Nimisila Reservoir fishing: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Bluegill, Warmouth, Channel Catfish, Sauger
Boat: 4 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Portage Lakes State Park - C 1.

The reservoir

Nimisila Reservoir covers 764 acres in Ohio, across Summit County. It is a reservoir: 90.1% of it is 20 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 31.9 feet (9.7 m). Our records hold 8 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Warmouth — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Sauger — Feeding water: 45–65°F.

Also recorded here: Common Carp.

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Depth: down to 31.9 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 31.9 ft (9.7 m). 90.1% of the water is 20 feet or shallower. We hold 68 depth contours for this water, drawn from 16,715 soundings.

  • 0–2 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 12.1% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 12.4% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 12.6% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 10.3% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 8.1% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 7.8% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 2.7% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 1.6% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 1.1% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 0.3% of the water

Stocking: 3,231,915 fish, 1986–2020

Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife records list 3,231,915 fish released into this water from 1986 to 2020. The latest stocking on record is from 2020, more than three years ago.

  • Walleye: 2,376,827 in 1999–2018
  • Channel Catfish: 134,255 in 1970–2020
  • Largemouth Bass: 64,966 in 1973–1983
  • Northern Pike: 40,405 in 1973–1988

One more species on the stocking list.

4 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 4 boat ramps.

  • Portage Lakes State Park - C 1 — Akron, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. Christman Road off Caston Road, Akron 44319- · phone (330) 644-2293 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Portage Lakes State Park - C 6 — Akron, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. Christman Road off Comet Road, Akron 44319- · phone (330) 644-2293 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Portage Lakes State Park - CG — Akron, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. off Christman Road, Akron 44319- · phone (330) 644-2293 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Portage Lakes State Park - SM2 — New Franklin, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. off South Main Street, New Franklin 44319- · phone (330) 644-2293 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov

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.