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It’s tough to beat Ohio’s Sandusky Bay for summer catfish

Mike Schmidt shows off the first channel catfish of Hageman’s May 9 charter. The fish weighed an even 23 pounds. (Photo by John Hageman)

According to Captain Scott Heston, who has fished Sandusky Bay for more than 45 years, “The heat of the summer, July and August, is the best time of the year to catch catfish.”
A catfish-only guide, he has operated his charter since 2016 from Hidden Hideaway Campground & Marina, formerly called Hank’s on the Bay near Port Clinton, Ohio. In my trips with him during April and May the past several years, a higher percentage of bigger catfish make up the catches. But for sheer action, the numbers of fish caught in June is tough to beat and the bite remains furious through August.

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