Defiance Reservoir fishing
Defiance Reservoir fishing has Bluegill, Saugeye, Channel Catfish, and Yellow Perch on the stocking report. It is stocked about 1.9 times a year since 2008, most often in January. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk for Bluegill and Yellow Perch, dawn, dusk, and night for Saugeye, and dusk and night for Channel Catfish.
- Last stocked
- January 1, 2022
- 1,733 days ago · Yellow Perch
- Plants on record
- 29
- Since 2008
- Species recorded
- 4
- Surface acres
- 73
Fish at Defiance Reservoir
Saugeye Stocked · 12 plants · last January 1, 2022 Best: dawn, dusk, night
Yellow Perch Stocked · 10 plants · last January 1, 2022 Best: dawn, day, dusk
Channel Catfish Stocked · 6 plants · last January 1, 2018 Best: dusk, night
Bluegill Stocked · 1 plant · last January 1, 2008 Best: dawn, day, dusk
How Defiance Reservoir is stocked
The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of January. In 2022 it was January 1, 2022, about when it usually is.
Fish stocked in 2008
22,000
Fish stocked in 2011
73,337
Fish stocked in 2012
95,875
Fish stocked in 2014
41,600
Fish stocked in 2015
145,059
Fish stocked in 2016
191,999
Fish stocked in 2017
129,357
Fish stocked in 2018
151,879
Fish stocked in 2019
186,540
Fish stocked in 2020
44,950
Fish stocked in 2021
148,108
Fish stocked in 2022
184,650
Stocking history
Showing 5 of 29 plants Showing 29 plants
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2022 | Yellow Perch | 36,000 | – | report |
| January 1, 2022 | Yellow Perch | 36,750 | – | report |
| January 1, 2022 | Saugeye | 37,350 | – | report |
| January 1, 2022 | Saugeye | 74,550 | – | report |
| January 1, 2021 | Yellow Perch | 75,000 | – | report |
| January 1, 2021 | Saugeye | 73,108 | – | report |
| January 1, 2020 | Yellow Perch | 37,500 | – | report |
| January 1, 2020 | Saugeye | 7,450 | – | report |
| January 1, 2019 | Yellow Perch | 37,500 | – | report |
| January 1, 2019 | Saugeye | 149,040 | – | report |
| January 1, 2018 | Yellow Perch | 75,000 | – | report |
| January 1, 2018 | Saugeye | 73,216 | – | report |
| January 1, 2018 | Channel Catfish | 3,663 | – | report |
| January 1, 2017 | Yellow Perch | 52,500 | – | report |
| January 1, 2017 | Saugeye | 73,185 | – | report |
| January 1, 2017 | Channel Catfish | 3,672 | – | report |
| January 1, 2016 | Yellow Perch | 112,500 | – | report |
| January 1, 2016 | Saugeye | 75,810 | – | report |
| January 1, 2016 | Channel Catfish | 3,689 | – | report |
| January 1, 2015 | Yellow Perch | 70,000 | – | report |
| January 1, 2015 | Saugeye | 73,057 | – | report |
| January 1, 2015 | Channel Catfish | 2,002 | – | report |
| January 1, 2014 | Yellow Perch | 41,600 | – | report |
| January 1, 2012 | Saugeye | 19,604 | – | report |
| January 1, 2012 | Saugeye | 74,347 | – | report |
| January 1, 2012 | Channel Catfish | 1,321 | – | report |
| January 1, 2012 | Channel Catfish | 603 | – | report |
| January 1, 2011 | Saugeye | 73,337 | – | report |
| January 1, 2008 | Bluegill | 22,000 | – | report |