Lake Ashtabula

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Apr 1, 2023

8 Fishing Reports

20 Followers

Lake Ashtabula Fishing Reports

Filter by

All Species

All Seasons

Sort by

Most RelevantNewest

Reports from all past years within a 60-day time frame

Fishashtabula.com

Gold Ambassador

12/8/22

Species
Yellow Perch
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Minnows

Everyone’s favorite day of the week! This weekend was a good one on the lake. Saturday brought light winds and frigid temps, Sunday brought warmer temperatures with some wicked winds. Both days offered good fishing on the lake. Most of the lake is right about the 9″ of ice mark. Some spots have a little less and some have a little more, that is pretty typical for this time of the year. Lots of people out and about on the lake fishing as well. Most of the lake is snow covered with roughly 2″ of snow and if you ask me that is a perfect amount. We still have lots of cold weather coming up for this week and I wont be surprised to see a few extra inches of ice for next weekend. Water is still a little on the stained side, but clear enough cameras will work. Perch are very willing to bite right now. They were also easy to find cruising the flats looking for an easy meal. Most of the perch caught are what I consider “sorters”. If you sort through them you will end up with enough for a meal. Water depth did not really seem to matter, anything from about 8-22 foot of water seemed to have fish cruising through. Wax worms worked well, minnow heads, and whole minnows all caught fish. White or perch color seemed to be a preferred paint scheme. I also caught perch on a larger chubby darter. I did not use any types of plastics, but based on the way they were feeding I am sure they will work. I would also add all the perch caught were puking up minnows. One thing to note, I had lots of marks on the vexilar at one point, but no bites. Being curious as to why that was I decided to drop a camera down to see what was happening. It ended up being bull heads and small walleyes around the 4-5″ mark. I moved off of that location, and was thankful i had my camera along to save me the trouble. Just another tool in the arsenal that can save lots of time. Walleyes were rather active this weekend as well. Minnow heads or hard minnow baits like chubby darters, ripping raps seemed to do best. While they were not super active they were willing to bite 16-18 foot of water seemed to hold the most cruising walleyes. I also found it helpful to use a larger “noise making” bait to get their attention and then hook them on a smaller flashy spoon with a minnow. Something like a rattling flyer, or tingler spoon.

Hotbait

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten D-Style Bright UV Jig - EOL 4mm / Baby Bass Bright UV

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Akua Waxie Jig - EOL Green

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors 48 Glow Jig Kit - EOL 48 Pack / Assorted

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Bright UV Jig - EOL 1/32 oz / Firetiger UV

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Bright UV Jig - EOL 1/16 oz / Tiger UV

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Akua Red Eye Shrimp Jig - EOL White/Black / 1/32 oz

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten D-Style Bright UV Jig - EOL 4mm / Mutant Turtle Bright UV

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Akua Waxie Jig - EOL Cream

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors K-Rip - EOL 3/4" / Wonderbread Glow

Out of Stock

Moonshine Lures Shiver Minnow - EOL 3 1/8" / Glow Bloody Nose

Out of Stock

Salmo Chubby Darter Green Tiger UV / 1 5/8"

$3.99

~~$7.99~~

Salmo Chubby Darter Ice Perch / 1 5/8"

Out of Stock

Salmo Chubby Darter Supernatural Shiner / 1 5/8"

Out of Stock

VMC Tingler Spoon 1/8 oz / Glow Pink Fire UV

Out of Stock

VMC Tingler Spoon 1/8 oz / Glow Blue Shiner

Out of Stock

VMC Tingler Spoon 1/8 oz / Glow Gold Fish

Out of Stock

VMC Tingler Spoon 3/16 oz / Glow Tiger

$3.29

~~$5.29~~

Fishashtabula.com

Gold Ambassador

11/14/22

Species
Yellow Perch
Season
Ice
Technique
Vertical Jigging 20'+
Structure
Rock Pile

Lake just iced over on Saturday night. Hard to get far from the ramp before the ice becomes unsafe. Lots of perch near the deeper edge at sibley crossing. Did not get any walleyes to bite.

