Rocky Fork Lake fishing: Muskellunge, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout

Target species: Muskellunge, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Flathead Catfish
Boat: 6 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Rocky Fork State Park - Campground Ramp.

The lake

Rocky Fork Lake covers 1,877 acres in Ohio, across Highland County. It is a lake: 92.6% of it is 30 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 42.5 feet (13 m). Our records hold 6 species for this water.

5 target fish, led by Muskellunge

  • Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Flathead Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Common Carp.

Depth: down to 42.5 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 42.5 ft (13 m). 92.6% of the water is 30 feet or shallower. We hold 67 depth contours for this water, drawn from 25,849 soundings.

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  • 0–3 ft: 10% of the water
  • 3–6 ft: 10.3% of the water
  • 6–9 ft: 9% of the water
  • 9–12 ft: 11.7% of the water
  • 12–15 ft: 9% of the water
  • 15–18 ft: 9.6% of the water
  • 18–21 ft: 9.8% of the water
  • 21–24 ft: 7.2% of the water
  • 24–27 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 27–30 ft: 8.1% of the water
  • 30–33 ft: 5% of the water
  • 33–36 ft: 2.4% of the water

Stocking: 19,066,215 fish, 1993–2022

Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife records list 19,066,215 fish released into this water from 1993 to 2022. The latest stocking on record is from 2022, more than three years ago.

  • Walleye: 9,262,723 in 1978–2000
  • Muskellunge: 280,592 in 1977–1997
  • Rainbow Trout: 27,317 in 2002–2021
  • Flathead Catfish: 8,000 in 1972–1973
  • Largemouth Bass: 21 in 1970

One more species on the stocking list.

6 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 6 boat ramps.

  • Rocky Fork State Park - Campground Ramp — Hillsboro, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. North Shore Drive at the camp grounds, Hillsboro 45133- · phone (937) 393-4250 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Rocky Fork State Park - East Shore Drive — Hillsboro, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. off McCoppin Mill Road, Hillsboro 45133- · phone (937) 393-4284 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Rocky Fork State Park - East Shore Marina — Hillsboro, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. Lucas Lane off County Road 51, Hillsboro 45133- · phone (937) 393-4284 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Rocky Fork State Park - Fishermans Wharf — Hillsboro, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. White Lane off Chestnut/Twp Road 194, Hillsboro 45133- · phone (937) 393-4284 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Rocky Fork State Park - North Beach Launch Ramp — Hillsboro, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. North Shore Road, Hillsboro 45133-9205 · phone (937) 393-4250 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov
  • Rocky Fork State Park - North Beach Marina — Hillsboro, ODNR Division of Parks & Recreation. North Shore Drive South on North Beech Rd., Hillsboro 45133- · phone (937) 393-4250 · website parks.ohiodnr.gov

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 6 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 6 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.