Bluegill in Ohio
53 waters with bluegill, the lures working now, and recent stocking.
RIGHT NOW · OHIO
On Burr Oak Reservoir, bluegill are in a summer pattern — start with a Topwater. Open any water for its own live read.
Representative Ohio water · every lake fishes its own conditions
Ohio waters with bluegill
- Burr Oak Reservoirlive gauge
- Caesar Creek Lakelive gauge
- Defiance Reservoirlive gauge
- Delaware Lakelive gauge
- Raccoon Creeklive gauge
- Upper Sandusky Reservoirlive gauge
- Adams Lake
- Alum Creek Lake
- Beaver Creek
- Big Island Wildlife Area Reservoir
- Blue Rock Creek
- Buckeye Lake
- Caldwell Lake
- Clark Lake
- Crystal Lake
- Dow Lake
- Forest Hill Lake
- Friendship Park Lake
- Grant Lake
- Greenfield Lake
- Hargus Lake
- Harrison Lake
- Hay Hollow Reservoir
- Knox Lake
- Lake Ann
- Lake Hope
- Lake La Su An
- Lake Snowden
- Lake Vesuvius
- Lampson Reservoir
- Lost Creek
- Madison Lake
- Metzger Reservoir
- Monroe Lake
- New London Upground Reservoir
- North Baltimore Reservoir
- Oxbow Lake
- Park Lake
- Pike Lake
- Pine Lake
- Powers Reservoir
- Riley Reservoir
- Rush Creek
- Rush Run
- Schoonover Lake
- Shadow Lake
- Spencer Reservoir
- Spring Valley Lake
- Wellington Upground Reservoir
- White Lake
- Willard Lake
- Williams Lake
- Zoar Lake
What's working now
Current conditions on Burr Oak Reservoir, a representative Ohio water. Every lake fishes its own conditions — open one for its live read.
No exact temperature rule — widened by temperature.
Bluegillblack (small popper)twitched over flats at dusk
temp n/a, clarity n/a, summer → twitched over flats at dusk black (small popper) topwater
Source: In-Fisherman summer bluegill
Recent bluegill stocking in Ohio
| Species | Qty | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Bluegill · All Sizes | 240 | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Bluegill · Fingerlings | 2,669 | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Bluegill · Catchable | 310 | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Bluegill · All Sizes | 750 | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Bluegill · All Sizes | 250 | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Bluegill · All Sizes | 125 | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Bluegill · Fingerlings | 9,212 | Jan 1, 2019 |
| Bluegill · All Sizes | 6,440 | Jan 1, 2018 |
| Bluegill · All Sizes | 8,000 | Jan 1, 2017 |
| Bluegill · All Sizes | 116,754 | Jan 1, 2017 |
| Bluegill · All Sizes | 9,284 | Jan 1, 2017 |
| Bluegill · Fingerlings | 2,704 | Jan 1, 2017 |
| Bluegill · All Sizes | 4,048 | Jan 1, 2017 |
| Bluegill · Fingerlings | 2,015 | Jan 1, 2015 |
| Bluegill · Fingerlings | 859 | Jan 1, 2015 |
| Bluegill · Fingerlings | 8,329 | Jan 1, 2015 |
| Bluegill · Fingerlings | 30,938 | Jan 1, 2013 |
| Bluegill · Fingerlings | 2,747 | Jan 1, 2012 |
| Bluegill · Fingerlings | 4,000 | Jan 1, 2010 |
| Bluegill · Fingerlings | 6,000 | Jan 1, 2010 |