Nettle Lake is a lake in Ohio, near Williams County.
Nettle Lake is a lake in Williams County, Ohio. Nettle Lake covers about 115 acres and reaches a recorded 27 feet.
Nettle Lake is small enough to check weeds, wood, rock and the first deep drop without spending the whole day moving around.
Fish reported from Nettle Lake include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, common carp, largemouth bass, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch.
For bass at Nettle, fish weeds, wood and shade with a jig, spinnerbait or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Nettle, 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 Nettle, 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 Nettle, check one quiet cove, one rocky or firm point and the nearby deep water with a moving lure, then use a jig or worm where you find fish.
Spring at Nettle 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 at Nettle 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.