ODNR Division of Wildlife - Fishing - Top Fish Ohio Lakes

Top Public Ohio Lakes and Rivers
for FISH OHIO Catches - 2011


Sunfish (Bluegill) – 1,586 entries
 
1. Portage Lakes
2. Indian Lake
3. Lake Erie
4. Lake La Su An
5. TIE -Buckeye Lake & Oberlin Reservoir

Walleye –1,470 entries

1. Lake Erie
2. Maumee River
3. Sandusky River
4. Pymatuning Lake
5. Ohio River
 
Crappie – 1,302 entries

1. Mosquito Reservoir
2. Pymatuning Lake
3. Lake Erie
4. Indian Lake
5. Hoover Reservoir

Freshwater Drum – 1,099 entries
 
1. Lake Erie
2. Ohio River
3. Maumee River
4. Muskingum River
5. Sandusky River

Channel Catfish – 1,099 entries
 
1. Lake Erie
2. Ohio River
3. Hoover Reservoir
4. Maumee River
5. Mosquito
Muskie – 306 entries

1. Alum Creek Lake
2. Leesville Lake
3. West Branch Reservoir
4. Clear Fork Reservoir
5. Piedmont Lake

White Bass – 301 entries

1. Lake Erie
2. Ohio River
3. Maumee River
4. Sandusky River
5. Clear Fork River

Smallmouth Bass – 280 entries

1. Lake Erie
2. Ohio River
3. Great Miami River
4. Alum Creek
5. TIE-Rocky River, Big Darby & Grand River

Rock Bass – 221 entries

1. Lake Erie
2. Kokosing River
3. Portage Lakes

Hybrid Striped Bass – 218 entries

1. Ohio River
2. Buckeye Lake
3. Muskingum River
 
Yellow Perch – 921 entries
 
1. Lake Erie
2. TIE-Mosquito Lake & Pymatuning Lake
3. Wingfoot Lake
 
Largemouth Bass - 807 entries
 
1. Lake Erie
2. Mogadore Reservoir
3. AEP Recreation Lands
4. Portage Lakes
5. Mosquito Reservoir

Carp – 505 entries

1. Lake Erie
2. Alum Creek Lake
3. Ohio River
4. TIE - Buckeye Lake and Lake Milton

Saugeye – 391 entries

1. Alum Creek
2. Buckeye Lake
3. Indian Lake
4. Great Miami River
5. Hoover Reservoir

Rainbow Trout (Steelhead)  318–entries

1. Rocky River
2. Lake Erie
3. Chagrin River
4. Ashtabula River
5. Grand River
 
Flathead Catfish – 207 entries

1. Ohio River
2. Maumee River
3. TIE – Scioto River & Mosquito Lake
4. Salt Fork Lake

Sauger –104 entries

1. Ohio River
2. TIE-Muskingum River, Beaver Creek, Little Miami River & Scioto River

Northern Pike – 65 entries

1. Mosquito Lake
2. Cuyahoga River
3. West Branch Reservoir   

Blue Catfish – 54 entries

1.  Ohio River
2.  Scioto River
3. Lake Erie

Brown Trout – 22 entries

1. Lake Erie
2. TIE – Cold Creek, Mad River
 
 
 
 
 
 

2011 Total entries – 11,276
2011 Master anglers – 487