Tygart Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, White Crappie, Bluegill

Target species: Largemouth Bass, White Crappie, Bluegill, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 3 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Tygart Lake State Park - Ramp No. 1, 2 lanes.

The reservoir

Tygart Lake covers 1,585 acres in West Virginia, across 2 counties: Taylor and Barbour. It is a reservoir: 94.7% of it is 100 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 128 feet (39 m); at the dam, USGS RESSED gives 207 feet (63.1 m) at full pool. Our records hold 7 species for this water.

Tygart Lake - Winter.jpg
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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 128 ft (39 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. USGS RESSED gives 207 ft (63.1 m) at the dam at full pool: a measured figure, not a survey map. 94.7% of the water is 100 feet or shallower. We hold 71 depth contour lines for this water.

Tygart Lake - Winter-square.jpg
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  • 0–10 ft: 1.6% of the water
  • 10–20 ft: 7% of the water
  • 20–30 ft: 12.1% of the water
  • 30–40 ft: 12.3% of the water
  • 40–50 ft: 12.3% of the water
  • 50–60 ft: 11% of the water
  • 60–70 ft: 8.8% of the water
  • 70–80 ft: 11% of the water
  • 80–90 ft: 9.7% of the water
  • 90–100 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 100–110 ft: 3.7% of the water
  • 110–120 ft: 1.6% of the water

5 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • White Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Green Sunfish — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Redbreast, Golden Shiner.

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jpmueller99 from Shenandoah Valley of VA, USA · CC BY 2.0

3 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 3 trailer ramps and 2 shore access points.

  • Tygart Lake State Park - Ramp No. 1 — 2 lanes, lit for night fishing, restrooms.
  • Tygart Lake State Park - Ramp No. 2 — 2 lanes, restrooms.
  • Tygart Lake Pleasant Creek WMA — 1 lane.

Shore access for bank fishing

  • Doe Run Subimpoundment
  • Tygart Lake Cove Run

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 5 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

  • West Virginia DNR — West Virginia DNR: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • USACE CWMS — USACE CWMS elevation-area curves: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
  • USGS RESSED — USGS RESSED reservoir sedimentation database: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
  • 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.