MARINA - Key Persons

Pete Fisher built up the marina over the next 30+ years adding docks and growing the Evinrude and Harris FloteBote brands on Buckeye Lake. Fisher's Marina became known to their customer as Pete's there was even a shirt that said " I dock at Pete's". Many people to this day stop in and talk about how they bought their boat off of Pete. And have so many memories of spending summers at Fisher's Marina boating on Buckeye Lake. With the marina side of Fisher's Beach really growing. The beach side of things had for the most part gone to the way side. The building that once housed the locker rooms and bunk house for the lifeguards. Was now transformed into a full service marina by Pete Fisher. Bring on the name change to Fisher's Marina as everyone knows it today. In 1957 Pete Fisher bought the 2nd pontoon off of the Harris FloteBote. Becoming a Harris FloteBote dealer in 1957. As Ed Fisher grew the marina side of Fisher's Beach. He took on Evinrude Outboard motors in 1945. This was a big deal for Fisher's Beach and the Fisher family. Now people could rent a row boat and a outboard motor so they could go further by boat. Also by being a Evinrude dealer Fisher's Beach could offer their customer the option to buy their own boat and motor. As times changed on the lake and the State of Ohio opened more public parks on the lake with public beachs. The swimming started to slow down at Fisher's Beach. As this happened the Marina side grew over the years. Ed Fisher ( Pete Fisher's father) started to grow the marine side more and more as the years past Our story starts in 1912 on Buckeye Lake on a Island just off of Liebs Island at the west end of the lake. With the opening of Fisher's Beach this is how everything came to be. In 1912 Alonzo Fisher opens Fisher's Beach serving the recreational needs of the Buckeye Lake area. Fisher's Beach offered a place for people to cool off and escape in the summer time. You could rent a locker and a swimming suit for the day if you were looking to cool off in the lake. While offering a swimming hole was just one part of the business. Fisher's Beach had a small marina that was part of there daily operations. Where people could come and rent row boats and later small boats powered by outboard motors.