Roosevelt Lake fishing

Roosevelt Lake fishing: not stocked since 2022. It was stocked with Channel Catfish and Rainbow Trout. Species guides list dusk and night for Channel Catfish and dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout.

AI-generated illustration, not a photo of this lake
Last stocked
2022
Rainbow Trout
Plants on record
9
Since 1973
Species recorded
2
Surface acres
15.5

Fish at Roosevelt Lake

2 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Channel Catfish Stocked · 5 plants · last 2008 Best: dusk, night

Last stocked 2008 · 5 plants

Best: dusk, night

Channel Catfish species guide
Rainbow Trout Stocked · 4 plants · last 2022 Best: dawn, dusk

Last stocked 2022 · 4 plants

Best: dawn, dusk

Rainbow Trout species guide

How Roosevelt Lake is stocked

Source: Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

No plants recorded in 42 years between 1973 and 2022.

Fish stocked in 1973

1,000

Fish stocked in 1980

800

Fish stocked in 1999

423

Fish stocked in 2006

504

Fish stocked in 2008

500

Fish stocked in 2020

817

Fish stocked in 2021

784

Fish stocked in 2022

1,030

Stocking history

Source: Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
2022Rainbow Trout1,030–report
2021Rainbow Trout581–report
2021Rainbow Trout203–report
2020Rainbow Trout817–report
2008Channel Catfish500–report
2006Channel Catfish504–report
1999Channel Catfish423–report
1980Channel Catfish800–report
1973Channel Catfish1,000–report

Access and facts

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

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Public land at Roosevelt Lake

Roosevelt Lake is inside Shawnee State Park (Ohio).

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

Common questions

What fish are at Roosevelt Lake?

Fishing Roosevelt Lake usually means Channel Catfish: Channel Catfish accounts for 5 of 9 plants on record, ahead of Rainbow Trout. Channel Catfish was last stocked 2008. Rainbow Trout was last stocked 2022.

When is Roosevelt Lake stocked?

Not stocked since 2022. No plants recorded in 42 years between 1973 and 2022.