Dillon Lake (Muskingum County) – Anglers have been catching average size bluegills and smaller crappies below the spillway using jigs tipped with minnows, reports Bob Mathie at Bob’s Outdoor Supply. Jigs with Twister Tails in white or chartreuse should put fish on the hook. Mathie said the decent bite should continue for another week or […]
Columbus – Do not expect any major changes in Ohio deer hunting regulations for 2008-2009, though a handful of minor tweaks may be in store. That includes some minor changes in the bonus antlerless tags that were first offered this past season. The just-ending deer seasons – the last of them, bowhunting, closing Feb. 3
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Briar Creek Lake (Columbia County) – A Feb. 5 trout stocking was slated. Lake Wallenpaupack (Pike County) – This big lake was very ice fishable in early February with anglers picking up large numbers of perch and bass on fathead and medium minnows on tip-ups and jigs. Mauch Chunk Lake (Carbon County) – Warm weather had eroded
Toledo, Ohio – An Erie County Court decision that could have seriously hampered the ability of state wildlife officers to investigate possible hunting and wildlife violations on private property has been reversed by the Sixth District Court of Appeals in Toledo. In a 3-0 decision, the court affirmed that Section 1513.14 of the Ohio Revised
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St. Paul – A package of rules the DNR hopes the state Legislature OKs during the 2008 session includes reducing the daily statewide bag limit for walleyes from four to six fish. The DNR’s omnibus bill also contains recommendations for “more monitoring, more paperwork and permitting” for things related to viral hemorrhagic septicemia, according to
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Hills Creek Lake (Tioga County) – Excellent ice fishing for pickerel, bass, crappies and bluegills on jigs and tipups with shiners was reported Feb. 1. Beechwood Lake (Tioga County) – Outstanding sizes and numbers of crappies, including slabs, were the main catch for ice anglers fishing this impoundment Feb. 1. A trout stocking was slated for
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LAKE MILLE LACS East – The best perch reports are coming off the Four and Five Mile gravel areas in 28 to 32 feet. The Midget Flat and Blue Jug Flat have produced perch in 30 feet or more. Walleye action has been limited with just a few fish coming off Agate Bay Reef during
Alpena, Mich. – More sightings and killings of feral pigs may not mean more pigs. Although numbers are thought to be climbing, officials say increased public awareness of free-roaming swine is likely driving up the number of sightings. Even the many recent metropolitan sightings could be the result of media attention prompting public feedback, said
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St. Paul – For the fifth year in a row, hunters in 2007 killed more than a quarter million deer in the state. The total take: 260,434. That’s fourth-highest in history, and 170 less than the number hunters took in 2004. Even so, managers say there’s little about the season that wasn’t expected, and that
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