Lake White fishing: Muskellunge, Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish

Target species: Muskellunge, Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Bluegill
Boat: 4 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Bills Bait House.

The lake

Lake White covers 338 acres in Ohio, across Pike County. It is a lake: 97.5% of it is 18 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 25.7 feet (7.8 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Depth: down to 25.7 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 25.7 ft (7.8 m). 97.5% of the water is 18 feet or shallower. We hold 34 depth contours for this water, drawn from 3,401 soundings.

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  • 0–2 ft: 12% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 18.4% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 12.2% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 11.5% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 9.9% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 5% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 11.7% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 2.4% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 0.1% of the water

4 target fish, led by Muskellunge

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

Stocking: 1,573,328 fish, 1989–2021

Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife records list 1,573,328 fish released into this water from 1989 to 2021. The latest stocking on record is from 2021, more than three years ago.

  • Channel Catfish: 180,133 in 1980–2021
  • Bluegill: 120,802 in 2017
  • Largemouth Bass: 64,517 in 1970–1978
  • Muskellunge: 957 in 1970–1973

One more species on the stocking list.

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4 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 4 boat ramps.

  • Bills Bait House — Waverly, Bill's Bait House. 4308 State Route 220, Waverly 45690- · phone (740) 947-2542
  • Lake White State Park — Waverly, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. 2767 State Route 551, Waverly 45690- · phone (740) 493-2212 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Lake White State Park DMRA Launch — Waverly, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. State Route 552 just south of State Route 220, Waverly 45640- · phone (740) 493-2212 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Red Roof Marina — Waverly, Red Roof Marina. 528 State Route 552, Waverly 45690- · phone (740) 947-7599

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 4 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 4 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.
  • 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.