Opening day for the Perry County Anglers was Sunday, March 29, at Rocky Fork Lake in Highland County near Hillsboro, Ohio. Even more important than a bunch of cabin-fevered anglers showing up for the season’s first tournament, Rocky Fork’s bass were more than ready to get the fishing party started.
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Solomon Curtis, of Zanesville, is known as Sol, Bass Curtis, and even councilman Curtis when attending meetings of the Ohio Wildlife Council.
However, what he is becoming best known for is introducing young people and their parents to an event called Get Kidz Hooked.
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The strength of any organization depends on a solid foundation. For the Perry County Anglers in Ohio, that foundation is anchored by a member who will be competing for the 49th consecutive year when the season opens at Rocky Fork Lake on March 29.
“I joined the club in its second year because I didn’t know anything about it the first year,” said Ab Reed. “That was 1978, and I’ve fished the club every year since then.”
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The event is free for all veterans who can begin registering on March 1. May 31 is the last day to sign up for this event that tripled in size in its second year.
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Temperatures during Ohio’s 2026 National Fishing Expo hovered on both sides of zero the entire three days of the event. A 12-inch snowfall in Columbus also compounded the brutal temperatures.
Despite the extreme conditions in the great outdoors, the “great indoors” of the National Fishing Expo provided a temporary, but much needed escape, for anglers fighting the Buckeye State’s worst outbreak of cabin fever since we’ve had fevers in cabins.
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Sanders graduated from Ohio State University with a fisheries degree that led to a 20-year career as a biologist, first for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and then the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife (DOW).
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A fiberglass Skeeter bass boat, Yamaha SHO 250 VMX, power poles, $500 Dobyns rods, $400 Daiwa reels, forward-facing sonar, rain gear rated by resistance to hurricane force winds, $99 fishing pants, $20 crankbaits, $350 glide baits, and a fishing jersey of indistinguishable color because it’s plastered with sponsor logos.
None of those items or entry fees will be part of a story unfolding outside the tiny village of Deavertown, Ohio, in Morgan County. However, the story will describe one of the best young bass fishermen in the southeast corner of Ohio, Orin VanHorn.
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My first fishing article for the new year traditionally revolves around places I would like to fish once lures start splashing instead of ricocheting.
This year, instead of planning where to go, I am searching for ideas about what to throw. If you are a fan of the old movie “Casablanca,” there’s a line where the French police captain, Louis Renault played by Claude Rains, tells his subordinates to “round up the usual suspects.” That best describes the anglers I recently contacted for this article.
The question posed to each of them was “What new lure, new to you lure, or new technique are you going to try in 2026?”
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“Well, thanks. It was finally fun for once.”
That line came from professional bass fisherman Bill Lowen accepting long-distance congratulations for his outstanding year on the 2025 Bassmaster Elite Tour. After winning the second event of the season with a victory margin of 4 ounces at the FXR Pro Fish Bassmaster Elite tournament on Florida’s St. Johns River, Lowen secured a 12th place finish in the Bassmaster Angler of the Year (AOY) race by the end of the season.
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