Grand River Steelhead Conditions
Low and clear. Fish are easy to spook and tend to hold in the deeper pools. Needs rain.
Flow, last 7 days
Next bump
A little rain coming (~0.1″), probably not enough to change much. The Grand is a big, slow watershed: expect four to six days to clear after a real rise.
About the Grand River
- Stocked
- 90,000 yearlings each spring
- Managed by
- Ohio Division of Wildlife
- Gauge
- Gauge near Painesville (USGS 04212100)
- Gauge record since
- 1975
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Is the Grand River fishable today?
As of Oct 13, 11:00 PM the Grand River is low & clear: 22 cfs against a normal of about 117 cfs for this date, steady. Low and clear. Fish are easy to spook and tend to hold in the deeper pools. Needs rain.
How high is the Grand River right now?
22 cubic feet per second (gage height 1.6 ft), about 19% of the median flow for this date. The 7-day high was 24 cfs on Oct 6, 11:45 PM.
What is the Grand River water temperature?
82°F at the gauge. Steelhead are most active roughly between the high 30s and mid 50s; below about 35°F fishing slows sharply.
How many steelhead are stocked in the Grand River?
90,000 yearlings each spring, managed by Ohio Division of Wildlife. Stocked yearlings spend one to two years in Lake Erie before returning to the stream as adults, so each spring's stocking shows up as the next falls' runs.
Where is the Grand River gauge?
Gauge near Painesville, USGS site 04212100, with daily records back to 1975. The gauge reports flow, gage height, water temperature and turbidity every 15 minutes.
Other Lake Erie steelhead streams
Flow, gage height, temperature and turbidity: U.S. Geological Survey real-time gauge 04212100, provisional and subject to revision. Rain: National Weather Service. Stocking: Ohio Division of Wildlife. Lake Erie Pulse reports water conditions, not fish.