Fishing lakes in West Virginia

West Virginia has 427 lakes recorded in the USGS National Hydrography Dataset, covering a combined 383 km². The largest is Lake Anna at 51.28 km². Anglers can find Striped Bass, Rainbow Trout, Crappie across these waters.

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Top fish species in West Virginia

Striped Bass53 lakes
Rainbow Trout53 lakes
Crappie53 lakes
Yellow Perch53 lakes
Blue Catfish53 lakes
Flathead Catfish53 lakes
Northern Pike53 lakes
Muskellunge53 lakes
Smallmouth Bass53 lakes
Largemouth Bass53 lakes
Channel Catfish53 lakes
Bluegill / Sunfish53 lakes

Top 300 largest lakes

Lake Anna
51.28 km² · 38.063, -77.800
Raystown Lake
32.92 km² · 40.364, -78.102
Deep Creek Lake
14.89 km² · 39.500, -79.316
Senecaville Lake
14.07 km² · 39.907, -81.393
Youghiogheny River Lake
11.80 km² · 39.747, -79.387
Summersville Lake
11.47 km² · 38.243, -80.860
Salt Fork Lake
11.30 km² · 40.107, -81.510
Crane Lake
11.16 km² · 39.921, -82.481
Lake Moomaw
9.73 km² · 37.973, -79.964
Piedmont Lake
9.21 km² · 40.150, -81.186
Tappan Lake
8.65 km² · 40.340, -81.185
Tygart Lake
7.58 km² · 39.272, -80.001
Clendening Lake
6.64 km² · 40.255, -81.221
Sutton Lake
6.62 km² · 38.656, -80.622
Atwood Lake
6.13 km² · 40.544, -81.248
Cheat Lake
5.50 km² · 39.689, -79.867
Dillon Lake
5.29 km² · 40.014, -82.113
John W. Flannagan Reservoir
4.77 km² · 37.211, -82.384
East Lynn Lake
4.67 km² · 38.108, -82.355
Mount Storm Lake
4.57 km² · 39.188, -79.261
Bluestone Lake
4.55 km² · 37.602, -80.895
Dewey Lake
4.30 km² · 37.706, -82.703
Fishtrap Lake
4.20 km² · 37.421, -82.368
Beaver Run Reservoir
4.07 km² · 40.483, -79.559
Leesville Lake
3.98 km² · 40.481, -81.173
Quemahoning Reservoir
3.55 km² · 40.166, -78.963
Jennings Randolph Lake
3.34 km² · 39.418, -79.136
Burnsville Lake
3.34 km² · 38.817, -80.590
Pleasant Hill Lake
3.15 km² · 40.639, -82.345
Hicks Lake
2.99 km² · 37.242, -78.314
Beech Fork Lake
2.94 km² · 38.302, -82.392
Burr Oak Reservoir
2.56 km² · 39.537, -82.040
Stonecoal Reservoir
2.43 km² · 38.976, -80.349
R. D. Bailey Lake
2.23 km² · 37.608, -81.802
Apple Valley Lake
2.02 km² · 40.432, -82.346
Indian Lake
2.01 km² · 40.042, -78.866
Lake of the Woods
1.99 km² · 38.338, -77.763
Knox Lake
1.88 km² · 40.509, -82.501
Two Lick Creek Reservoir
1.84 km² · 40.614, -79.079
Shawnee Lake
1.80 km² · 40.035, -78.635
Wills Creek Lake
1.67 km² · 40.154, -81.810
Ambridge Reservoir
1.64 km² · 40.580, -80.363
South Fork Rivanna River Reservoir
1.61 km² · 38.106, -78.493
Lake Merriweather
1.55 km² · 37.970, -79.450
Savage River Reservoir
1.46 km² · 39.521, -79.139
Lake Monticello
1.35 km² · 37.916, -78.314
Lake Rupert
1.30 km² · 39.190, -82.524
Lake Logan
1.26 km² · 39.539, -82.467
Bath County Pumped Storage Lake
1.20 km² · 38.206, -79.800
High Point Lake
