Lake Wawasee fishing: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Redfin Pickerel

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Redfin Pickerel, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Longear Sunfish
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Wawasee, 2 lanes.

The lake

Lake Wawasee covers 3,061 acres in Indiana, across Kosciusko County. It is a lake: 94.7% of it is 50 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 75 feet (22.9 m). Our records hold 14 species for this water.

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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 75 ft (22.9 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 94.7% of the water is 50 feet or shallower. We hold 83 depth contour lines for this water.

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  • 0–5 ft: 26.2% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 19.3% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 8.6% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 6.4% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 6% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 2.8% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 1.8% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 0.5% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 0.2% of the water

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Redfin Pickerel — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Green Sunfish — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
  • Longear Sunfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Tadpole Madtom, Golden Shiner, Brook Silverside, Banded Killifish, Fathead Minnow.

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1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Lake Wawasee — 2 lanes, restrooms. Division of Fish & Wildlife, Public Access North. Four miles S of Syracuse on SR 13, then two miles E on Old Road 8 (CR 1000N) · phone (574) 526-1736

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 64°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.2. These readings span 2017–2024.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • Indiana DNR — Indiana DNR: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • 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.