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Grand River

What the sources say

“The river is noted for its steelhead and muskellunge fishing.”

ODNR Office of Coastal Management, public access guide: Lake County, Chagrin and Grand · ODNR Coastal (PDF)

“Lake Metroparks provides some of the best public access to Ohio’s treasured steelhead streams!”

USGS gauge

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Conditions log: past reports naming the Grand River, next to this gauge’s flow on each report’s date.

Stocking

Steelhead stocked each year, and ODNR’s target in the last column (ODNR table, PDF)
Water202120222023202420252026 Target
Grand River102,11490,16996,61079,99980,02080,000
Headings and numbers exactly as ODNR prints them: Water Area/Location 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Target, Grand River 102,114 90,169 96,610 79,999 80,020 80,000. The last column is a target, not a count.

Where ODNR’s map marks fishing

ODNR, Grand River Steelhead Trout Fishing Map (PDF) labels these places. It is an older map, so treat it as a starting point and confirm access with the park district before you go:

Lake Metroparks’ fishing brochure (an older PDF) lists these under river fishing: River fishing Arcola Creek Park Baker Road Park Beaty Landing Big Creek at Liberty Hollow Blair Landing Grand River Landing Helen Hazen Wyman Park Hidden Valley Park (Klasen Rd. entrance) Hogback Ridge Park Indian Point Park Mason’s Landing Park Riverview Park (lakemetroparks.com (PDF))

Rules

Selected Ohio fishing-law provisions are quoted on the rules page, with links to the full code sections and license exceptions.

In Ohio, you can only gain access to streams flowing on public property. If you are on private property, including land that streams flow over, you must have landowner permission. (ODNR map (PDF))

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