Lake Rupert fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Channel Catfish
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Wellston Wildlife Area.

The lake

Lake Rupert covers 307 acres in Ohio, across Vinton County. It is a lake: 95.1% of it is 14 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Depth: down to 25 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 25 ft (7.6 m). 95.1% of the water is 14 feet or shallower. We hold 23 depth contours for this water, drawn from 5,256 soundings.

  • 0–2 ft: 11% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 12.8% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 21.3% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 16.4% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 12.3% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 13.2% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 8.1% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 0.3% of the water

4 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.

Stocking: 2,296,234 fish, 1993–2022

Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife records list 2,296,234 fish released into this water from 1993 to 2022. The latest stocking on record is from 2022, more than three years ago.

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  • Channel Catfish: 274,134 in 1985–2020
  • Walleye: 243,270 in 1970–1990
  • Largemouth Bass: 114,448 in 1976–1980
  • Northern Pike: 59,773 in 1970–1986

One more species on the stocking list.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Wellston Wildlife Area — Mcarthur, ODNR Division of Wildlife-District Four. 7 miles W. of McArthur on Rt.#50, S. on St. Rt.# 683. · phone (740) 594-2211 · website wildlife.ohiodnr.gov

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 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.4. These readings span 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 95.1% of the water 14 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. 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.
  • 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.