Rex Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Walleye, Redear, Channel Catfish
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Old State Park.
The lake
Rex Lake covers 454 acres in Ohio, across Summit County. It is a lake: 91.1% of it is 36 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 61.2 feet (18.7 m). Our records hold 7 species for this water.
Depth: down to 61.2 ft at the deepest measured point
Deepest measured point: 61.2 ft (18.7 m). 91.1% of the water is 36 feet or shallower. We hold 51 depth contours for this water, drawn from 11,587 soundings.
- 0–3 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 3–6 ft: 20.2% of the water
- 6–9 ft: 17.8% of the water
- 9–12 ft: 12.7% of the water
- 12–15 ft: 10.4% of the water
- 15–18 ft: 8.4% of the water
- 18–21 ft: 3.1% of the water
- 21–24 ft: 2.4% of the water
- 24–27 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 27–30 ft: 2.2% of the water
- 30–33 ft: 2.2% of the water
- 33–36 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 36–39 ft: 1.9% of the water
- 39–42 ft: 1.7% of the water
- 42–45 ft: 1.5% of the water
- 45–48 ft: 1.3% of the water
- 48–51 ft: 1.1% of the water
- 51–54 ft: 1% of the water
- 54–57 ft: 0.6% of the water
6 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Redear — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Also recorded here: Common Carp.
Stocking: 1,528,642 fish, 1980–2021
Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife records list 1,528,642 fish released into this water from 1980 to 2021. The latest stocking on record is from 2021, more than three years ago.
- Walleye: 852,355 in 1975–2005
- Channel Catfish: 48,608 in 2003–2021
- Largemouth Bass: 15,525 in 1974
- Muskellunge: 8,038 in 1979–1985
- Northern Pike: 706 in 1985
2 more species on the stocking list.
2 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 2 boat ramps.
- Old State Park — Akron, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. 619 State Park Drive, Akron 44319- · phone (330) 644-2220 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
- Portage Lakes State Park - Turkeyfoot — Akron, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. 5031 Manchester Rd., Akron 44319- · phone (330) 644-2220 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 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 2 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.
