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Doug Clifford

Commentary: After a long Ohio winter, eyes are on spring fishing trips

Featured, Fishing, Ohio, Opinion /

Seven inches of snow, a constant 35 mile per hour wind, and temps that sound like shoe sizes for a fourth-grade basketball team combined to pull the plug on the electricity in Bearfield Township, Ohio, where I live. When your house depends on electricity for heat as well as light, a power outage allows me to put what American Electric Power (AEP) calls a “plan of action” into motion.
My action plan includes multiple layers of clothing, insulated boots, wool socks, flashlights, and a fireplace loaded with seasoned wood.

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Commentary: Ohio’s Columbus National Fishing Expo never disappoints

Featured, Fishing, National Fishing, Ohio, Opinion /

My February has meant the National Fishing Expo for the last several years. I represent Ohio Outdoor News as I sell subscriptions for the company. However, the Expo has become more than a three-day job for me.
It’s a family reunion where I don’t have to feed anyone. It’s handshakes and laughter with old friends and a chance to form ‘once a year’ new ones. While I never seem to have a chance to explore the show, talking about the magazine with Expo visitors is a great opportunity. 

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Some of the top past, present, and future anglers meet up at Ohio fishing expo

Featured, Fishing, National Fishing, National News, News, Ohio /

The annual National Fishing Expo recently returned to Columbus for its traditional three days of everything fishing.
The Feb. 7-9 affair featured fishing tackle, travel destinations, and top-notch professional anglers sharing their insights at hourlong seminars held at a mini arena semi-circling the Hawg Trough, a huge aquarium on wheels stocked with gamefish. The biggest draw at the 2025 Expo was former Bassmaster Classic champion Mike Iaconelli, of Pitts Grove, New Jersey.

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Northeast Ohio teens who forged a friendship through fishing take their angling success to the college level

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, National Fishing, National News, News, Ohio /

Two young men from northeast Ohio forged a friendship based on fishing that will soon carry them toward earning college educations.
Hoyt Nicely and Connor Bower met through the Prime Time Junior Bass Anglers, a youth bass tournament club sponsored by the North Coast Bass Anglers Association (NCBAA). The NCBAA is a longstanding and much honored bass club in the Cleveland area that is affiliated with the Ohio Bass Federation.

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Tuesday Evening Classic Tournament may be longest running in Ohio

Featured, Fishing, National Fishing, National News, News, Ohio /

For the last four decades, the Tuesday Evening Classic Tournament (TECT) has taken place on Alum Creek Reservoir 19 to 20 times a season. Starting on April’s last Tuesday and running to September’s first Tuesday after Labor Day, this weekly competition draws some of the best bass anglers Central Ohio has to offer.

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Catching up with former Ohio fish chief: Rich Carter stays busy fishing tournament circuits

Featured, Fishing, National Fishing, News, Ohio /

When a former Ohio Division of Wildlife (DOW) “fish chief” retired after an 18-year run with the division, the “Gone fishing” sign that appeared on his front door never had a more appropriate landing zone.
Rich Carter retired in February 2023 and began a fishing quest that has seen him average four days a week on waters from Florida to Minnesota.

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Ohio bass circuit’s Angler of the Year comes down to the wire

Featured, Fishing, National Fishing, National News, News, Ohio /

The season ending two-day American Bass Anglers (ABA) tournament in Ohio took place at Delaware Lake on Aug. 17-18. Billed as “Tournaments for the Weekend Bass Angler,” the ABA circuit is the second longest running bass tournament series in the world, according to ABA Central Division Director Barry Davis.
“Only B.A.S.S. has been having bass tournaments longer than the ABA,” said Davis.

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Fallen heroes mark the path to Ohio fishing spots

Featured, Features, Fishing, Ohio /

They stand at attention, alone and silent at their final deployment. They are not standing in a faraway jungle or desolate desert.
They stand guard along Ohio highways. Their uniforms have been replaced with signs bearing their names. No explanation is needed. To read the names of servicemen and women on these signs is enough to know these veterans paid the ultimate price.

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Hooked on Fishing event draws in nearly 200 kids in Ohio

Featured, Fishing, National Fishing, National News, News, Ohio /

The only thing more prevalent than sunshine on Saturday, June 15, at the Perry County Gun Club Lake was kids catching catfish at the sixth annual Perry County Sheriff’s Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs (HOFNOD) angling event.
With largemouth bass and numerous bluegills also being landed by the 193 young anglers in attendance, the day was a complete success from the catching to the eating with a free hot dog lunch prepared by Perry County Sheriff (Chef) William R. Barker.

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