Fishing Report For Indian Lake, OH

By Rick Seaman

March 10, 2025

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Fishing Report Indian Lake, OH

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Popular Fish Species Indian Lake, OH

Saugeye

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

According to reports by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, this is considered one of the best saugeye lakes in the state. Saugeye like to slow cruise around flats and humps next to deep water. They primarily feed close to the bottom on baitfish and small sunfish. Locals report jigs are one of the top baits here, but minnows, spoons, deep-diving crankbaits, and worm harness spinners are also catching saugeye.

Black Crappie - White Crappie

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good

Docks, brush, wood and vegetation are good places to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. Locals report good success using fish finders to locate schools of crappie, when they move to deeper water in Summer and Winter. Crappie fishing is picking up as the water is starting to warm. Spring is the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move into shallow coves to spawn.

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Once the water warms above 50 degrees, locals report throwing buzzbaits around shallow cover. Once the sun gets high in the sky, vibrating jigs and spinnerbaits are catching some nice largemouth bass. During slow times, when the bass are finicky, a stick worm, rigged wacky style, or a ned rig may be the ticket to tease bass into striking.

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, white bass, yellow perch and saugeye at Indian Lake in Ohio.

Indian Lake is a 5,000-acre lake with over 25 miles of shoreline. Annual stockings of saugeye help maintain the population and enhance the fishing opportunities. Catfish, bass, crappie, bluegill, white bass and yellow perch also reside here.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".