This site has one concrete slab ramp. Wolverine Lake offers fishing for Walleye, bass, crappie, and bluegill. Additional fish species may be present.

Additional Photos and information can be found at: http://activerain.com/blogsview/86622/April-29-2-7

Proud Lake Recreation Area Has over 4600 square acres of undeveloped land. Several hiking and equestrian trails, two swimming beaches, one river fishing area, and two launch sites. All sites require an access pass from the State of Michigan DNR. Access passes can be purchased at the park office on Wixom Rd or yearly passes can be ordered online. Mine arrived in about 10 days.

Proud Lake

 Proud Lake Recreation Area. Camper only access site. Entrance located between Benstein and Wixom Rds on Gengary Rd. (photos coming soon) There is a gravel launch for a few boats. Shore fishing is also allowed at this location. Only registered campers have access to this site. I stayed there one weekend last July. The park was full, but not the lake.

Huron River fishing site is located on the west side of Proud Lake Recreation Area. The river is stocked for seasonal trout fishing. Additional access site for river fishing is located further north on Wixom Rd. No boat launch site available at this location. Today, both sites were full! Stream fishing for trout is heavy at certain times of the year. Rainbow and brown trout, northern pike, bass, blue gill and crappie can be found in the waters of Proud Lake Recreation Area.

Long Lake  Off Cooley Lake Rd between Caroll Lake and Union Lake Rd  The Long Lake access site has approximately 15 trailer spaces of hard packed gravel, a circlular drive, and one launch ramp. This site is usually busy on the weekends. Bass, bluegill, crappie are the main fish in the lake.

Union Lake: Located right on busy Union Lake Rd this site is usually packed to capacity on weekends during the summer. This is a pay to launch site. During the week, it may be half full of trailers. There are around 30 spots for trailers. With 466 acres, Union Lake is full of great fishing spots. Walleye, bass, and bluegill all can be caught on drop offs and near a sunken Island near the center of the lake. 

Currently, the Union Lake ramp is being replaced. Access should be 
                                                                                                                                available shortly.

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