Fishing Report For Stonewall Jackson Lake, WV

By Rick Seaman

May 14, 2025

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Fishing Report Stonewall Jackson Lake, WV

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Popular Fish Species Stonewall Jackson Lake, WV

Largemouth Bass

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

With surface temperatures on the 60's, bass here are moving shallow, feeding heavily and preparing for the spawn. Nice bass are being caught around the mouths of pockets off the main lake, and back inside the pockets in spawning areas. Numerous lures are catching nice bass here, with spinnerbaits, crankbaits and vibrating jigs topping many anglers' choices. During cold weather spells, jerkbaits continue to catch fish, as they have through the Winter months. Reports showing bass tournament results indicate that to win most events here, it takes an average of over 3 pounds per fish to win.

Black Crappie - White Crappie

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Crappie are moving into the pockets and coves all over the lake in preparation for spawning.Many of the better crappie are holding just inside the mouth of these coves, in good numbers. Expect to find crappie in 3 to 6 feet of water. According to locals, small crappie jigs or live minnows are the ticket for best results. Once the spawn is over, and the hot Summer sun warms the shallows, crappie retreat to depths of 15 to 20 feet or deeper. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. Anglers are reporting good success using fish finders and forward facing sonar to locate schools of crappie once they move out near the deeper creek channels.

Muskie

Johnson Silver Minnow Spoon with a curly tail grub

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good

Muskie are avid predators, and the bigger ones prefer big baits. If you want to hook a 4-foot monster, Stonewall Jackson Lake is the ideal place. Anglers are catching good muskie around standing timber in 5' to 15'. Due to the number of trees, casting is a preferred method, and allows anglers to work all around and through these clusters of trees. Topwater is already catching a few musky, and should get better during mornings and evenings through the Summer.

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Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, yellow perch, muskie and saugeye at Stonewall Jackson Lake in West Virginia.

Stonewall Jackson Lake is a 2,600-acre lake with over 80 miles of shoreline. The lake is populated with bass, crappie, perch, muskie, saugeye, catfish and bluegill. Big bass and muskie get most of the attention from serious anglers, but the other species are worth the trip.

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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".