Fishing near Columbus, OH

Seat of Franklin County, Columbus sits at the heart of an extensive central Ohio water corridor — more than 100 miles of paddleable streams along the Scioto River, Olentangy River, Alum Creek, Big Walnut Creek, and Big Darby Creek. The Scioto carries arguably the metro's widest species diversity straight through downtown, while reservoirs like Hoover and Alum Creek Lake hold the region's top saugeye and bass.

Top waters to fish near Columbus

Species & education

Learn what type of fish are in Columbus, Ohio and what's needed to catch them.

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Bigmouth Buffalo

Ictiobus cyprinellus

Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Blue Catfish

Ictalurus furcatus

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Brown Bullhead

Ameiurus nebulosus

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Common Carp

Golden Redhorse

Moxostoma erythrurum

Grass Pickerel

Esox americanus

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Longear Sunfish

Lepomis megalotis

Longnose Gar

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