Bresler Upground Reservoir fishing: Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Bresler Reservoir.
The reservoir
Bresler Upground Reservoir covers 572 acres in Ohio, across Allen County. It is a reservoir: 90.6% of it is 33 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 41.3 feet (12.6 m). Our records hold 6 species for this water.
6 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
Depth: down to 41.3 ft at the deepest measured point
Deepest measured point: 41.3 ft (12.6 m). 90.6% of the water is 33 feet or shallower. We hold 38 depth contours for this water, drawn from 4,189 soundings.
- 9–12 ft: 0.9% of the water
- 12–15 ft: 1.7% of the water
- 15–18 ft: 3% of the water
- 18–21 ft: 12.3% of the water
- 21–24 ft: 33.3% of the water
- 24–27 ft: 26% of the water
- 27–30 ft: 7.9% of the water
- 30–33 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 33–36 ft: 5.8% of the water
- 36–39 ft: 3.4% of the water
- 39–41 ft: 0.3% of the water
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 53°F and the warmest is 80°F; the warmest monthly average is 71°F. pH averages 8. These readings span 2019–2024.
Stocking: 15,305,452 fish, 1993–2022
Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife records list 15,305,452 fish released into this water from 1993 to 2022. The latest stocking on record is from 2022, more than three years ago.
- Yellow Perch: 9,382,739 in 1982–2022
- Walleye: 5,107,504 in 2002–2022
- Channel Catfish: 434,040 in 1972–2009
- Bluegill: 241,800 in 1970–1971
- Largemouth Bass: 96,184 in 1970–1980
- Smallmouth Bass: 43,185 in 1970–1979
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.
- Bresler Reservoir — Shawnee Twp, Lima Parks, Recreation & Forestry Department. 405 S. Kemp Road, Shawnee Twp 45806- · phone (419) 221-5195 · website lima.cityhall.oh.us
The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.
What is hard here
Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.
Where this data comes from
- Ohio DNR — Ohio DNR: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
