Hoover Fishing Report    

   

 

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We will attempt to keep you abreast of news regarding fishing and boating activities that are available to the public at Hoover Reservoir, via this page, which we hope to update at least weekly.  This information comes from ODNR-Wildlife Management, Watershed Management, Old Dutchman Bait and Tackle and from sharing members of the public.  

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NEWS AT HOOVER


Div. of Fisheries ran trap nets while surveying Crappie at Hoover during week of 5/23 and found these 3 in the net.
 

From John Carter, WSM, we received the following notice.  "Before launching a vessel with a motor in excess of 10 horsepower on Hoover Reservoir, which is limited to 10 HP and 10 MPH, the motor must be tilted up and remain tilted while on the reservoir.  Motors in excess of 10 HP may remain in a non-tilt position provided the prop is removed prior to launch and remains so while on the waterway.   This rule is per City of Columbus Ordinance 921.01 and is subject to enforcement by any officer authorized per state code including state watercraft officers.  For questions, please contact the Columbus Department of Public Utilities Watershed Management Office at (614) 645-1721 or e-mail watershed@columbus.gov." 
 

Columbus Fishing Tournament & Regatta Schedule & Contacts - (updated 4/22)
 

NEW Fishing Regulations for Hoover - Effective March 1, 2010
 

We thank Dave Bowens, who sent us this excellent advice on ramp etiquette.  "It is in everyone’s interest to launch and retrieve boats effectively and efficiently, to leave enough space for the next person and minimize time spent on the boat ramp. The aim is to enjoy the whole fishing experience and avoid spoiling a good day on the water with an unsavory incident at the boat ramp. Here are some tips to keep in mind:

  1. Be polite, think ahead and keep your cool. Minimize the time you spend on the boat ramp by preparing yourself and your boat beforehand in the staging area not at the boat ramp.

  2. If you haven’t already tested your boat’s motor at home, then make sure you do so in the water before you unhook the boat from the trailer.

  3. Remember that where the boat ramp is designed for two lanes, don’t reverse down the center of the boat ramp taking up both lanes.

  4. After launching, move your boat away from the ramp, park your car.

  5. If you’re on your own, launch your boat promptly out of the way of launching boats and move your car off the ramp ready for the next person to launch. Park your car and trailer so as not to obstruct the maneuvering of others.

  6. On returning to the boat ramp, keep your boat out of the way while the trailer is retrieved from the parking area.

  7. Once the boat is correctly on the trailer, quickly drive clear of the ramp so it is free for others to use.

  8. Do all your preparation for the tow home away from the ramps."

Dan Dudley adds, "One of the problems I have noticed , with the raising and draw-downs is that people back their trailers too deep and their boats float over their trailers. I explained this to one man and he said he had never thought about that. He was able to pull his truck about 4 feet forward and his boat settled onto the trailer."

Mike Kunkler also adds, "When launching a boat in darkness use your parking lights versus headlights not to blind a second boat being launched."

Peter Greenberg adds his suggestion. "I would strongly urge every trailering boater to NEVER disconnect the winch hook until the trailer has reached the water. I've seen this error and it isn't pretty watching the reaction of the guy while his boat gracefully slides off the trailer and onto the concrete ramp."

Scott Hale of Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries sent us this: "A total of 284,036 fingerling saugeye (about 98 per acre) were stocked at Hoover last week (week of May 17).  This completes the stocking at Hoover for 2010.  Hoover was among a number of our lakes that we stocked at a reduced rate compared to previous years due to a lower availability of saugeye than anticipated.  Our spring weather pattern created difficult fish production conditions in the Division of Wildlife’s three state fish hatcheries that raise walleye and saugeye, so numbers of both fish were less than we had hoped. 

Anglers should not be alarmed over the reduced stocking rate in 2010.  The Division of Wildlife stocks our reservoirs at very high rates due to the good fertility of our waters and large amount of prey fish.  When we stock walleye and saugeye at rates of 100 fish per acre, many states only wish they could do so well with these fish.  We have a great hatchery production system with talented, hard-working staff and good waters to stock which are usually full of prey fish.   