1.12 km² · 39.780, -79.217
Lake Louisa
1.10 km² · 38.111, -78.022
Fawn Lake
1.07 km² · 38.265, -77.717
Heritage Lake
1.02 km² · 39.759, -79.549
Lake Culpeper
0.98 km² · 38.464, -78.031
Lake Somerset
0.98 km² · 40.029, -79.062
Lake Holiday
0.97 km² · 39.309, -78.321
Lake Koon
0.91 km² · 39.775, -78.659
Flat Top Lake
0.86 km² · 37.620, -81.102
Sleepy Creek Lake
0.83 km² · 39.518, -78.155
Lake Habeeb
0.80 km² · 39.705, -78.652
Meadow Grounds Lake
0.79 km² · 39.914, -78.055
Wolf Run Lake
0.78 km² · 39.798, -81.539
Jackson Lake
0.78 km² · 38.901, -82.597
Northeast Creek Reservoir
0.74 km² · 37.986, -77.935
Highlandtown Reservoir
0.73 km² · 40.642, -80.759
Tycoon Lake
0.72 km² · 38.928, -82.352
Plum Orchard Lake
0.70 km² · 37.946, -81.220
Lake Sherwood
0.67 km² · 38.006, -80.006
Lake Stonycreek
0.66 km² · 40.018, -78.875
Dow Lake
0.64 km² · 39.344, -82.029
Canoe Creek Lake
0.62 km² · 40.483, -78.278
Lake Buckhorn
0.60 km² · 40.470, -81.908
North Branch Kokosing River Lake
0.60 km² · 40.510, -82.582
Hulls Lake
0.60 km² · 39.470, -79.499
Veto Lake
0.58 km² · 39.348, -81.658
Lake Snowden
0.57 km² · 39.250, -82.194
Lake Gordon
0.57 km² · 39.754, -78.676
Gavin Fly Ash Impoundment
0.55 km² · 38.965, -82.151
Latrobe Reservoir
0.53 km² · 40.282, -79.251
Lake Hope
0.51 km² · 39.329, -82.353
Lake Orange
0.51 km² · 38.226, -78.019
Lynchburg Reservoir
0.48 km² · 37.677, -79.279
Lake Vesuvius
0.47 km² · 38.617, -82.625
Belmont Lake
0.46 km² · 40.041, -81.016
Deer Valley Lake
0.46 km² · 39.796, -79.195
Holiday Lake
0.46 km² · 37.396, -78.637
Lake of Four Seasons
0.46 km² · 39.654, -82.474
Germantown Lake
0.43 km² · 38.621, -77.726
Muskingum River Fly Ash Reservoir
0.41 km² · 39.576, -81.687
Dover Lake
0.41 km² · 37.628, -77.742
Sleeter Lake
0.41 km² · 39.124, -77.762
Hinckston Run Reservoir
0.41 km² · 40.380, -78.884
Skidmore Fork Lake
0.40 km² · 38.568, -79.143
Union Carbide Waste Retention Pond
0.40 km² · 39.382, -81.523
Amelia Lake
0.40 km² · 37.465, -77.923
North Fork Reservoir
0.40 km² · 40.269, -79.010
Forked Run Lake
0.39 km² · 39.100, -81.781
Beaver Creek Reservoir
0.39 km² · 38.077, -78.660
Timber Ridge Lake
0.38 km² · 38.654, -82.390
Swans Lake
0.38 km² · 37.421, -78.252
Big Pool
0.38 km² · 39.617, -78.014
Moncove Lake
0.37 km² · 37.620, -80.350
Barnesville Reservoir Number Three
0.36 km² · 39.912, -81.167
Glade Creek Reservoir
0.36 km² · 37.696, -81.055
Dutch Fork Lake
0.35 km² · 40.137, -80.471
Cranberry Glade Lake
0.35 km² · 39.911, -79.375
Pond Four
0.34 km² · 39.833, -79.946
Lake Altoona
0.34 km² · 40.492, -78.460
Williams Run Reservoir
0.33 km² · 40.508, -78.769
Falls Mills Lake
0.33 km² · 37.268, -81.328
Frostburg Reservoir
0.33 km² · 39.707, -79.005
Spring Creek Lake
0.32 km² · 37.214, -78.623
Beach City Lake
0.32 km² · 40.638, -81.562
Lake O' Woods
