Alum Creek Lake fishing: Muskellunge, Walleye, Bluegill

Target species: Muskellunge, Walleye, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Sauger, Blue Catfish, Golden Redhorse
Boat: 6 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Alum Creek Marina.

The lake

Alum Creek Lake covers 3,202 acres in Ohio, across Delaware County. It is a lake: 94% of it is 50 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 63.4 feet (19.3 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.

Depth: down to 63.4 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 63.4 ft (19.3 m). 94% of the water is 50 feet or shallower. We hold 97 depth contours for this water, drawn from 140,634 soundings.

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  • 0–5 ft: 11% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 13.8% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 11.4% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 10.1% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 9.5% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 9.4% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 7% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 6.6% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 5% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 1.1% of the water

7 target fish, led by Muskellunge

  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
  • Sauger — Feeding water: 45–65°F.
  • Blue Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Golden Redhorse — Feeding water: 60–75°F.

Also recorded here: Golden Shiner.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 72°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.9. These readings span 2019–2024.

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6 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 6 boat ramps.

  • Alum Creek State Park - Campground/Church — Delaware, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. 2911 South Old State Road, Delaware 43015- · phone (740) 548-4631 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Alum Creek State Park - Cheshire — Delaware, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. Cheshire Rd, Delaware 43015- · phone (740) 548-4631 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Alum Creek State Park - Howard Road — Delaware, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. Howard Rd, Delaware 43015- · phone (740) 548-4631 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Alum Creek State Park - New Galena — Delaware, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. 4550 Africa Road, Delaware 43015- · phone (740) 548-4631 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Alum Creek State Park- Hollenback Ramp and Marina — Delaware, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. 3997 Hollenback Rd, Delaware 43015- · phone (740) 548-4631 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Alum Creek Marina phone +1-740-548-6056 · website alumcreekmarina.net

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 6 places in this list: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

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What is hard here

Only 6 public ramps are 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.
  • 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.