Maumee river report 26 March 2025

Sunrise : 7:28 AM (First cast)

Sunset: 7:53 PM (Last cast)

5 ft leader and 5/8 to 3/4 oz weight

Wading to Bluegrass Island is permitted.

Couple of cold nights made the river temp drop a couple of degrees . When this happens fishing slows down.

Just for perspective those are 17-18inch walleye next to this big old Buffalo carp. Yup they get even bigger! At the end of winter/early spring the buffalo carp (and the walleye ) are very light colored.. almost all white. As the water warms and they stage and spawn in the river a while , they begin to darken and take on the greenish gold color that we are all familiar with when we think of carp.

Despite our Midwest snobbery, carp is a popular table fare worldwide. Shipped nationally and world wide by the ton direct from Lake Erie. You’ve probably eaten it yourself and don’t even know it, ever had “whitefish” or “silver fin”? Filet it up correctly,removing all the red meat . Slap a $20 price tag per plate, season appropriately , add a tasty rice pilaf and you just had a delicious carp dinner.
Never happened to me ,you say…yea right.

Buttonwood , Bluegrass Island , Ford street and Jerome rd will all be likely places to try with todays water levels. We will keep you posted as soon as the action heats up.

Maumee River lost and found: this time of year anglers get excited by the Fishing and misplace or forget quite a few items down the river . Cell phones, wallet, fishing poles are the most common. There are good people out there who find them and try to return them to the rightful owner,. We are more than happy to act as the river lost and found. So feel free to drop any found item off to the shop ,we will put it behind the counter and do our best to make sure it gets back to it’s rightful owner.

Have fun , be safe and good luck fishing.

Mario Campos