Hotbait

Rapala Jigging Rap 2" / Pearl White

Out of Stock

StrikeMaster Lithium 24v Auger 8"

$359.99

~~$449.99~~

Omnia Community Member

Bronze Ambassador

1/14/22

Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Points

Hotbait

Z-Man TRD CrawZ Green Pumpkin / 2 1/2"

$4.49

Fishashtabula.com

Gold Ambassador

1/21/23

Species
Yellow Perch
Season
Ice
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows

Lots of perch activity going on. Fishing was best with a minnow head on a small tungsten jig head. Don't be afraid to try a wax worm instead of a minnow. Sometimes one works better than the other. Yellow and orange was the best color for me. 17 fow was about the average

Hotbait

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Bright UV Jig - EOL 1/32 oz / Tiger UV

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Bright UV Jig - EOL 1/32 oz / Baby Bass UV

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Bright UV Jig - EOL 1/32 oz / Firetiger UV

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Bright UV Jig - EOL 1/16 oz / Chartreuse Pink UV

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Bright UV Jig - EOL 1/32 oz / Chartreuse Pink UV

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Akua Natural Shrimp Jig - EOL 1/64 oz / Cream Brown

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten D-Style Bright UV Jig - EOL 4mm / Baby Bass Bright UV

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten D-Style Bright UV Jig - EOL 4mm / Tiger Bright UV

Out of Stock

Fishashtabula.com

Gold Ambassador

1/29/22

Species
Walleye
Season
Ice
Technique
Vertical Jigging 10-19'
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Minnows

Fishing on the flats. Best bite has been dawn and dusk.

Hotbait

Lindy Rattl'n Flyer Spoon - EOL 1/8 oz / Techni-Glow Silver Shiner

Out of Stock

VMC Tingler Spoon 1/8 oz / Gold Shiner

Out of Stock

VMC Tingler Spoon 1/8 oz / Perch

Out of Stock

Rapala Rippin' Rap Lipless Crankbait 2 1/2" / Chrome Blue

$7.49

Rapala Rippin' Rap Lipless Crankbait 2 3/4" / Pearl Grey Shiner

$7.49

Fishashtabula.com

Gold Ambassador

2/11/23

Species
Yellow Perch
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Open Water/Basin
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
40°

Ice travel remains good, this weekend was another busy one on the lake. Most of the access points have roads plowed and allow good access to get places. Fishing remains decent, I have noticed on the weekends with traffic the bite tends to shut off earlier than most days. I am not sure if that is the February slowdown or if it is related to more vehicles on the ice creating noise. We still managed a good bucket of fish the last weekend. I would certainly say the fish are pushing out into deeper waters, I think this is partially due to water levels being dropped and also a little to get away from some of the heavier fishing pressure. Don't be afraid to get away from the crowd on the lake. Perch are mostly focused on the 20 foot of water range, especially if you can find a deep flat you'll more than likely find a school or two roaming the flat. I have been unable to dial in a good walleye bite as of lately, but they are showing more interest in larger baits or dead stick a minnow. We are seeing plenty of walleyes on the camera but getting them to bite has been tricky.

Hotbait

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Akua Red Eye Shrimp Jig - EOL Chartreuse / 1/32 oz

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors K-Rip - EOL 1/2" / Gold Magma

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors K-Rip - EOL 1/2" / Pink Purple Stripe

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors K-Rip - EOL 3/4" / Firetiger

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Bright UV Jig - EOL 1/32 oz / Firetiger UV

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Akua Natural Shrimp Jig - EOL 1/32 oz / Olive Green

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Akua Red Eye Shrimp Jig - EOL White/Pink / 1/32 oz

Out of Stock

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Akua Red Eye Shrimp Jig - EOL Gold/Yellow/Black / 1/32 oz

Out of Stock

Clam Pinhead Pro Jigging Spoon - EOL 1/32 oz / Gold Holo

Out of Stock

Clam Pinhead Pro Jigging Spoon - EOL 1/32 oz / Chart/Orange Glow

Out of Stock

Clam Pinhead Pro Jigging Spoon - EOL 1/8 oz / Gold Holo

Out of Stock

Clam Maki Plastics Maki - EOL Red / 1 1/4"

Out of Stock

Clam Maki Plastics Maki - EOL Chartreuse Glow / 1 1/4"

Out of Stock

Clam Maki Plastics Mino White/Red Flake / 1"

Out of Stock

Clam Maki Plastics Mino Fathead / 1"

Out of Stock

Fishashtabula.com

Gold Ambassador

3/26/23

Species
Yellow Perch
Season
Ice
Technique
Ice Fishing Jigs
Structure
Ledges

Fishing has been on fire. We caught some dandy fish in about 20 foot of water. They have really dropped the lake levels so make sure you're fishing near the channel.

Hotbait

Kenders Outdoors Tungsten Bright UV Jig - EOL 1/32 oz / Firetiger UV

Out of Stock