Lake White Fishing in Pike County, Ohio

• Overview

  Lake White sits in Pike County, out in Ohio. It stands 564 feet above sea level. Roughly 345 acres of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. At about 6.7 miles of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It is the biggest water on our Pike County list. Piketon sits 2.6 miles from the bank. Meads sits 51 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Lake White

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Records held for Pike County cover longear sunfish, johnny darter, rainbow darter and golden redhorse. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Lake White a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 29°F to 74°F. Fishing continues through most of the calendar, with quiet spells rather than closures. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. Lake White runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. There is a slipway on the shore, half a mile from the water we list. There is recorded parking some half a mile off. A pier half a mile from here gives a platform over deeper water. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Atomic Energy Commission Lake is 5.7 miles distant. What applies at Lake White may have changed since it was mapped.