In addition, it is important to remember that the total number of fish stocked in any given reservoir is never a guarantee of stocking success or failure.  Usually we stock fish at about the same rate in a reservoir from one year to the next.  However, as we know from our annual surveys, survival of a group of fish stocked in the spring can vary quite a bit from one year to the next.  This is the major reasons that anglers see variation in their catches from one year to the next."

 
 

City Of Columbus Marina Information - From Columbus Recreation and Parks
 

Buckeye Boat Club on Hoover
 

Rich Rutherford of Columbus Div. of Water passes along this information regarding the temperature readings of Hoover being available along with other data points, including "real time" levels at USGS Hoover Data.  He reports, " The data sonde is generally parked at approximately 2 m when not doing profiles.  This is the reported surface temperature (at 1 hour intervals).  Also starting at midnight, it is currently set to do profiles every 4 hours.  These currently range down to 15 m."  You'll note when you go the site, you can select readings of various factors from a period up to 31 days and can call up either a chart or a table.

Historical chart showing elevations of Hoover - Updated 9-1-10

Hoover 2009 Photos

Hoover 2008 Photos

Hoover 2007 Photos

Hoover 2006 Photos

Hoover 2005 Photos

Hoover 2004 Photos

Hoover 2003 Photos

Hoover 2002 Photos

Topo Map of Hoover - Official ODNR Topo Map of Hoover from data points collected 2001.

Topographical map of Hoover Overlay of lake on original landscape-GPS points

EVENTS AT HOOVER

Hoover Clean-Up 2010 - Results.
 

Fishing Has No Boundaries - June 9, 2007 - Hoover Outing with Buckeye Boat Club

Fishing Has No Boundaries - June 7th, 2008-Dave Golowenski's Dispatch article.

Fishing Has No Boundaries - June 6th, 2009 - ODNR Slide Show
 

Notes, Photos and Maps including maps showing Shad Densities, tagged Saugeye locations preferred habitat and bottom composition. Updated 6/09
 

Hoover Fishing Seminar XII -  Results and appreciations.

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CODES:

FO = Fish Ohio. A program for anglers, with ODNR awarding a certificate and hat pin for catching fish of a specified minimum length. Details available at local bait and tackle stores.

LOTW = Lake of the Woods, East side, Middle section of lake across from Red Bank Ramp.        

C&R = Catch and Release, allowing fish to be enjoyed another day by anglers.

Riprap =Rock works around roadways and bridges to prevent erosion.

 

Week ending 9/1/10

The "real time" water level for Hoover as of this date is – 8.21 feet from over flow.

Water temperatures have begun to rise again with the return of extreme heat. We found temperatures early Monday a.m. to be 80 degrees in Middle section. This Labor Day weekend's forecast holds the potential to be very comfortable as temperatures become more moderate.

CRAPPIE : John Adair reports that Kenny Beck has been fishing the Middle section using Jig/Twisters. Most all of the fish he is catching have been under 9". Tuesday Tim Van Auken fished the Middle section with Minnows and C&R 10 fish with all but 2 of them under 9". On Tuesday Doug Stewart fished with Blake Quincel in M-E section using Rapala Jointed Shad Raps. They caught 15 fish up to 11".

WHITE BASS : John Reeves fished the N-W section on Saturday evening and caught 3 fish up to 15" on a Lil Cleo spoon. Doug Stewart and Blake Quincel caught 3 fish while trolling M-E section on Tuesday with Rapala Jointed Shad Raps.

SAUGEYE: We received several reports of anglers catching single small fish while trolling.

BLUE GILLS : No reports.

BASS : John Adair and Nick Ball fished Saturday morning in North and Middle sections. Using Jigs and also Carolina rigs, they caught 14 fish up to 2-1/2 lbs. in 12-14' depths. Doug Stewart and Blake Quincel fished M-E section on Tuesday afternoon. They Jigged off of points and C&R 28 fish including Doug's FO (21") LM and 3 SM over 18".

