Hoffman Lake

 

Lake Data

 

Acres:   180

 

Maximum Depth:  34 feet

 

Average Depth:     17.5 feet

 

Thermocline:    Between 15 and 20 feet (July)

 

Fish Population:

Bluegill, longear sunfish, yellow perch,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     largemouth  bass, white bass, pumpkinseed, warmouth, redear, rock bass, white crappie, green sunfish, gizzard shad, spotted sucker, spotted gar, yellow bullhead, white sucker, northern pike, golden redhorse, black crappie, blue catfish, channel catfish, brown bullhead, and the common shiner.

 

Aquatic Vegetation:

Pickerelweed, cattail, spatterdock, water lily,              

Soft-stem bulrush, bur reed and arrowhead.      

Also present as submerged vegetation are coontail, pondweed and chara.

 

Bottom Types:

 Sand, marl, and muck

 

Best Fishing: 

Bluegill, lonear sunfish, yellow perch, largemouth

bass, white bass, pumkinseed, white crappie and rock bass.