0.32 km² · 39.705, -79.738
Lake Gordonsville
0.31 km² · 38.091, -78.208
Lake Frederick
0.30 km² · 39.048, -78.159
City Reservoir
0.30 km² · 40.501, -78.711
Main Lake
0.30 km² · 40.505, -80.394
Trice Lake
0.30 km² · 37.664, -78.181
Merrimac Lake
0.30 km² · 38.478, -78.072
Beaver Pond
0.28 km² · 37.293, -77.891
Colver Reservoir
0.28 km² · 40.570, -78.775
Saltlick Reservoir
0.27 km² · 40.387, -78.831
Tates Pond
0.27 km² · 37.389, -77.817
North Park Lake
0.27 km² · 40.599, -80.002
Lake Austin
0.27 km² · 40.479, -80.737
Sports Lake
0.26 km² · 37.635, -78.236
Lake Alma
0.26 km² · 39.146, -82.514
Meadow Run Lake
0.26 km² · 39.681, -79.106
Lake Saint Joseph
0.26 km² · 39.771, -82.283
Indian Creek Reservoir
0.25 km² · 39.976, -79.456
Laurel Hill Lake
0.25 km² · 39.999, -79.235
Green Mountain Lake
0.24 km² · 38.276, -78.437
Canonsburg Lake
0.24 km² · 40.268, -80.134
Deer Lake
0.24 km² · 39.848, -79.593
Chris Greene Lake
0.23 km² · 38.163, -78.441
Doctor Daniel Hale Lake
0.23 km² · 37.321, -81.187
Timber Lake
0.23 km² · 37.316, -79.271
Izac Lake
0.23 km² · 38.082, -78.146
Picketts Creek Reservoir
0.22 km² · 37.665, -78.047
Luburgh Lake
0.22 km² · 39.993, -81.636
Buffalo Creek Reservoir
0.21 km² · 39.203, -80.428
White Oak Lake
0.21 km² · 38.382, -78.311
Tailings Pond
0.21 km² · 39.241, -78.338
Cherry Valley Reservoir
0.21 km² · 40.328, -80.328
Charlottesville Reservoir
0.21 km² · 38.031, -78.563
Keystone Lake
0.21 km² · 40.374, -79.384
Units 1-4 Bottom Ash Pond
0.21 km² · 39.581, -81.673
Fluvanna Ruritan Lake
0.21 km² · 37.892, -78.378
Ryerson Station Reservoir
0.21 km² · 39.886, -80.447
Elkhorn Lake
0.21 km² · 38.329, -79.228
Margaret Creek Conservancy District Reservoir
0.21 km² · 39.300, -82.191
Lake Isabel
0.20 km² · 39.849, -82.115
Bellwood Reservoir
0.20 km² · 40.626, -78.383
Charlottesville Reservoir
0.19 km² · 38.137, -78.743
Mount Bernard Lake
0.19 km² · 37.668, -77.856
Lake Lila
0.19 km² · 40.217, -81.673
Douthat Lake
0.19 km² · 37.906, -79.800
Ferndale Farms Recreation Lake
0.19 km² · 39.460, -78.605
Lake Laura
0.18 km² · 38.798, -78.793
Beaverdale Reservoir
0.18 km² · 40.270, -78.682
Warrenton Reservoir
0.18 km² · 38.744, -77.792
Tailings Pond
0.18 km² · 37.734, -82.631
Caldwell Lake
0.18 km² · 39.777, -81.520
Mountain Lake
0.18 km² · 40.059, -77.824
Cowans Gap Lake
0.17 km² · 39.998, -77.925
Stoughton Lake
0.17 km² · 40.162, -79.052
Warden Lake
0.17 km² · 39.134, -78.597
New Lexington Water Supply Reservoir
0.17 km² · 39.751, -82.231
Kittanning Reservoir
0.17 km² · 40.496, -78.471
Active Sludge Pond
0.17 km² · 40.123, -80.030
Zoar Lake
0.17 km² · 40.615, -81.429
Bear Creek Lake
0.17 km² · 37.529, -78.272
Pond Six
0.17 km² · 40.151, -80.060
Rush Creek Lake
0.17 km² · 39.812, -82.449
Nelson Lake
0.16 km² · 37.690, -78.884
Elk Run Reservoir
0.16 km² · 39.204, -79.399
