Caesar Creek Lake fishing

Caesar Creek Lake fishing: not stocked since 2022. It was stocked with Walleye, Saugeye, Muskellunge, and Blue Catfish on a reservoir. Also recorded: Crappie. Species guides list dawn, dusk, and night for Walleye, Saugeye, and Crappie and dawn and dusk for Muskellunge.

Last stocked: 2022; Saugeye
Plants on record: 336; Since 1983
Species stocked: 4 (+1 also recorded)
Surface acres: 2,806

Fish at Caesar Creek Lake

4 stocked · 1 confirmed present

Muskellunge Stocked · 206 plants · last 2022 Best: dawn, dusk

Last stocked 2022 · 206 plants

Best: dawn, dusk

Muskellunge species guide

Saugeye Stocked · 97 plants · last 2022 Best: dawn, dusk, night

Last stocked 2022 · 97 plants

Best: dawn, dusk, night

Saugeye species guide

Blue Catfish Stocked · 19 plants · last 2021

Last stocked 2021 · 19 plants

Blue Catfish species guide

Walleye Stocked · 14 plants · last 1990 Best: dawn, dusk, night

Last stocked 1990 · 14 plants

Best: dawn, dusk, night

Walleye species guide

Crappie Confirmed present Best: dawn, dusk, night

Best: dawn, dusk, night

Crappie species guide

How Caesar Creek Lake is stocked

Source: Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Fish stocked in 1983

200,250

Fish stocked in 1984

173,250

Fish stocked in 1985

169,936

Fish stocked in 1986

221,652

Fish stocked in 1987

222,701

Fish stocked in 1988

114,917

Fish stocked in 1989

84,904

Fish stocked in 1990

288,784

Fish stocked in 1991

283,093

Fish stocked in 1992

283,431

Fish stocked in 1993

471,999

Fish stocked in 1994

283,345

Fish stocked in 1995

282,952

Fish stocked in 1996

283,287

Fish stocked in 1997

302,708

Fish stocked in 1998

574,614

Fish stocked in 1999

784,273

Fish stocked in 2000

857,366

Fish stocked in 2001

554,904

Fish stocked in 2002

398,764

Fish stocked in 2003

526,863

Fish stocked in 2004

575,239

Fish stocked in 2005

577,687

Fish stocked in 2006

548,831

Fish stocked in 2007

673,724

Fish stocked in 2008

552,833

Fish stocked in 2009

452,834

Fish stocked in 2010

309,433

Fish stocked in 2011

274,457

Fish stocked in 2012

283,373

Fish stocked in 2013

2,810,156

Fish stocked in 2014

283,752

Fish stocked in 2015

2,811,627

Fish stocked in 2016

331,510

Fish stocked in 2017

3,489,810

Fish stocked in 2018

3,140,998

Fish stocked in 2019

4,679,117

Fish stocked in 2020

3,868,982

Fish stocked in 2021

1,712,462

Fish stocked in 2022

4,274,800

Stocking history

Source: Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Date	Species	Quantity	Avg. length	Source
2022	Saugeye	555,180	–	report
2022	Saugeye	780,615	–	report
2022	Saugeye	2,875,500	–	report
2022	Muskellunge	24,672	–	report
2022	Muskellunge	38,833	–	report
2021	Saugeye	25,816	–	report
2021	Saugeye	66,353	–	report
2021	Saugeye	55,760	–	report
2021	Saugeye	710,290	–	report
2021	Saugeye	692,535	–	report
2021	Muskellunge	1,653	–	report
2021	Muskellunge	1,747	–	report
2021	Muskellunge	39,592	–	report
2021	Muskellunge	18,228	–	report
2021	Blue Catfish	6,923	–	report
2021	Blue Catfish	10,828	–	report
2021	Blue Catfish	19,972	–	report
2021	Blue Catfish	17,691	–	report
2021	Blue Catfish	6,806	–	report
2021	Blue Catfish	38,268	–	report
2020	Saugeye	1,963,425	–	report
2020	Saugeye	741,300	–	report
2020	Saugeye	1,008,450	–	report
2020	Muskellunge	169	–	report
2020	Muskellunge	93	–	report
2020	Muskellunge	53	–	report
2020	Muskellunge	403	–	report
2020	Muskellunge	619	–	report
2020	Muskellunge	758	–	report
2020	Muskellunge	911	–	report
2020	Blue Catfish	13,063	–	report
2020	Blue Catfish	23,533	–	report
2020	Blue Catfish	23,041	–	report
2020	Blue Catfish	41,894	–	report
2020	Blue Catfish	51,270	–	report
2019	Saugeye	87,704	–	report
2019	Saugeye	585,000	–	report
2019	Saugeye	524,108	–	report
2019	Saugeye	66,400	–	report
2019	Saugeye	1,800,000	–	report
2019	Saugeye	1,050,378	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	1,758	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	548	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	1,221	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	299	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	950	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	2,162	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	302	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	385	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	158	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	347	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	2,453	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	169	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	3,375	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	4,509	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	3,892	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	3,426	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	3,251	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	24,197	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	14,315	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	12,156	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	6,446	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	25,698	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	28,634	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	24,029	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	27,750	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	12,037	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	8,276	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	17,100	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	1,596	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	100,164	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	12,464	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	25,864	–	report
