February 25, 2016

• The bag limit for walleye in Ohio waters of Lake Erie is six fish per angler, but changes to four on March 1. 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

Greenup Dam – Hybrid striped bass and white bass should be moving this time of year. 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 mornings will probably produce the most catches. Meldahl Dam (Clermont County) – Channel catfish and flathead

​Dillon Lake (Muskingum County) – The spillway bite here is the only game in town on this Muskingum County lake that is surrounded by the state park. Lucky anglers can try for saugeyes and crappies here with blade baits or jig and minnow combinations that are typical wintertime offerings. Seneca Lake (Noble and Guernsey counties) – Fishermen trying their

​Kiser Lake (Champaign County) – Before the weekend warm-up the last weekend in January, Kiser Lake was giving up good numbers of panfish through five to six inches of ice. All bets are off now, though, as temperatures in the 50s likely deteriorated much of the good ice. In case the ice comes back on, the successful setup has been a

Atwood Lake (Carroll and Tuscarawas counties) – An angler was recently rescued from the lake due to thin ice, so make safety your first priority before venturing out on this lake. The best reports we’ve received indicate about three to four inches of ice on the lake, which is sketchy at best. Better to be safe than sorry.

Findlay Reservoir No. 2 (Hancock County) – Ice has been building on this northwest Ohio lake, but reports of ice fishing are hard to come by. If you decide to try it, check first with local bait shops to see if anyone has been out on the ice and to check for thickness. When conditions are

Alum Creek Lake (Delaware County) – With a layer of thin ice still covering most of this central Ohio lake, anglers are fishing the docks and catching a few crappies and other panfish. Try jig and minnow combinations or dead sticking a minnow for the best bite. Buckeye Lake (Fairfield, Licking, and Perry counties) – Anglers are reporting