Elon Water Works Reservoir
0.16 km² · 37.493, -79.167
Tubmill Reservoir
0.16 km² · 40.328, -79.088
Herrington Manor Recreation Area Reservoir
0.16 km² · 39.455, -79.457
Rollins Lake
0.16 km² · 38.825, -81.763
Monroe Lake
0.16 km² · 39.823, -81.141
Unity Reservoir
0.15 km² · 40.281, -79.498
Redford Pond
0.15 km² · 37.588, -78.030
Summit Lake
0.15 km² · 38.252, -80.437
Switzerland Lake
0.15 km² · 39.865, -81.071
Brandy Rock Farm Lake
0.15 km² · 38.542, -77.903
Totier Creek Reservoir
0.15 km² · 37.778, -78.513
Lake Albemarle
0.15 km² · 38.092, -78.628
Mill Run Reservoir
0.15 km² · 40.522, -78.453
Lake Arrowhead
0.15 km² · 38.641, -78.389
Lake Shenandoah
0.15 km² · 38.381, -78.836
Teter Creek Lake
0.14 km² · 39.107, -79.874
Twin Churches Lake
0.14 km² · 39.697, -82.334
Cove Lake
0.14 km² · 39.220, -78.372
Lake Shawnee
0.14 km² · 37.543, -77.818
Ohio Power Company Pond 9615-010
0.14 km² · 39.835, -81.736
Ohio Power Company Pond 9615-022
0.14 km² · 39.846, -81.717
Ethel Springs Lake
0.14 km² · 40.337, -79.310
Lake Gloria
0.14 km² · 40.150, -79.099
Cherry Run Lake
0.14 km² · 40.545, -79.184
Cresson Lake
0.14 km² · 40.492, -78.600
Early Lake
0.14 km² · 37.528, -79.024
Bishop Prep Plant Slurry Impoundment
0.14 km² · 37.203, -81.578
Byers Pond
0.14 km² · 37.580, -77.869
New Lexington Reservoir
0.14 km² · 39.738, -82.216
Grand View Lake
0.13 km² · 37.285, -78.557
Upper Lake
0.13 km² · 40.324, -79.475
Lake Saint Clair
0.13 km² · 39.273, -78.204
Clouse Lake
0.13 km² · 39.767, -82.300
Industrial Waste Pond
0.13 km² · 37.212, -78.631
Thrasher Lake
0.13 km² · 37.673, -79.139
Upper Powhatan Lake
0.13 km² · 37.577, -77.988
Lake Louise
0.13 km² · 39.686, -79.230
Banquet Foods Reservoir
0.13 km² · 39.099, -82.541
Big Bear Lake
0.13 km² · 39.601, -79.505
Lake Shenandoah
0.13 km² · 38.252, -78.438
Lower Byers Lake
0.13 km² · 37.571, -77.820
Ohio Power Company Pond Mb-46
0.12 km² · 39.754, -81.703
Lake Floyd
0.12 km² · 39.285, -80.506
Kettle Reservoir
0.12 km² · 40.506, -78.347
Lower Powhatan Lake
0.12 km² · 37.576, -78.000
Bridgeport Reservoir
0.12 km² · 40.124, -79.526
Rock Lake
0.12 km² · 39.397, -80.066
Terra Alta Lake
0.12 km² · 39.456, -79.525
Bedford Reservoir
0.12 km² · 37.445, -79.547
Freshwater Reservoir
0.12 km² · 39.674, -82.192
Bedford Lake
0.12 km² · 37.466, -79.474
Margaret Creek Conservancy District Reservoir
0.12 km² · 39.250, -82.123
John L Lewis Lake
0.12 km² · 37.541, -77.906
Bearden Pond
0.12 km² · 37.967, -77.821
Wilderness Run Lake
0.11 km² · 38.307, -77.740
Little Creek Lake
0.11 km² · 37.231, -78.605
Anderson Pond
0.11 km² · 37.427, -77.984
Lime Kiln Lake
0.11 km² · 40.617, -81.416
Bolling Hall Lake
0.11 km² · 37.668, -77.967
Mammoth Lake
0.11 km² · 40.214, -79.456
Bowmans Pond
0.11 km² · 38.850, -77.827
Clear Spring Lake
0.11 km² · 40.503, -78.750