2019	Muskellunge	51,220	–	report
2019	Blue Catfish	15,535	–	report
2019	Blue Catfish	26,030	–	report
2019	Blue Catfish	31,967	–	report
2019	Blue Catfish	49,871	–	report
2019	Blue Catfish	20,973	–	report
2018	Saugeye	1,800,000	–	report
2018	Saugeye	1,050,000	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	208	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	285	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	104	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	1,314	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	300	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	1,770	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	1,015	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	2,983	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	5,601	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	6,844	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	5,192	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	517	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	2,590	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	4,857	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	956	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	15,230	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	35,730	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	15,553	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	4,795	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	7,889	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	4,542	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	8,046	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	7,134	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	6,593	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	7,482	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	57,363	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	6,859	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	8,999	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	6,830	–	report
2018	Muskellunge	8,701	–	report
2018	Blue Catfish	17,040	–	report
2018	Blue Catfish	9,226	–	report
2018	Blue Catfish	28,450	–	report
2017	Saugeye	166,203	–	report
2017	Saugeye	507,780	–	report
2017	Saugeye	1,735,686	–	report
2017	Saugeye	662,490	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	91	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	107	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	66	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	73	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	19	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	131	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	397	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	688	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	62	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	48	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	27	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	1,087	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	2,544	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	669	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	475	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	2,800	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	1,168	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	706	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	7,192	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	6,267	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	6,809	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	7,570	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	2,297	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	609	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	7,136	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	28,835	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	17,906	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	16,316	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	19,818	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	11,805	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	9,082	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	9,979	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	9,695	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	14,697	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	9,256	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	10,185	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	4,775	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	10,604	–	report
2017	Muskellunge	195,660	–	report
