Lake Hope is a reservoir in Ohio, near Vinton County.
Lake Hope is a reservoir in Vinton County, Ohio. Lake Hope covers about 121 acres, reaches a recorded 20 feet and holds about 2,461 acre-feet.
Lake Hope 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 Hope include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, common carp, gizzard shad, largemouth bass, and white crappie.
For bass at Hope, fish weeds, wood and shade with a jig, spinnerbait or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Hope, 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 Hope, 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 Hope, 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 Hope 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 Hope 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.