September 24, 2015

• The bag limit for walleye in 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 in all Ohio waters of Lake Erie. • The trout and salmon daily bag limit is

Greenup Dam (Scioto County) – For hybrid striped bass, try fishing cut baits and live baits off the bottom. For white bass, try using topwater lures as well as skipjack, chubs, shiners, and cut bait. Early morning will probably produce the most catches. For channel catfish, most fish will probably be found on the bottom using tight-lining techniques with cut bait, nightcrawlers,

Salt Fork Lake (3,060 acres; Guernsey County) – Crappies will take a variety of baits, including worms, grubs, crickets, small spinners, and popping bugs. Look for crappies to be suspended or near wood in deeper water this time of year. Fishing from a boat has been very productive in the past year. A variety of

Grand Lake St. Marys (12,680 acres; Auglaize and Mercer counties) – Crappie fishing is heating up. Anglers report success in brushy structure just off the bottom. Popular bait at the moment is a triple-tip grub, motor oil color, tipped with a waxworm. Acton Lake (590 acres; Butler and Preble counties) – Channel catfish are biting on creek chubs or nightcrawlers fished along the bottom or between eight and

Pymatuning Lake (16,349 acres; Ashtabula County) – Pymatuning Lake is in southeastern Ashtabula County and is approximately one mile east of Andover, Ohio, and one mile north of Jamestown, Pennsylvania. State Route 85 (Ohio) bisects Pymatuning Lake’s northern and southern sections and becomes S.R. 285 at the Pennsylvania border (which is approximately one mile east of Pymatuning Lake Road), near the middle of the two-mile bridge overlooking

Sandusky Bay (Erie County) – Some very large catfish have been taken in Sandusky Bay. Try using shrimp or worms fished on the bottom. Night fishing has been more productive than day fishing. Willow Point, Bay Bridge Access, and Bay View Fishing Access are all good places try for catfish. Nettle Lake (115 acres; Williams

Indian Lake (5,040 acres; Logan County) – Saugeyes are being caught along south bank and around the Moundwood and Dream bridge areas. Try crankbaits and worm harnesses trolled near the bottom. Largemouth bass anglers are catching fish in the canals around cover; try spinnerbaits, tubes, and crankbaits. Bluegills are still being caught in the channels using waxworms, nightcrawlers, or crickets. Madison Lake (98 acres; Madison County) –