Fishing Cotigo Lake in Mingo County, West Virginia

• Overview

  You will find Cotigo Lake in Mingo County, West Virginia. It sits in mixed woodland. You can fish the entire water from one spot if you pick it well. Head to Williamson, 11 miles away, for anything you forgot. Mount Gay-Shamrock follows at 12 miles, then Logan at 14 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Cotigo Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Anyone new to Cotigo Lake should walk it once before setting up. Williamson is off to the north.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 74°F, with January the cold end at about 33°F. Ice comes and goes from one year to the next. It is not guaranteed even in a cold spell, so check yourself. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. That is the shape of the year on Cotigo Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Laurel Lake, 2.5 miles out. Nothing here settles the position at Cotigo Lake for certain.