2016	Saugeye	282,366	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	19	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	156	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	99	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	184	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	529	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	389	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	161	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	99	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	48	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	1,145	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	955	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	2,305	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	1,877	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	657	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	3,704	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	413	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	402	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	563	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	344	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	493	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	714	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	629	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	283	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	837	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	699	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	742	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	1,481	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	1,331	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	1,367	–	report
2016	Muskellunge	26,519	–	report
2015	Saugeye	1,700,000	–	report
2015	Saugeye	200,000	–	report
2015	Saugeye	906,011	–	report
2015	Muskellunge	3,457	–	report
2015	Muskellunge	925	–	report
2015	Muskellunge	548	–	report
2015	Muskellunge	686	–	report
2014	Saugeye	156,860	–	report
2014	Saugeye	124,096	–	report
2014	Muskellunge	683	–	report
2014	Muskellunge	232	–	report
2014	Muskellunge	362	–	report
2014	Muskellunge	712	–	report
2014	Muskellunge	289	–	report
2014	Muskellunge	204	–	report
2014	Muskellunge	30	–	report
2014	Muskellunge	284	–	report
2013	Saugeye	1,403,730	–	report
2013	Saugeye	762,720	–	report
2013	Saugeye	640,900	–	report
2013	Muskellunge	2,806	–	report
2012	Saugeye	228,819	–	report
2012	Saugeye	51,748	–	report
2012	Muskellunge	2,806	–	report
2011	Saugeye	142,596	–	report
2011	Saugeye	129,988	–	report
2011	Muskellunge	1,873	–	report
2010	Saugeye	214,912	–	report
2010	Saugeye	92,615	–	report
2010	Muskellunge	1,906	–	report
2009	Saugeye	367,245	–	report
2009	Saugeye	82,866	–	report
2009	Muskellunge	2,723	–	report
2008	Saugeye	550,425	–	report
2008	Muskellunge	2,408	–	report
2007	Saugeye	554,652	–	report
2007	Muskellunge	141	–	report
2007	Muskellunge	51	–	report
2007	Muskellunge	25	–	report
2007	Muskellunge	125	–	report
2007	Muskellunge	2,723	–	report
2007	Muskellunge	12,355	–	report
2007	Muskellunge	103,652	–	report
2006	Saugeye	87,349	–	report
2006	Saugeye	101,475	–	report
2006	Saugeye	158,929	–	report
2006	Saugeye	90,970	–	report
2006	Saugeye	107,251	–	report
2006	Muskellunge	1,257	–	report
2006	Muskellunge	1,600	–	report
2005	Saugeye	564,774	–	report
2005	Muskellunge	1,300	–	report
2005	Muskellunge	600	–	report
2005	Muskellunge	2,763	–	report
2005	Muskellunge	8,250	–	report
2004	Saugeye	37,824	–	report
2004	Saugeye	50,680	–	report
2004	Saugeye	50,880	–	report
2004	Saugeye	408,524	–	report
2004	Muskellunge	500	–	report
2004	Muskellunge	620	–	report
2004	Muskellunge	2,211	–	report
2004	Muskellunge	24,000	–	report
2003	Saugeye	523,692	–	report
2003	Muskellunge	300	–	report
2003	Muskellunge	2,871	–	report
2002	Saugeye	396,936	–	report
2002	Muskellunge	166	–	report
2002	Muskellunge	1,662	–	report
2001	Saugeye	268,632	–	report
2001	Saugeye	253,440	–	report
2001	Muskellunge	680	–	report
2001	Muskellunge	408	–	report
2001	Muskellunge	1,744	–	report
2001	Muskellunge	30,000	–	report
2000	Saugeye	284,992	–	report
2000	Saugeye	568,520	–	report
2000	Muskellunge	770	–	report
2000	Muskellunge	765	–	report
2000	Muskellunge	740	–	report
2000	Muskellunge	237	–	report
2000	Muskellunge	186	–	report
2000	Muskellunge	132	–	report
2000	Muskellunge	1,024	–	report
1999	Saugeye	211,820	–	report
1999	Saugeye	232,199	–	report
1999	Saugeye	19,086	–	report
1999	Saugeye	116,276	–	report
1999	Saugeye	199,232	–	report
1999	Muskellunge	5,660	–	report
1998	Saugeye	219,840	–	report
1998	Saugeye	349,114	–	report
1998	Muskellunge	698	–	report
1998	Muskellunge	698	–	report
1998	Muskellunge	698	–	report
1998	Muskellunge	698	–	report
1998	Muskellunge	698	–	report
1998	Muskellunge	695	–	report
1998	Muskellunge	698	–	report
1998	Muskellunge	117	–	report
1998	Muskellunge	568	–	report
1998	Muskellunge	92	–	report
1997	Saugeye	80,416	–	report
1997	Saugeye	18,676	–	report
1997	Saugeye	105,264	–	report
1997	Saugeye	98,352	–	report
1996	Saugeye	283,287	–	report
1995	Saugeye	5,136	–	report
1995	Saugeye	143,464	–	report
1995	Saugeye	134,352	–	report
1994	Saugeye	111,742	–	report
1994	Saugeye	33,720	–	report
1994	Saugeye	137,883	–	report
1993	Saugeye	27,072	–	report
1993	Saugeye	49,010	–	report
1993	Saugeye	107,646	–	report
1993	Saugeye	5,176	–	report
1993	Saugeye	170,976	–	report
1993	Saugeye	92,112	–	report
1993	Saugeye	20,007	–	report
1992	Saugeye	159,759	–	report
1992	Saugeye	69,184	–	report
1992	Saugeye	54,488	–	report
1991	Saugeye	97,470	–	report
1991	Saugeye	139,932	–	report
1991	Saugeye	45,691	–	report
1990	Walleye	4,503	–	report
1990	Walleye	4,355	–	report
1990	Walleye	5,202	–	report
1990	Walleye	4,252	–	report
1990	Walleye	4,687	–	report
1990	Walleye	5,472	–	report
1990	Saugeye	82,062	–	report
1990	Saugeye	93,375	–	report
1990	Saugeye	33,208	–	report
1990	Saugeye	30,900	–	report
1990	Saugeye	20,768	–	report
1989	Saugeye	84,904	–	report
1988	Walleye	30,000	–	report
1988	Saugeye	20,661	–	report
1988	Saugeye	64,256	–	report
1987	Walleye	115,020	–	report
1987	Walleye	61,566	–	report
1987	Walleye	46,115	–	report
1986	Walleye	221,652	–	report
1985	Walleye	169,936	–	report
1984	Walleye	173,250	–	report
1983	Walleye	200,250	–	report

