Acton Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Channel Catfish

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Channel Catfish
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Hueston Woods State Park.

The reservoir

Acton Lake covers 590 acres in Ohio, across 2 counties: Preble and Butler. It is a reservoir: 95.4% of it is 24 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 31 feet (9.4 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

Depth: down to 31 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 31 ft (9.4 m). 95.4% of the water is 24 feet or shallower. We hold 24 depth contours for this water, drawn from 8,346 soundings.

ActonLake.jpg
Greg Hume · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • 0–2 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 10.2% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 8.5% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 8.1% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 8.3% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 7.8% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 9.9% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 3.7% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 0.8% of the water

3 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Stocking: 3,508,088 fish, 1972–2022

Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife records list 3,508,088 fish released into this water from 1972 to 2022. The latest stocking on record is from 2022, more than three years ago.

  • Muskellunge: 5,906 in 1970–1975
  • Largemouth Bass: 5,100 in 1970
  • Channel Catfish: 5,000 in 1971

3 more species on the stocking list.

Sailing on Acton Lake
MrGuilt · CC BY 2.0

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Hueston Woods State Park — College Corner, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. Rt. #1, College Corner 45003- · phone (513) 523-6347 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov

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.

What is hard here

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

Where this data comes from

  • Ohio DNR — Ohio DNR: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • USGS RESSED — USGS RESSED reservoir sedimentation database: 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.