October 24, 2013

Eastern Ohio River Tailwaters – Baitfish have not been turning up at most of the tailwaters like past years, making fishing for white bass and hybrid striped bass slow. However, if you can find the baitfish, the white and hybrid bass are sure to be nearby. Catfish anglers have been having some success using live

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

Grand Lake St. Marys (Mercer County) – For channel catfish, use chicken livers and nightcrawlers fished on the bottom for best results.   It’s a little early but shoreline cover offers the best locations to take crappies.  Use minnows beneath a bobber fished at depths of three to six feet. Use red worms and wax worms

Monroe Lake (Monroe County) – At 39 acres, this lake north of Woodsfield might be considered small when compared to other lakes in the area, but that doesn’t mean the fishing opportunities are small. Cooler, fall temperatures will trigger largemouth bass to start moving back into shallow water areas, and fishing success should start to

Tappan Lake (Harrison County) – This 2,131-acre lake is known for its excellent fishery. A wide variety of fish species can be caught, including crappies, largemouth bass, bluegills, channel catfish, white bass, and saugeyes. Fall fishing in this lake should not be ignored. The scenery is beautiful as the leaves morph into rich autumn colors.

Auglaize River (Paulding County) – Anglers have been catching channel catfish and crappies in the river over the past couple of weeks. For crappies, try fishing four to six feet deep using crappie rigs or crappie jigs tipped with minnows. The best successes have come in the mornings and evenings. Killdeer Plains Reservoir (Wyandot County)