Mid-Western Childrens Home Reservoir Fishing near Goshen, Ohio

• Overview

  Within Warren County, Ohio, you have Mid-Western Childrens Home Reservoir. The water sits 873 feet up. Small at around 5 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Some 3.6 miles away sits Goshen, the nearest settlement. Cincinnati sits 23 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Mid-Western Childrens Home Reservoir

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Public occurrence data for Warren County names bluegill, gizzard shad, green sunfish, rainbow darter and greenside darter. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. The near bank of Mid-Western Childrens Home Reservoir is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 74°F in July and bottoms out near 28°F in January. The freeze here is occasional rather than annual. In a normal year the cover is thin and short-lived. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. Mid-Western Childrens Home Reservoir runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the panfish, a small hook, a float and a piece of worm outfish everything fancy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Failing this one, try Piney Wood Lake, 3.4 miles away. None of that is settled for Mid-Western Childrens Home Reservoir in what we hold.