Goodfellows Park Lake
0.11 km² · 39.386, -81.583
Ohio Power Company Pond 9515-001
0.11 km² · 39.738, -81.734
Blairs Valley Lake
0.11 km² · 39.699, -77.942
Sherman Lake
0.11 km² · 37.975, -77.830
Waste Water Retention Pond
0.11 km² · 38.362, -81.711
Flagdale Lake
0.11 km² · 39.690, -82.344
Crystal Lake
0.11 km² · 39.327, -80.795
Willow Lake
0.10 km² · 37.918, -79.235
Cambridge City Reservoir
0.10 km² · 40.005, -81.554
Airlie Lake
0.10 km² · 38.763, -77.790
Spruce Knob Lake
0.10 km² · 38.703, -79.588
Mottleys Lake
0.10 km² · 37.325, -78.480
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company Ash Pond
0.10 km² · 39.387, -82.179
Upper Byers Lake
0.10 km² · 37.564, -77.826
Condrey Pond
0.10 km² · 37.321, -77.793
Lake Viering
0.10 km² · 40.532, -82.370
Broken Aro Watersupply Impoundment
0.10 km² · 40.206, -81.944
Blandemar Farm Pond
0.10 km² · 37.993, -78.616
Green Lick Reservoir
0.10 km² · 40.106, -79.504
Boone Reservoir
0.10 km² · 40.256, -80.130
Linden Pond
0.10 km² · 38.276, -78.050
Lake Robertson
0.10 km² · 37.803, -79.608
Ice Pond
0.10 km² · 40.253, -79.265
Ohio Power Company Pond Mm-34
0.10 km² · 39.733, -81.674
Garrett Pond
0.10 km² · 37.485, -78.223
Greene Development Lake
0.10 km² · 38.321, -78.455
Henleys Lake
0.10 km² · 38.087, -78.684
Hearthstone Lake
0.10 km² · 38.396, -79.163
Jefferson Sportsmens Lake Number One
0.10 km² · 40.328, -80.798
Leon Hanson Pond
0.10 km² · 37.738, -78.153
Cardinal Fly Ash Retention Reservoir
0.09 km² · 40.269, -80.652
Turkey Run Lake
0.09 km² · 38.967, -81.771
Lake Serene
0.09 km² · 39.265, -78.196
Camp Seneca Lake
0.09 km² · 39.921, -81.470
Lake of the Woods Number Two
0.09 km² · 38.331, -77.741
Lexington Reservoir
0.09 km² · 37.746, -79.649
Licking Hole Farm Pond
0.09 km² · 37.689, -77.992
Cunningham Lake
0.09 km² · 39.564, -79.240
Hawkwood Lake
0.09 km² · 38.020, -78.197
Sugar Run Reservoir
0.09 km² · 40.375, -79.025
Flippen Millpond
0.09 km² · 37.564, -78.156
Plain Nine Reservoir
0.09 km² · 40.430, -78.505
Wellsville City Reservoir
0.09 km² · 40.623, -80.696
Lake Chaweva
0.09 km² · 38.415, -81.788
Abbott Lake
0.09 km² · 37.446, -79.605
Fairfax Pond
0.09 km² · 39.493, -79.794
Stockton Lake
0.09 km² · 37.241, -78.561
Laurel Lake
0.09 km² · 37.843, -82.213
Caynor Lake
0.09 km² · 38.500, -78.080
Rush Creek Conservation District Structure Reservoir
0.09 km² · 39.738, -82.373
Lake Hudson
0.09 km² · 40.060, -82.515
Lake Forest
0.09 km² · 38.544, -82.455
Buffalo Lake
0.09 km² · 38.531, -79.702
Clements Lake
0.09 km² · 37.471, -78.260
Bigan Pond
0.09 km² · 40.182, -78.801
Horsepen Lake
0.08 km² · 37.507, -78.555
Woodberry Pond
0.08 km² · 37.585, -77.780
Trolls Lake
0.08 km² · 40.034, -79.129
Lower Lake
0.08 km² · 40.319, -79.477
Tomlinson Run Lake
0.08 km² · 40.545, -80.588
Greens Pond
0.08 km² · 38.151, -78.412