Harrison Lake is a reservoir in Ohio, near Fulton County.
Harrison Lake is a reservoir in Fulton County, Ohio. Harrison Lake covers about 98.6 acres, reaches a recorded 12 feet and holds about 1,750 acre-feet.
Harrison 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 Harrison Lake include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, common carp, largemouth bass, white crappie, and yellow perch.
For bass at Harrison, fish weeds, wood and shade with a jig, spinnerbait or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Harrison, 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, and keep a small jig, minnow or worm close to bottom for yellow perch.
For bottom fishing at Harrison, 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 Harrison, 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 Harrison is a good time to check warm coves and incoming water, and summer is best early or late around weeds, shade and the few deeper holes. Fall around Harrison 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.