Saint+Marys+State+Fish+Hatchery

Also, see St. Marys River-Grand Lake Important Bird Area and Auglaize County Birding Drive
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Auglaize County
=Saint Marys State Fish Hatchery= Feeder Road Saint Marys, Ohio 45885 Ohio Fisheries Management website Ohio State Fish Hatchery brochure

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Saint Marys State Fish Hatchery
Coordinates: 40.5273704, -84.4136238 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Saint Marys State Fish Hatchery
From Ohio Ornithological Society website

About Saint Marys State Fish Hatchery
Saint Marys State Fish Hatchery is located on over 160 acres in western Auglaize County on the eastern shore of Grand Lake Saint Marys. This facility, opened in 1913, was originally operated by the Western Ohio Fish and Game Association and was officially dedicated as a state hatchery in 1936. The hatchery has 26 ponds containing a total of 43 water acres. The facility also has two outdoor raceways and nine indoor rearing troughs. Water is supplied by Grand Lake St. Marys (5,000 gallons per minute capacity) and a well (375 gallons per minute capacity). This water supply allows the hatchery to raise saugeye, walleye, yellow perch, channel catfish, and largemouth bass. Production begins in the spring with walleye egg collection for the production of both walleye and saugeye. Also in the spring, yellow perch breeding adults are placed into hatchery ponds along with submerged trees that provide spawning structure for the adult perch. Once these three species are stocked into area lakes, the ponds are refilled and stocked with fingerling channel catfish and largemouth bass fry. In the fall, these fish are also stocked into area lakes.

To get to the hatchery, take OH-703 west out of the town of Saint Marys and then take a left on OH-364 for 1.5 miles; then go left on Feeder Road and the hatchery is 300 feet on the left. From Ohio State Fish Hatchery brochure

Ring-necked Duck Photo by Matthew Bell

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