CHANNEL CATFISH : We fished all night Wednesday in North section in 10-13' depths. We only C&R 3 fish including 2 FO (28,29") using cut Shad. We also fished early Monday morning in Middle section in 15-16' depth and C&R 7 fish including a FO (30"), again using cut Shad on the bottom. Sunday evening Mike Finch fished the South section with Night Crawlers and C&R a FO (28") in "deeper" water. Doug Stewart and Blake Quincel caught 2 fish including a FO (26") while trolling Tuesday afternoon in M-E section using Rapala Jointed Shad Raps.

Week ending 8/25/10

The "real time" water level for Hoover as of this date is – 7.06(??) feet from over flow.

Moderate weather has prevailed and surface temperatures are dropping. Terry Meredith reported finding surface temperatures in Middle section on Tuesday morning to be 79 degrees.

CRAPPIE : John Adair reports that Kenny Beck found fish have moved a bit shallower. He's been getting many fish in 12-14' depth and found 15 "keepers" out of 60 fish caught, using Jig/Twisters.

WHITE BASS : No reports.

SAUGEYE: No reports.

BLUE GILLS : No reports.

BASS : Doug Stewart fished Thursday night in M-W section on the points. He caught 6 LM on the Berkley 4" Powerbait Minnow.

CHANNEL CATFISH : On Wednesday afternoon, Stace Lingel fished M-E section using Shrimp on bottom and C&R a 24" fish. We fished early Thursday morning with Roy Stein in M-E section in 13-15' depths using cut Shad on bottom. We C&R 14 fish including Roy's FO (26") and our FO (30.5"). Doug Stewart C&R a FO (28") using Berkley Powerbait Minnow on Thursday evening while fishing in M-W section. Mike Finch C&R a 32" fish while fishing with cut Shad at mouth of cove in M-E section Saturday morning.  We fished all night Sunday in N-E and M-E section in 13-14' depths using cut Shad on bottom. We C&R 15 fish including 4 FO (26,26,28, 32").

Week ending 8/18/10

The "real time" water level for Hoover as of this date is – 7.13 feet from over flow.

More moderate temperatures are coming our way. We found surface temperatures to be 84 degrees on Sunday morning. We are coming into a Full Moon phase.

CRAPPIE : Ray Beaumier reports, "Friday, 2 hours before dusk I caught a mixed bag of 12 fish drifting the flats in 14-16' using 1" and 2-1/2" Gulp Minnows on Drop Shot rigs. Most of the fish were small but two were 12"." Ray was fishing the M-E section. John Adair reports that Kenny Beck is getting lots of fish, but most are small. He's been finding them on break lines around 20' using Twisters. Tuesday, Mike Meyer fished the M-W section and reports getting, " Real quality fish right off the bottom in 18' of water." He used Jigs with Twister Tails.

WHITE BASS : No reports.

SAUGEYE: Friday afternoon, Ray Beaumier reports he, "C&R a 12"and 13" fish trolling Bottom Bouncers/Silver Bladed Crawler Harness in 14-18'."

BLUE GILLS : On Friday while drifting the M-E section for Crappie, Ray Beaumier caught 6 fish up to 8" using Gulp Minnows.

BASS : On Saturday Nick Ball and John Adair found fish chasing Shad in 2-3' depths in N-W section. Using Top Water lures they C&R 12-14 fish up to 16". Later they fished in M-E section and John, using a Carolina rig, caught a 19" SM in 10-12' depth off a point.

CHANNEL CATFISH : On Wednesday morning Dave Pickney fished in a cove in M-E section with a Night Crawler and C&R a FO (29”) fish. We fished all night with Al Bachman on Wednesday night in N-E section in 13-14' depths. We C&R 4 fish including Al's FO (26") using cut Shad. Saturday night we fished with Matt Bonnell in N-E section in same depths and C&R 12 fish including our 4 FO (26,27,29 & 31") again using cut Shad. Friday afternoon, while trolling the N-W section, Ray Beaumier C&R 2-17" fish, using Bottom Bouncers/Silver Bladed Crawler Harness in 14-18'. Gary Whitely reports he caught a FO (31") fish Saturday morning in N-E section on Shrimp.

