Belmont Lake is a reservoir in Ohio, near Belmont County.
Belmont Lake is a reservoir in Belmont County, Ohio. Belmont Lake covers about 109 acres, reaches a recorded 39 feet and holds about 5,067 acre-feet.
Belmont Lake has an old channel, incoming water and quiet coves, and small water-level changes can move fish from the bank to the first drop.
Fish reported from Belmont Lake include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, common carp, gizzard shad, largemouth bass, saugeye, walleye, and white crappie.
For bass at Belmont, fish weeds, wood and shade with a jig, spinnerbait or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Belmont, use a small jig or live minnow beside brush for crappie, and fish a worm, cricket or tiny jig near weeds and shade for sunfish.
For roaming fish at Belmont, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and the old channel for walleye, and work a jig, blade bait or small crankbait close to bottom for saugeye.
For bottom fishing at Belmont, put cut bait, chicken liver or a nightcrawler on bottom for channel catfish, and fish corn or dough bait on a simple bottom rig for carp.
On a first trip to Belmont, check incoming water, one bend in the old channel and a point near deep water with a moving lure, then slow down with a jig or worm where you get a bite.
Spring around Belmont is a good time to check warm coves and incoming water, and summer is a good time to fish shade, weeds and the first drop into deeper water. Fall around Belmont can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.