Clear Fork Reservoir fishing: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Bluegill

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Clear Fork Reservoir - Marina.

The reservoir

Clear Fork Reservoir covers 994 acres in Ohio, across 2 counties: Richland and Morrow. It is a reservoir: 96.3% of it is 20 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 24.8 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 6 species for this water.

5 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Gizzard Shad.

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Depth: down to 24.8 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 24.8 ft (7.6 m). 96.3% of the water is 20 feet or shallower. We hold 42 depth contours for this water, drawn from 13,416 soundings.

  • 0–2 ft: 7.1% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 9.5% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 12% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 12.9% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 13.4% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 10.1% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 3.9% of the water

Stocking: 90,574 fish, 1992–2021

Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife records list 90,574 fish released into this water from 1992 to 2021. The latest stocking on record is from 2021, more than three years ago.

  • Muskellunge: 90,574 in 2002–2021

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Clear Fork Reservoir - Marina — Mansfield, City of Mansfield. Route 8 2678 Grass Road, Mansfield 44904- · phone (419) 884-6277 · website ci.mansfield.oh.us

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 72°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2016–2021. The latest reading is from 2021, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.

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.
  • 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.