LaDue Reservoir fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Channel Catfish, Redear
Boat: 3 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Auburn Launch Ramp.

The reservoir

LaDue Reservoir covers 1,422 acres in Ohio, across Geauga County. It is a reservoir: 92.7% of it is 22 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 6 species for this water.

5 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Redear — Feeding water: 65–85°F.

Also recorded here: White Perch.

Depth: down to 25 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 25 ft (7.6 m). 92.7% of the water is 22 feet or shallower. We hold 85 depth contours for this water, drawn from 28,861 soundings.

  • 0–2 ft: 9.3% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 8.1% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 9.4% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 8.6% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 8% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 9.4% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 9% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 7.8% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 24–25 ft: 0.9% of the water

Stocking: 6,271,215 fish, 1992–2022

Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife records list 6,271,215 fish released into this water from 1992 to 2022. The latest stocking on record is from 2022, more than three years ago.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2023
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2023 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain
  • Walleye: 6,130,648 in 2003–2022
  • Channel Catfish: 59,374 in 2004–2022
  • Largemouth Bass: 5,000 in 1972
  • Northern Pike: 1,193 in 1984

One more species on the stocking list.

3 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 3 boat ramps.

  • Auburn Launch Ramp — Auburn. Auburn Road 44023- · phone (330) 678-0077 · website ci.akron.oh.us
  • La Due Reservoir - Boat House — Auburn. 17759 Valley Road, Auburn 44023- · phone (440) 834-0045 · website ci.akron.oh.us
  • Route 44 Launch Ramp — Auburn. State Route 44, Auburn 44023- · phone (330) 678-0077 · website ci.akron.oh.us

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 3 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.

What is hard here

Only 3 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.
  • EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map, 2007.
  • 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.