Mogadore Reservoir fishing: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Warmouth

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Warmouth, White Crappie, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Bluegill
Boat: 3 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Mogadore Boat House.

The reservoir

Mogadore Reservoir covers 772 acres in Ohio, across Portage County. It is a reservoir: 94% of it is 16 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 24.8 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 14 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Warmouth — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • White Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Black Crappie, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp, Grass Carp, Gizzard Shad.

Depth: down to 24.8 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 24.8 ft (7.6 m). 94% of the water is 16 feet or shallower. We hold 79 depth contours for this water, drawn from 3,835 soundings.

  • 0–2 ft: 14.2% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 9.3% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 10% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 11.2% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 14.5% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 12.2% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 11.7% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 10.9% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 5% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 1% of the water

Stocking: 61,288 fish, 1970–2021

Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife records list 61,288 fish released into this water from 1970 to 2021. The latest stocking on record is from 2021, more than three years ago.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2023
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2023 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain
  • Channel Catfish: 61,078 in 2001–2021
  • Muskellunge: 210 in 1970–1974

3 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 3 boat ramps.

  • Mogadore Boat House — Mogadore, Watershed Taskforce. 2578 State Rt. 43, Mogadore 44260- · phone (330) 628-3343
  • Mogadore Reservoir Boat Stake Area — Mogadore, Watershed Taskforce. Lansinger Road, Mogadore 44260- · phone (330) 678-0077
  • Ticknor Road Boat Ramp — Mogadore, ODNR Division of Wildlife - District 3. 691 - 649 Ticknor Rd., Mogadore 44260 · phone 330-644-2293 · website wildlife.ohiodnr.gov

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.