Fishing Report For Lake Milton, OH

By Rick Seaman

April 7, 2025

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Fishing Report Lake Milton, OH

Fishing Reports

Popular Fish Species Lake Milton, OH

Walleye

Current Report: Fair
Outlook: Very Good

Spring and Fall are the best season for catching walleye. As the ice started melting, anglers are finding walleye in the shallows, especially rocky areas. They will spawn in Spring, then move to flats, shoals and ledges off shore. Throughout Summer, early in the morning and from dusk to long after dark are good times to catch walleye, as they move shallow to feed. They primarily feed on shad and other small fish, searching close to the bottom. Blade baits, jigs, swimbaits and spoons are popular lure choices. Local anglers have reported catching walleye using spoons, deep-diving crankbaits, and worm harness spinners while trolling in recent years.

Muskie

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good

Muskie have been caught through the ice in recent years, except during the fishing ban for construction. However, the lake is widely considered a good muskie lake. when the water warms, large crankbaits in bright colors, and topwater lures catch a lot of muskie here. Work the shallows early in the day, or throughout the day on cloudy days. Rocky and weedy areas have been the best areas to find big musky.

Smallmouth Bass

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

Lake Milton is considered a good smallmouth bass fishery, and has the population to support the reputation. The best reports for smallmouth are coming from anglers fishing rocky banks, where they search for crawfish. Jigs, tube baits and crankbaits in crawfish colors are all catching smallies. Jerkbaits, topwater are also catching some nice fish. In cool weather, the fishing is often good on cold, windy, cloudy and rainy days.

Fishing Video

Fish species to fish for...

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

Lake Milton is a 1,700-acre lake with over 22 miles of shoreline. A majority of the shoreline is lined with boat docks and brush piles, which are the feeding grounds for many of the fish species here. The lake has populations of bass, crappie, bluegill, catfish, perch and muskellunge.

Primary fish species to catch

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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".