Lake La Su An is in Williams County and may be reached off county roads R and S. County Road S also provides access to many of the smaller lakes and ponds on the north side of Lake La Su An.

Lake La Su An has about 82 surface acres, but with the other lakes in the wildlife area, there is a combined 127 acres of surface water for the ice- angler to try.

Lake La Su An has its deepest waters, about 40 feet, near the middle of the lake along its westernmost bend. Most of the rest of Lake La Su An is about 10 feet deep.

“Another good largemouth bass lake is the Resthaven Wildlife Area’s pond No. 8,” Plott said. “It has special, site-specific regulations posted on signs that anglers should read before fishing.”

Crappies and other panfish are also targeted by Resthaven’s ice-anglers.

Resthaven Pond No. 8, along Heywood Road off state Route 269, is a relatively small pond that resembles a network of canals. It has three marshy islands stacked up side by side, with deep-water canals surrounding and between them.

“Both Findlay reservoirs are also good for ice-fishing,” Plott added. “Yellow perch are often targeted there as well as other panfish species.”

Buckeye State anglers outside of Findlay wishing to fish the Findlay reservoirs can access them from state Route 568 and township Road 234. Findlay Reservoir No. 2 has the largest surface acreage at 629 acres and also has the deepest water (25 feet deep in some areas).

Reservoir No. 2 also has some channels and humps along its bottom.

Reservoir No. 1 has 72 surface acres, but has a virtually featureless bottom.

For more information about the ice-fishing opportunities in District Two, contact the district headquarters, 952 Lima Avenue, Findlay, OH 45840; or call (419) 424-5000

DISTRICT THREE
Matt Ward, a fisheries biologist for the ODOW’s District Three office, speaks glowingly of Mogadore Reservoir as an ice-fishing destination.

“Panfish on the Mogadore Reservoir are both plentiful and large,” Ward enthused. “Anglers can expect to catch good numbers of big bluegills, yellow perch, crappies and redear sunfish.”

In fact, the ice-fishing is so good on Mogadore Reservoir that Ward plans to fish it this season.

Ward is especially excited about the big bluegills being caught by ice- anglers each year.

“We add a lot of fish habitat to Mogador Reservoir,” Ward noted, “and this really concentrates the fish for all fishermen, including ice-anglers.”

Ward noted that anglers can find out where fish structures have been placed on any public lake by consulting an ODOW map of the lake they wish to fish.

Mogadore Reservoir lies in Perry County about three miles east of Akron. Take county Road 82 to North Dike Road. The lake is four miles south of Kent via state Route 43 to West County Road 82 and North Dike Road.

Mogadore Lake covers 1,000 acres and has a maximum depth of about 20 feet near the westernmost. There is a 15-foot channel running down the center of the lake.

“Mosquito Lake is another District Three hotspot in Trumbull County,” Ward said. “Most ice-fisherman target crappies and walleyes here, along with bluegills and perch.”