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How to catch tight-lipped crappie in the spring

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

Some blame the weather while others blame the time of day or the location for the conditions at hand. Tight-lipped crappies start the discussions or become the ongoing arguments over the line used, the lure, the color, rod length and action, even the presentation.
No one knows for sure who is right, because continuous success is rare with the same setup. On any given day, for no obvious reason, you cannot make crappies bite like you did the time before.

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Read the water to catch Ohio’s hybrid stripers

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

Hybrid stripers in rivers are not oriented to cover as much as they use the fluid dynamics of flowing water to their advantage. They seek specific flow patterns to thrive in open water, the areas subject to overwhelming force.
Surging water requires a keen eye to read. At first glance, it all looks the same. When fish are breaking the surface, chasing bait, the catching can appear easy.

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Spring is a great time to target all Ohio’s Muskingum River has to offer

Featured, Features, Fishing, Home Page News, National Fishing, Nature Page & Night Sky, Ohio /

The Muskingum River watershed circulates the life blood of eastern Ohio, a massive 8,051 square miles, through all or part of 27 counties, the major cities of Akron, Mt. Vernon, Mansfield, Marietta, Newark, Canton, Zanesville, Cambridge, and Wooster.
The mainstem and namesake, the Muskingum River, accumulates of some of the finest rivers in Ohio.

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A little boat motor maintenance in March will have you ready for open water

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In April of 1982, I became a creel clerk for the Ohio Division of Wildlife. It was a real job after college that launched a career outdoors. Assigned a boat with a cast-off outboard from one of the agency’s fisheries fish units, I was absolutely thrilled.
Before this, I had been running around Lake Erie with old outboards. A self-appointed sea captain, smug with the vigor of youth. Knowing how to adjust the low-speed idle, motoring out of the canal to conquer the endless waves, that was all a captain needed to know, yes?

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Leech patterns may be the ticket after ice-out in Ohio

Featured, Features, Fishing, National Fishing, Ohio /

Do you use black jigs to mimic a leech? Should you use a leech pattern? Do you see leeches when you are out fishing, like you do crayfish, minnows, or shad? What is the deal?
Black or blue/black soft plastics are a staple for bass anglers in colder water, stained too. Why do such patterns work, when the common prey items do not resemble such an offering?

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Dialing in on the saugeye bite in Ohio waters

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Questionable behavior these hybrids have, part chameleon, part escape artist. An unlikely source of genes made them this way. A river sauger and a lake walleye, who would of have thought it led to such success as a stockable fish.
The saugeye has been around as long as some can remember. Confounding anglers with its random combination of hybrid vigor, some methods prove better than others.

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Interested in buying your next gun online? Here’s what to know

Featured, Features, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, Ohio /

If you have an old shotgun in mind, one you never see in the local stores, consider using an online auction. You are sure to find one there.
But when the price looks like a good deal, remember it is not the final cost. What started out as fun soon taught me why the prices seemed low. The first couple of auctions ended with unexpected outcomes.

Interested in buying your next gun online? Here’s what to know Read More »

Ohio’s Great Miami River offers a smorgasbord for anglers

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The headwater of the Great Miami River feeds Indian Lake in west central Ohio before heading 170 miles south to the Ohio River, entering west of Cincinnati. Draining a large wedge of the region as it moves, gravity pulls with enough force to run water across 3,800 square miles, 15 counties in all.
More than 6,600 miles of rivers and streams come together in the watershed.

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Bust the brush for bunnies this winter; here’s where to target

Featured, Features, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, Ohio /

Rabbit hunting is a rewarding way to spend time with family and friends. Walking and talking back and forth among your party will not spoil a hunt. In fact, it can help flush rabbits.
Do not expect to see them out in the open during legal shooting hours, not on a regular basis. Moving through the brush, kicking any piles along the way may be the old-fashioned way, but it still works.

Bust the brush for bunnies this winter; here’s where to target Read More »

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