Bluestone Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Flathead Catfish
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Flathead Catfish, Channel Catfish, Spotted Bass, Northern Hog Sucker, White Crappie
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Bluestone Lake (Pit Area), 2 lanes.
The reservoir
Bluestone Lake covers 1,124 acres in West Virginia, across Summers County. It is a reservoir: 91.6% of it is 28 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 37 feet (11.3 m); at the dam, USGS RESSED gives 152 feet (46.3 m) at full pool. Our records hold 27 species for this water.
7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Flathead Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Spotted Bass — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
- Northern Hog Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- White Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Brown Trout, Golden Redhorse, White Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Longear Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Redbreast, Common Carp, Emerald Shiner, Spottail Shiner, Goldfish, Alewife, Golden Shiner, Brook Silverside, Fathead Minnow.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 37 ft (11.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. USGS RESSED gives 152 ft (46.3 m) at the dam at full pool: a measured figure, not a survey map. 91.6% of the water is 28 feet or shallower. We hold 80 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 9.5% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 4.1% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 8.1% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 10.6% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 10.8% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 12% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 8.1% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 6.6% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 4.3% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 4.8% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 4.2% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 2.7% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 2.8% of the water
- 26–28 ft: 3% of the water
- 28–30 ft: 2.1% of the water
- 30–32 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 32–34 ft: 2.2% of the water
- 34–36 ft: 1.9% of the water
2 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps and 2 shore access points.
- Bluestone Lake (Pit Area) — 2 lanes.
- Bluestone Lake (Bertha Campground) — 1 lane, restrooms.
Shore access for bank fishing
- Bluestone Lake Tailwaters — lit for night fishing. On New River.
- Bluestone Lake Tailwaters West — on New River.
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 2 public ramps are on file, so the launch decides where you fish.
Where this data comes from
- West Virginia DNR — West Virginia DNR: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- USGS RESSED — USGS RESSED reservoir sedimentation database: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
