April 25, 2013

The daily bag limit for walleye on Ohio waters of Lake Erie through April 30 is four fish per angler with a 15-inch minimum size limit. 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 two fish

East Fork Lake (Clermont County) Crappies can be caught using live minnows, or jigs with plastic bodies. Anglers should concentrate on fishing in the shallow areas near stickups and brush piles. Anglers can also try following the wood lines back into the tributary creeks such as Poplar, Clover, Flat, and Barns creeks. For spotted and

Hocking River (Athens County) Crappies are popular with anglers in the river this time of year. Try fishing heavy cover with small jigs and minnows. Anglers may also have limited success fishing for smallmouth bass – as temperatures increase try casting rubber worms, crankbaits, and spinners over structure with current, weed beds, and deep holes.

Rocky River (Cuyahoga County) Steelhead fishing has been pretty consistent on the Rocky River. The steelhead are still evenly distributed throughout the river. Anglers are catching these silver bullets on a variety of baits, such as spawn sacs, maggots, flies, spinners, and spoons, but casting minnows seems to be the hot bait right now. Mahoning

Sandusky River (Sandusky County) The river level is low right now and fishing has been fair, despite medium to high fishing pressure. Most anglers use a floating jig head fished on an 18-24-inch leader with a quarter- to half-ounce weight depending on the water current. Anglers seem to have the best success tipping the jig

Buckeye Lake (Fairfield, Licking, and Perry counties) Hybrid striped bass are active along the north shore between Seller’s Point and Watkins Island, in 4-8 feet of water. Fish chicken livers on the bottom; or troll spinners, crankbaits, or large plastic baits. Largemouth bass are being caught in the channels on plastic baits. Crappies and bluegills