FLATHEAD CATFISH : John Adair reports that Ray Sedwick, on Saturday morning, C&R an 18" fish using a Rapala lure near riprap in M-E section.

CARP : On Wednesday, in a cove in N-E section, Mike Bloomfield C&R a FO (26") fish using Wheatie balls. On Monday Mike moved to Twin bridge area and C&R a FO (31") fish, again using Wheatie balls.

Week ending 8/11/10

The "real time" water level for Hoover as of this date is – 6.20 feet from over flow.

While hot weather permeates the area, surface temperatures remain high. We found them to be 84 degrees overnight on Thursday in N & M sections. With humidity returning anglers should be wary of pop-up storms.

CRAPPIE : Kenny Beck reported to John Adair he had gotten 30 fish one day last week, but only 8-9 were 9+". He was using Twister in North section on 20' break lines. On Thursday afternoon Doug Stewart and his future Son-in-law fished the M-E section and C&R 15 fish up to 10". He reports, "We trolled Rapala Jointed Shad Raps in the Fire Tiger color, 1.2-1.5 mph in 12-20' of water." Fred Lassahn reports he, Allen Howe and Mike Bloomfield caught a few fish in North section on Saturday afternoon, up to 11", using various Crank Baits.

WHITE BASS : Fred Lassahn, Mike Bloomfield and Allen Howe fished North section on Saturday. Fred reports they, "Caught a few fish with largest at 14" All fish were caught on different types of Crank Baits with Fire Tiger being the dominate color. Fish were caught in 6-12' of water in the North end.

SAUGEYE: John Adair has been told anglers are getting a few fish but having to cover a lot of water to do it. They're using Worm Harnesses in 6'-20' in Middle and North sections.

BLUE GILLS : No reports.

BASS : John Adair and Nick Ball were fishing Friday in Middle and South section in 12'-16' depths. Using Jigs they caught 12 fish from 12" up to Nick's 3-lb. SM. Doug Stewart C&R 2 fish up to 14" Jigging and trolling Jointed Shad Raps in M-E section on Thursday afternoon.

CHANNEL CATFISH : Gary Hannahs fished with us all night Thursday night. We fished in North and Middle sections in mostly 11-15' depths on break lines. Using cut Shad we only C&R 5 fish up to 25". While trolling for Crappie on Thursday afternoon, Doug Stewart C&R a 2-lb. Fish on a Jointed Fire Tiger Rapala Shad Rap in M-E section. Friday evening, Jerry Fleet fished a cove in M-E section using Shrimp. He C&R a FO (30.5"). On Saturday, Allen Howe trolled a Tiger Green Hot-N-Tot in N-W section and C&R a FO (30") fish. Friday night Tim Van Auken fished with 2 friends in LOTW area and used cut bait on bottom and caught a 23" fish in 12' of water. On Sunday morning Molly Manning trolled with her Grandparents in the North section using Worm Harnesses. She caught 4 fish up to 23".

FLATHEAD CATFISH : Nick ball C&R a 24' fish using a home made Bass Jig on Friday. He was fishing in M-E section in about 12' depth.

2010 Hoover Sports Anglers (HSA)  (C&R Fish Ohio species at Hoover)

Following are minimum size requirements for Fish Ohio species available at Hoover.

CARP - 26"

MUSKY - 36" WALLEYE - 28"

CHANNEL CATFISH - 26"

ROCK BASS - 10" WHITE BASS - 16"

CRAPPIE - 13"

SAUGEYE - 21" YELLOW PERCH - 13"

FLATHEAD CATFISH - 35"

SMALLMOUTH BASS - 20"

LARGEMOUTH BASS - 21"

SUNFISH - 9"

NOTE: You can now go online and print a very attractive certificate of your FO catch and also reserve your hat pin.  This is now the ONLY way to register as mail-ins are no longer being accepted. Go to Fish Ohio.

