Gillham Lake fishing: Walleye, Sauger
Target species: Walleye, Sauger
The reservoir
Gillham Lake covers 1,225 acres in Arkansas, across 2 counties: Howard and Polk. It is a reservoir: 91.5% of it is 45 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is ≈71.2 feet (21.7 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: ≈71.2 ft (21.7 m). 91.5% of the water is 45 feet or shallower. We hold 102 depth contours for this water, drawn from 105,575 soundings.
- 0–5 ft: 11% of the water
- 5–10 ft: 13.4% of the water
- 10–15 ft: 13.7% of the water
- 15–20 ft: 12% of the water
- 20–25 ft: 11% of the water
- 25–30 ft: 9.9% of the water
- 30–35 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 35–40 ft: 7.2% of the water
- 40–45 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 45–50 ft: 3.7% of the water
- 50–55 ft: 2.9% of the water
- 55–60 ft: 1.9% of the water
2 target fish, led by Walleye
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Sauger — Feeding water: 45–65°F.
Also recorded here: Threadfin Shad.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 78°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8. These readings span 2017–2026.
Where this data comes from
- USGS — USGS reservoir bathymetric surveys (ScienceBase): class A, a survey of the bottom, 2018.
- USACE CWMS — USACE CWMS elevation-area curves: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
- EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
- Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
Part of these depths rest on an averaged water level, so they are approximate (≈).
