Chippewa Lake fishing

Chippewa Lake fishing: not stocked since 2022. It was stocked with Channel Catfish and Saugeye. Species guides list dusk and night for Channel Catfish and dawn, dusk, and night for Saugeye.

Chippewa Lake
Photo: Columbus Metropolitan Library via DPLA, Public domain
Last stocked
2022
Saugeye
Plants on record
19
Since 2012
Species recorded
2
Surface acres
335

Fish at Chippewa Lake

2 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Saugeye Stocked · 13 plants · last 2022 Best: dawn, dusk, night

Last stocked 2022 · 13 plants

Best: dawn, dusk, night

Saugeye species guide
Channel Catfish Stocked · 6 plants · last 2020 Best: dusk, night

Last stocked 2020 · 6 plants

Best: dusk, night

Channel Catfish species guide

How Chippewa Lake is stocked

Source: Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

About 1,116 reported fish per acre, the fewest of 3 lakes in Medina County with both a fish count and a surface area.

Fish stocked in 2012

5,061

Fish stocked in 2014

5,000

Fish stocked in 2016

43,988

Fish stocked in 2017

68,286

Fish stocked in 2018

22,904

Fish stocked in 2019

36,569

Fish stocked in 2020

35,848

Fish stocked in 2021

87,226

Fish stocked in 2022

68,931

Stocking history

Source: Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
2022Saugeye68,931–report
2021Saugeye53,570–report
2021Saugeye33,656–report
2020Saugeye22,848–report
2020Saugeye11,227–report
2020Channel Catfish1,773–report
2019Saugeye36,569–report
2018Saugeye20,403–report
2018Channel Catfish2,501–report
2017Saugeye68,286–report
2016Saugeye7,780–report
2016Saugeye7,780–report
2016Saugeye7,780–report
2016Saugeye7,780–report
2016Saugeye7,780–report
2016Channel Catfish4,371–report
2016Channel Catfish717–report
2014Channel Catfish5,000–report
2012Channel Catfish5,061–report

Access and facts

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

About Chippewa Lake

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Common questions

What fish are at Chippewa Lake?

Fishing Chippewa Lake usually means Saugeye: Saugeye accounts for 13 of 19 plants on record, ahead of Channel Catfish. Saugeye was last stocked 2022. Channel Catfish was last stocked 2020.

When is Chippewa Lake stocked?

Not stocked since 2022. About 1,116 reported fish per acre, the fewest of 3 lakes in Medina County with both a fish count and a surface area. No plants recorded in 2013 and 2015.