Lake Logan fishing: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Flathead Catfish, Channel Catfish, Redear, Sauger
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Logan State Park - Beach Boat Ramp.

The reservoir

Lake Logan covers 307 acres in Ohio, across Hocking County. It is a reservoir: 91.3% of it is 14 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 21.6 feet (6.6 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.

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7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Flathead Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Redear — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Sauger — Feeding water: 45–65°F.

Also recorded here: Goldfish.

Lake Logan Panorama 1.jpg
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Depth: down to 21.6 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 21.6 ft (6.6 m). 91.3% of the water is 14 feet or shallower. We hold 15 depth contours for this water, drawn from 4,034 soundings.

Lake Logan Marina 1.jpg
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  • 0–2 ft: 20.5% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 12.3% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 16.1% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 13.2% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 10.7% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 11.2% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 2.1% of the water

Stocking: 2,058,780 fish, 1993–2022

Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife records list 2,058,780 fish released into this water from 1993 to 2022. The latest stocking on record is from 2022, more than three years ago.

  • Channel Catfish: 259,009 in 1981–2020
  • Largemouth Bass: 126,592 in 1977–1979
  • Northern Pike: 36,328 in 1970–1986
  • Flathead Catfish: 4,000 in 1973
  • Muskellunge: 19 in 1972

2 more species on the stocking list.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 boat ramps.

  • Lake Logan State Park - Beach Boat Ramp — Logan, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. 30443 Lake Logan Road 43138- · phone (740) 385-3444 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Lake Logan State Park - Marina — Logan, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. 30443 Lake Logan Road 43138- · phone (740) 385-3444 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 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.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 75°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.6. These readings span 2022–2023.

What is hard here

With 91.3% of the water 14 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. Only 2 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.
  • 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.