A decade ago when I left my front office baseball career, I thought I was also going to be free from the world of acronyms. RBIs and ERAs had dominated my everyday conversations and I was ready to use real words again. I couldn’t have been more wrong. On my third day with Pheasants Forever …
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In the outdoors, you just never know when you might run into a mythical creature, including a jackalope, mermaid or even Sasquatch. Jacks or Better In Douglas, Wyoming, seeing a mythical jackalope (half-antelope, half-jackrabbit) is commonplace, considering that a taxidermist from there is credited for creating the first whimsical creature nearly 74 years ago. Douglas
Belleville Dam and Tailwaters Hybrid striped bass fishing was slow this past week. Some fish, mostly 3-4 pounds, were being caught at the dam with spoons and plastics or live bait fished beneath agitators. The earlier and later parts of the day seem to yield the best results. Catfish are being caught on a regular
The daily bag limit for walleye on Ohio waters of Lake Erie is 6 fish per angler with a minimum size limit of 15 inches. The daily bag limit for yellow perch is 30 fish per angler on all Ohio waters of Lake Erie. The trout and salmon daily bag limit is 5 fish per
Acton Lake (Preble County) Channel catfish are biting on chicken livers fished along the bottom. Fishing for channel catfish is productive anywhere in the lake. Saugeyes on the Butler County side of the lake are being caught by anglers using minnows or artificial bait. Keep the bait between 10 and 12 feet deep for the
Lake Alma (Vinton County) Good catches of bluegills can be reeled in using live bait, including wax worms and nightcrawlers. Largemouth bass can be caught using artificial baits, including jigs with Twister Tails and Rat-L-Traps. Try fishing the back side of this 74-acre lake and under the bridge. Electric motors only. Hocking River (Hocking and
Akron Youth Ponds (Summit County) If you haven’t visited the Division of Wildlife youth fishing area in Portage Lakes, it’s not too late. Visit http://bit.ly/youthfishing to learn more or drop by 912 Portage Lakes Drive during weekends from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. Fishing is free, equipment and bait is provided (youngsters are welcome to
Beaver Creek Reservoir (Seneca County) The reservoir is located at the intersection of Township Road 196 and County Road 34 in the northeastern part of the county. Anglers can expect to have success catching catfish after sunset using tightlines fished from shore. Try using nightcrawlers, shrimp, dough balls and cut bait. Hybrid sunfish should also
Delaware Lake (Delaware County) This 1,017-acre lake provides the highest quality crappie fishing in central Ohio. Fish the deep drop-offs containing stumps or other cover. Crappies must be 9 inches or longer to keep. Channel catfish can be caught using cut baits and shrimp; target the upper part of the lake. For largemouth bass, fish
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