June 5, 2014

Meldahl Pool – Hybrid striped bass: are biting in the tributaries. Try crankbaits, chicken livers, or nightcrawlers. Pike Island Dam (Belmont County) – Sauger: are a popular fish this time of year. Try fishing the pier by vertical jigging with ¼-ounce or smaller spoons. Other popular methods include casting and slowly retrieving pearl or chartreuse

• The daily bag limit for walleye on Ohio waters of Lake Erie is 6 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

East Fork Lake (1,971 acres, 32.3 miles of shoreline; Clermont County) – Crappie: minnows and jigs with tubes. Chartreuse and white color patterns are working the best right now. Fish are generally being taken in 18 to 24 inches of water. Try fishing around structure, fallen trees, and in the coves. Rocky Fork Lake (1,992

Lake Vesuvius (143 acres; Lawrence County) – Bluegill: can generally be caught from the boardwalk by fishing with worms under a bobber. There are six newly refreshed attractor locations, with three of them directly along the boardwalk that will concentrate bluegills for shoreline anglers. Rainbow trout: were stocked earlier this spring in the lake and

Berlin Lake (3,321 acres; Stark, Portage and Mahoning counties) – Berlin Lake lies in the northeastern part of Ohio at the junction of Stark, Portage, and Mahoning counties. The lake is located on, and is accessible from, U. S. Route 224 and State Routes 14 and 225. There are no horsepower restrictions for boats at

Scioto River (Hardin County) – Channel catfish: have been biting on nightcrawlers. Access the river at the bridge at County Road 245. Nettle Lake (115 acres; Williams County) – Crappie: Anglers are taking good numbers of 9- to 13-inch crappies from the north bay of the lake. Anglers are fishing with minnows under a bobber

Hargus Creek Lake (132 acres; Pickaway County) – Crappies: are active in coves and around woody cover. Use minnows or small jigs under a float. Sunfish: A good number of bluegills and redear sunfish, up to 8 inches, can be caught on wax worms in shallow areas this time of year. Largemouth bass: A large