Lake Loramie fishing: Largemouth Bass, Flathead Catfish, Channel Catfish
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Flathead Catfish, Channel Catfish
Boat: 7 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Loramie State Park - West Bank Ramp, 2 lanes.
The reservoir
Lake Loramie covers 870 acres in Ohio, across 2 counties: Shelby and Auglaize. It is a reservoir: 99.2% of it is 5 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 8 feet (2.4 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.
Depth: down to 8 ft at the deepest measured point
Deepest measured point: 8 ft (2.4 m). 99.2% of the water is 5 feet or shallower. We hold 39 depth contours for this water, drawn from 10,187 soundings.
- 0–1 ft: 31.3% of the water
- 1–2 ft: 16.3% of the water
- 2–3 ft: 23.2% of the water
- 3–4 ft: 17.9% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 10.5% of the water
- 5–6 ft: 0.9% of the water
3 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Flathead Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Also recorded here: Sauger, White Bass.
Stocking: 8,127,007 fish, 1978–2022
Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife records list 8,127,007 fish released into this water from 1978 to 2022. The latest stocking on record is from 2022, more than three years ago.
- Channel Catfish: 66,995 in 1999–2021
- Largemouth Bass: 4,445 in 1976
- Flathead Catfish: 4,000 in 1973
2 more species on the stocking list.
7 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 3 trailer ramps and 4 boat ramps.
- Lake Loramie State Park - West Bank Ramp — 2 lanes. Minster, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. off State Route 362, Minster 45865-9311 · phone (937) 295-2011 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
- Luthman Road Launch Ramp — 2 lanes. Minster, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. off State Route 119 on Lutman Road, Minster 45865-9311 · phone (937) 295-2011 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
- Schmitmeyer-Baker North Fishing Access — 1 lane. Minster, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. off State Route 119 on Schmitmeyer-Baker Road, Minster 45865-9311 · phone (937) 295-2011 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
- Lake Loramie State Park - Campground Ramp — Minster, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. State Route 362, Minster 45865- · phone (937) 295-2011 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
- Lake Loramie State Park - Earl's Island — Minister, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. Cottonwood Mound Dock Area, State Route 362, Minister 45865- · phone (937) 295-2011 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
- Lake Loramie State Park - Filburn's Picnic Area Ramp — Minister, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. Thelma / Eilerman Road, Minister 45865- · phone (937) 295-2011 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
- Lake Loramie State Park - Oak Grove Ramp — Minster, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. off State Route 362, Minster 45865-9311 · phone (937) 295-2011 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 7 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 65°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2016–2017. The latest reading is from 2017, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.
What is hard here
With 99.2% of the water 5 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards.
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.
- EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
