May 9, 2013

Cincinnati Area (Hamilton County) Water temperatures have fluctuated quite a bit in the past month, but as waters begin to warm catfishing should turn on. Try any legal live bait or cut bait. Many anglers prefer really stinky baits regardless of the type and others use hot dogs as a secret weapon. Meldahl Dam (Clermont […]

• The daily bag limit for walleyes on Ohio waters of Lake Erie is six fish per angler. The minimum size limit for walleye is 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

Paint Creek Lake (Highland County) Crappies should be biting from one side of the lake to the other in three to 10 feet of water on minnows and jigs. Look for wood and rocks. Bass should be hitting black jigs with blue pork in the five to seven feet depths. In the spillway, plenty of

Salt Fork Lake (Guernsey County) Now is the perfect time of year to fish for crappies around submerged brush piles and structure using pink and chartreuse Twister Tails tipped with a minnow. Most crappies are in the nine- to 10-inch range but fish up to 14 inches can be found.  Spring fishing for saugeyes is

Leesville Lake (Carroll County) If you are looking for a rush, come out to Leesville Lake and try hooking into a muskie. These fish are known as “the fish of a thousand casts,” but during springtime these fish are a little easier to target helping reduce that ratio. Muskie, during the spring, move in shallow

Sandusky River (Sandusky County) The river level is high and the water clarity is poor. Recent fishing has been poor due to the water level. 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

Delaware Lake (Delaware County) This 1,017-acre lake north of Columbus is known for large crappies. Fish the old river channel and deep water with woody cover using a jig tipped with a minnow. Crappies must be nine inches or longer to keep and only 30 may be possessed. Channel catfish can be caught using cut