CRAPPIE
Chuck Bateman - 16"
Ray Beaumier - 13"
Tim Myers, Jr. - 13.5"
Mike Bloomfield - 13.75"
Tony Vannelle - 15"
Nancy Bowen - 13"
 




 

 



 

CHANNEL CATFISH
Jim Horan - 34"
Gary Hannahs - 27"
Mike Bloomfield - 32.5"
Fritz Baas - 28"
Tom Critser - 29.5"
Casey Woods - 31"
Tim Turos - 33"
Jeff Murdock - 28"
Tony Dana, Sr. - 30"
Christina Nelson -28.5"
Patrick Terry - 26.5"
Todd Karg - 27"
Branden Kern - 30"
Jerry Hopper - 29"
 


 

 

CHANNEL CATFISH
Allen Howe - 30"
Ron Wright - 26.5"
Pete DeFranciso - 30"
Chad Karg - 28"
Tim Myers, Sr. - 27"
Chris Shannon - 33"
Jerry Fleet - 30.5"
Al Bachman - 26"
Gary Whitley - 31"
Roy Stein - 26"
Mike Finch - 32"
Dog Stewart - 28"






 

BASS
Tony Dana, Sr. - SM - 21"

Doug Stewart - LM- 21"



 

WHITE BASS
Sean Alley - 16.75"

 

 

SAUGEYE
Jim Geswein - 22"
Rich Braddock -24"



 

BLUE GILL
 

 

 

CARP
Mike Bloomfield - 32.25"
Jimmie Dye - 28"
Sean Trombley - 31"
Ron Carpenter - 29"

 

FLATHEAD CATFISH
Fred Bury III - 40"
Gary Hannahs - 38"
Jason Jones - 42"
 

 

     

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2010 Contributing Reporters (CR)

John Adair

Tony Galluch Ralph North Hosia Whaley

Walt Alexander

Chris Gates

Gayle Nourse Adam Wheeler

Sean Alley

Jim Geswein

Jesse Oddi Zeke Wheeler

Garing Armstead

Peter Greenberg Tim Parker Gary Whitley

Al Bachman

Bret Greiner Brian Paul Pete Wilms

Chuck Bateman

Todd Hager

Kevin Peck Stu Wilms

Ray Beaumier

Scott Hale

Ray Petering Ron Wright

John Biteman

John Hall

Jerry Peters  

Mike Bloomfield

Gary Hannahs Corey Price  

Dave Bowens

Jeffry Hayes

John Reeves  

Nancy Bowens

Jerry Hocker

Tom Roettker  

Rich Braddock

Jerry Hopper Craig Seeds  

Michael Brooks

Allen Howe Steve Shaffer  

Fred Bury

Chad Karg

Chris Shannon  

Ron Carpenter

Dan Kent Jim Silvania  

John Carter

Mike Kunkler Rick Stelzer  

Bob Casey

Fred Lassahn

Doug Stewart  

Matt Chase

Stace Lingel Leona Sweitzer  

Bill Christy

Mike Meyer Don Tackett  

Karen Cotton

Spencer Miller Jeff Tennant  

Tom Critser

Linda Mosure Patrick Terry  

Tony Dana, Sr.

Ted Mosure

Kiet Tieu  

Dan Dudley

Jeff Murdock Tim Turos  

Mike Finch

Tim Myers, Sr. Tim Van Auken  

Scott Furst

Kristina Nelson

Rich Waters

 

Interesting Links:

Official ODNR - Div. of Wildlife Fishing

Reservoir (Hoover) Catfishing

Lunar Phases and Peak Fishing Times

New Sport Catfish Surfin'

Great illustrations of knots for anglers Netknots

Other interesting Links

                               
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