Caldwell Lake Fishing in Ross County, Ohio

• Overview

  You will find Caldwell Lake in Ross County, Ohio. Height above sea level is 732 feet. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Ohio listings. The nearest town is Waverly, 7.3 miles away. Chillicothe is 7.4 miles and North Fork Village 8.5 miles. A county line runs close by, so local bylaws can differ within a short drive. It holds up in poor weather better than open water does.

• Where to Fish on Caldwell Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Fish documented in Ross County include rainbow darter, banded darter, golden redhorse, longear sunfish and variegate darter. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Caldwell Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 29°F in January and 73°F in July. Most months fish reasonably, given the right weather. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. On Caldwell Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. You can launch from a ramp around half a mile away. You can leave the car about 80 yards from the water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Knoles Pond, 2.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Caldwell Lake if anything is unclear.