Deer Creek Reservoir fishing: Channel Catfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch

Target species: Channel Catfish, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Deer Creek Reservoir-Stark Co.Parks.

The reservoir

Deer Creek Reservoir covers 318 acres in Ohio, across Stark County. It is a reservoir: 98.1% of it is 18 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.

Depth: down to 20 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 20 ft (6.1 m). 98.1% of the water is 18 feet or shallower. We hold 47 depth contours for this water, drawn from 5,647 soundings.

  • 0–1 ft: 9.2% of the water
  • 1–3 ft: 8.2% of the water
  • 3–4 ft: 5.3% of the water
  • 4–5 ft: 5.9% of the water
  • 5–6 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 6–7 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 7–8 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 8–9 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 9–10 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 10–11 ft: 5.3% of the water
  • 11–12 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 12–13 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 13–14 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 9.2% of the water
  • 18–19 ft: 2% of the water

4 target fish, led by Channel Catfish

  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Green Sunfish — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Western Mosquitofish.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Deer Creek Reservoir-Stark Co.Parks — Atwater, Stark Co. Park District. Price Street NE, Atwater 44201- · phone (330) 477-3552 · website starkparks.com

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.