Tar Hollow Lake fishing

Tar Hollow Lake fishing: not stocked since 2022. It was stocked with Channel Catfish. Species guides list dusk and night as the active times.

Tar Hollow Lake
Photo: Dan Keck from Ohio, CC0
Last stocked
2022
Channel Catfish
Plants on record
17
Since 2001
Species recorded
1
Surface acres
14

Fish at Tar Hollow Lake

1 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Channel Catfish Stocked · 17 plants · last 2022 Best: dusk, night

Last stocked 2022 · 17 plants

Best: dusk, night

Channel Catfish species guide

How Tar Hollow Lake is stocked

Source: Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

About 587 reported fish per acre, the fewest of 4 lakes in Ross County with both a fish count and a surface area.

Fish stocked in 2001

500

Fish stocked in 2002

338

Fish stocked in 2003

405

Fish stocked in 2004

500

Fish stocked in 2005

675

Fish stocked in 2006

484

Fish stocked in 2007

556

Fish stocked in 2008

510

Fish stocked in 2011

569

Fish stocked in 2013

500

Fish stocked in 2014

500

Fish stocked in 2016

561

Fish stocked in 2017

507

Fish stocked in 2018

503

Fish stocked in 2019

506

Fish stocked in 2022

603

Stocking history

Source: Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
2022Channel Catfish603–report
2019Channel Catfish506–report
2018Channel Catfish503–report
2017Channel Catfish507–report
2016Channel Catfish561–report
2014Channel Catfish500–report
2013Channel Catfish500–report
2011Channel Catfish569–report
2008Channel Catfish510–report
2007Channel Catfish556–report
2006Channel Catfish484–report
2005Channel Catfish222–report
2005Channel Catfish453–report
2004Channel Catfish500–report
2003Channel Catfish405–report
2002Channel Catfish338–report
2001Channel Catfish500–report

Access and facts

Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the Ohio Department of Natural Resources before you go.

About Tar Hollow Lake

Nearest lakes

Public land at Tar Hollow Lake

Tar Hollow Lake is inside Tar Hollow State Park.

Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.

Common questions

What fish are at Tar Hollow Lake?

Fishing Tar Hollow Lake usually means Channel Catfish. All 17 plants on record are Channel Catfish. Channel Catfish was last stocked 2022.

When is Tar Hollow Lake stocked?

Not stocked since 2022. About 587 reported fish per acre, the fewest of 4 lakes in Ross County with both a fish count and a surface area. No plants recorded in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2020, and 2021.

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