Welcome to Ohio’s Favorite Fish Farm!

You’ve arrived at Ohio’s largest indoor fish hatchery, a center of aquaculture innovation by a family of pioneers with over 30 years of experience.

Freshwater Farms of Ohio is the largest indoor fish hatchery in the state of Ohio and the home of the Ohio Fish & Shrimp Festival.

We’ve been welcoming visitors to our farm for over 30 years. Exploring our farm is fun for all ages and completely free. While you’re here, visit our Sturgeon Petting Zoo to get up close and personal with rare, endangered fish. Participate in a Trout Feeding Frenzy and watch them splash in excitement as you feed them by hand. We have a large variety of Fish & Critter Displays in the hatchery and at our retail store.

We are the only producer of fresh trout products in Ohio. Visit our retail store to purchase fresh, frozen and smoked trout fillets, trout patties, smoked trout spreads and other Ohio foods. Take home custom-made pottery and garden decor created by local artists.

We offer expert advice on recreational pond and water garden setup and maintenance concepts. Browse our large variety of supplies including stocking fish, fish feed, pond fountains, aerators and much more!

Pond Supplies

Find everything you need to setup and manage your own pond or water garden including advice from the experts, decorative fountains and lighting systems, pond aeration systems, pond pumps, DIY fittings, netting, tubing, filtration components, stocking fish, fish feeds and more.

  Great place for the family to visit, and definitely worth the drive.  The kids loved seeing (and feeding!) the thousands of trout, petting the huge and slimy sturgeon, and picking up the frogs.

We go every year to the shrimp festival and enjoy the live music and delicious food (made with the farm's own fish and shrimp).  (The food, by the way, is not your ordinary festival food but professionally crafted dishes.)  The festival also has games for the kids and various food vendors.

You can buy raw fish and shrimp at their store, and we highly recommend the shrimp.  You simply cannot buy fresher shrimp, and it's delicious.

Peter H.
4/24/2013

  We visited for the Freshwater Fish & Shrimp Festival. My boyfriend and I had a day off work together and we thought, "Why not? Let's check this shindig out!" We weren't expecting a whole lot, but it was actually quite fun. Plenty of food stands serving up seafood, live bands jamming out, and a few crafting stations. You can also head out back and learn about the freshwater fish and shrimp! We had a wonderful time and ate lots of yummy food. We are looking forward to the next festival!

Elizabeth L.
7/25/2017