Maumee River Fishing Spot

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The Maumee River is a river in northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana in the United States. It is formed at Fort Wayne, Indiana by the confluence of the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers, and meanders northeastwardly for about 130 mi (209 km) through an agricultural region of glacial moraines before flowing into the Maumee Bay of Lake Erie at the city of Toledo, Ohio. It was designated an Ohio State Scenic River on July 18, 1974. The Maumee River offers fine catches of northern pike, smallmouth bass, crappie, catfish and an occasional walleye. Fishing on the Maumee River normally occurs upstream from the Maumee-Perrysburg Bridge. Sailing and power boating occur from Perrysburg to the mouth of the Maumee River, as do the other water-based activities. Canoeing is popular both upstream and downstream from the Perrysburg Bridge, with the upstream area being the most important. The lower portion of the River including areas just below RM 5, at the Swan Creek confluence near Promenade park, is considered polluted. This also happens to be one of the areas most impacted by combined sewer overflows (CSO). Despite the pollution, people swim, ski and sailboard in this area. The highest elevations of 1,100 feet above mean sea level occur in the Michigan portion of the watershed. At the Ohio/Indiana border the elevation of the Maumee River is 707 feet above mean sea level. While at its mouth at Maumee Bay, the river is 573 feet above mean sea level, dropping an average of 1.3 feet per mile.2 The steepest section is between Waterville and Maumee, at 5 feet per mile.3 Below Rossford, the Maumee is at the same elevation as Lake Erie.

The Maumee River is a river in northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana in the United States. It is formed at Fort Wayne, Indiana by the confluence of the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers, and meanders northeastwardly for about 130 mi (209 km) through an agricultural region of glacial moraines before flowing into the Maumee Bay of Lake Erie at the city of Toledo, Ohio. It was designated an Ohio State Scenic River on July 18, 1974.