Lake Alma is a reservoir in Ohio, near Vinton County.
Lake Alma is a reservoir in Vinton County, Ohio. Lake Alma covers about 68.1 acres, reaches a recorded 18 feet and holds about 490 acre-feet.
Lake Alma 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 Lake Alma include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, common carp, largemouth bass, and white crappie.
For bass at Alma, fish weeds, wood and shade with a jig, spinnerbait or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Alma, 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 bottom fishing at Alma, 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 Alma, 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 Alma 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 Alma 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.