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Boat ramps near Akron
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Boat ramps near Akron

12 stops4 watersUpdated Nov 6

91 public boat ramps on published waters near Akron.

Distances are straight-line from downtown Akron; below are the 12 closest, grouped by water.

Springfield Lake

Recorded in Springfield Lake: Common Carp, Channel Catfish, Walleye, and Largemouth Bass.

Surveyed depths in Springfield Lake reach 30 ft.

  1. 1Springfield Lake - Springfield Ramp: boat ramp on Springfield Lake, ≈ 5 mi from downtown.
  2. 2Lakemore Park - James B Dodds Lakefront Park: boat ramp on Springfield Lake, ≈ 5.9 mi from downtown.

Portage Lakes

Recorded in Portage Lakes: Spottail Shiner, Common Carp, Redear, and Largemouth Bass.

Surveyed depths in Portage Lakes reach 34 ft.

  1. 3Portage Lakes State Park - North Reservoir: boat ramp on Portage Lakes, ≈ 6.1 mi from downtown.
  2. 4Old State Park: boat ramp on Portage Lakes, ≈ 7.5 mi from downtown.
  3. 5Portage Lakes State Park - Turkeyfoot: boat ramp on Portage Lakes, ≈ 7.9 mi from downtown.

Mogadore Reservoir

Recorded in Mogadore Reservoir: Muskellunge, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, and Warmouth.

Surveyed depths in Mogadore Reservoir reach 25 ft.

  1. 6Ticknor Road Boat Ramp: boat ramp on Mogadore Reservoir, ≈ 8 mi from downtown.
  2. 7Mogadore Reservoir Boat Stake Area: boat ramp on Mogadore Reservoir, ≈ 8.1 mi from downtown.
  3. 8Mogadore Boat House: boat ramp on Mogadore Reservoir, ≈ 9.1 mi from downtown.

Nimisila Reservoir

Recorded in Nimisila Reservoir: Sauger, Common Carp, Warmouth, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Nimisila Reservoir reach 32 ft.

  1. 9Portage Lakes State Park - C 1: boat ramp on Nimisila Reservoir, ≈ 9.2 mi from downtown.
  2. 10Portage Lakes State Park - SM2: boat ramp on Nimisila Reservoir, ≈ 9.9 mi from downtown.
  3. 11Portage Lakes State Park - CG: boat ramp on Nimisila Reservoir, ≈ 10 mi from downtown.
  4. 12Portage Lakes State Park - C 6: boat ramp on Nimisila Reservoir, ≈ 10.5 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, November is a slow month around Akron for the fish recorded at these stops — the bars on each card show when each one picks up.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Akron fishing page: road drive times where a route was built (≈ marks straight-line distances), access points from state registries, the species recorded in each water and our bite calendar, adjusted for latitude. Nothing is written by hand or generated by AI.

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