Vermilion River Steelhead Conditions
Dropping through the window steelheaders look for: above normal, falling, and clearing.
Flow, last 7 days
Next bump
A little rain coming (~0.3″), probably not enough to change much.
About the Vermilion River
- Stocked
- 55,000 yearlings each spring
- Managed by
- Ohio Division of Wildlife
- Gauge
- Gauge near Vermilion (USGS 04199500)
- Gauge record since
- 1951
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Is the Vermilion River fishable today?
As of Oct 13, 11:00 PM the Vermilion River is in shape: 22 cfs against a normal of about 10 cfs for this date, falling. Dropping through the window steelheaders look for: above normal, falling, and clearing.
How high is the Vermilion River right now?
22 cubic feet per second (gage height 2.2 ft), about 217% of the median flow for this date. The 7-day high was 38 cfs on Oct 12, 11:45 PM.
What is the Vermilion River water temperature?
The Vermilion River gauge has a temperature sensor but it is not reporting right now.
How many steelhead are stocked in the Vermilion River?
55,000 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 Vermilion River gauge?
Gauge near Vermilion, USGS site 04199500, with daily records back to 1951. 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 04199500, provisional and subject to revision. Rain: National Weather Service. Stocking: Ohio Division of Wildlife. Lake Erie Pulse reports water conditions, not fish.