Lake Loramie Fishing in Shelby County, Ohio

• Overview

  Lake Loramie stands in Shelby County, Ohio. Height above sea level is 955 feet. Surface area runs to roughly 854 acres, so plan for one area rather than the whole. The margin runs to about 15 miles in total. Nothing else we list in Shelby County covers more water. Minster lies 2.4 miles from the water. Beyond it, Fort Loramie at 2.5 miles and New Bremen at 4.8 miles. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Lake Loramie

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Fish documented in Shelby County include bluegill, rock bass and smallmouth bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The near bank of Lake Loramie is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 73°F; by January the average is down near 24°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Look for the thaw near mid March; the fishing lifts straight after. Ice clears near mid March and comes back about late December in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That is the shape of the year on Lake Loramie.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Launch at Filburns, half a mile from the water. A car park lies half a mile away, so the walk in is short. There is a mapped landing stage half a mile away. Mapping shows a campsite some half a mile from the water. Facilities run to toilets half a mile from the water. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Leighty Lake at 6 miles is the sensible second choice. Check the current arrangement for Lake Loramie.