Fishing at Indian Lakes Recreation Area Upper Lake, Guernsey County, Ohio

• Overview

  Within Guernsey County, Ohio, you have Indian Lakes Recreation Area Upper Lake. Everything around it is farm and woodlot. At 7 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Nearest town is Byesville, 2.7 miles off. Cambridge is 5.8 miles and New Concord 8.8 miles. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Indian Lakes Recreation Area Upper Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Public occurrence data for Guernsey County names green sunfish, white sucker, bluegill, greenside darter and johnny darter. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Fish Indian Lakes Recreation Area Upper Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 73°F, with January the cold end at about 28°F. In milder years the surface never sets. In a normal year the cover is thin and short-lived. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. Anyone fishing Indian Lakes Recreation Area Upper Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Bluegill and other panfish take small jigs or worms under a float near any cover. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Indian Lakes Recreation Area Lower Lake, 0.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Signs at Indian Lakes Recreation Area Upper Lake carry more weight than any list.