Access and facts

Water type: reservoir
Nearest town: Waynesville
Shore access: Yes
Boat ramp: Yes
Facilities: restrooms, camping, dock

Caesar Creek State Park on a 2,830-acre unlimited-horsepower reservoir. Five launch ramps around the lake, including Wellman and a campground ramp. Marina at Caesar Creek offers leased and transient docks, fuel, and public restrooms (seasonal).

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

About Caesar Creek Lake

Photo of Caesar Creek Lake — Nyttend, Public domain

Nearest lakes

Spring Valley Lake 5.9 mi last stocked 2016 Cowan Lake 9.9 mi last stocked 2022 Stonelick Lake 18.6 mi last stocked 2022 Eastwood Lake 21 mi last stocked 2022 Rush Run Lake 30.3 mi last stocked 2022

Public land at Caesar Creek Lake

Caesar Creek Lake is 0.4 miles outside the edge of Caesar Creek State Park.

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

Common questions

What fish are at Caesar Creek Lake?

Fishing Caesar Creek Lake usually means Muskellunge: Muskellunge accounts for 206 of 336 plants on record, ahead of Saugeye and 2 more. Muskellunge was last stocked 2022. Saugeye was last stocked 2022. Blue Catfish was last stocked 2021. Walleye was last stocked 1990. Crappie is recorded here outside the stocking reports.

When is Caesar Creek Lake stocked?

Not stocked since 2022.

How do you get on Caesar Creek Lake?

Shore fishing is available and there is a boat ramp. The nearest town is Waynesville. Facilities include restrooms, camping, and dock. Caesar Creek State Park on a 2,830-acre unlimited-horsepower reservoir. Five launch ramps around the lake, including Wellman and a campground ramp. Marina at Caesar Creek offers leased and transient docks, fuel, and public restrooms (seasonal).

Sources (1) +

ohiodnr.gov, accessed September 29, 2026