On June 27, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Dr. Richard Stumpf announced the agency’s annual forecast at Ohio State University’s F.T. Stone Laboratory at Put-in-Bay for the expected harmful algal bloom (HAB) severity index score for western Lake Erie this summer.
Final HAB score shows moderately severe algal bloom for western Lake Erie in 2024 Read More »
More than 120 waterfowl enthusiasts gathered Oct. 22-24 in Port Clinton, Ohio, to acknowledge and celebrate the long North American waterfowling tradition in western Lake Erie and its coastal marshes.
Hosted by the Lake Erie Marsh Association, Ducks Unlimited (DU), and the Ohio Division of Wildlife, many participants went on morning duck hunts, toured the Howard Marsh wetlands restoration project, and during meal times and social gatherings heard about the year’s accomplishments and updates by the host groups and volunteers.
Division of Wildlife, Ducks Unlimited celebrate Ohio waterfowling Read More »
The first weekend of the Illinois firearms deer season is Nov. 22-24, so naturally I have been thinking about it for several weeks and making my plans. For most of my deer hunting career, I made sure to get to my treestand, ground blind, or cushion at my hunting location while under the cover of darkness during firearms season.
A different approach to firearms season Read More »
On Oct. 17, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center predicted that the weak La Nina that has developed in the northern Pacific could produce above average precipitation and cooler temperatures in Washington and Oregon, where its influence is closest.
But, in the Great Lakes, NOAA expects higher precipitation and higher than normal temperatures – not a good recipe for ice fishing and other outdoor winter recreation.
Ice-free winters can be a problem on Lake Erie Read More »
For most of my deer hunting career, I made sure to get to my tree stand, ground blind, or cushion at my hunting location while under the cover of darkness during firearms season.
The rationale was to give nearby deer time to forget about any noises that I made, allow my scent to dissipate, cool down from my walk, organize my equipment, and get quiet well ahead of legal shooting time.
During the 2024 American Fisheries Society annual meeting in Honolulu recently, the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife (DOW) Erie PrOH Lake Erie Fishing Guide Certification Program was recognized with the 2024 Sport Fish Restoration Outstanding Project Award.
Ohio’s Lake Erie fishing guide program awarded Read More »
As another hunting season begins, I was abruptly reminded how easy one gun safety slip-up can quickly ruin a day afield.
After my second dove hunt of the season, I dismantled my antique 12-gauge U.S.S.R.-made Baikal over/under shotgun to clean it as I have done each time since I began hunting about 50 years ago. I usually push a wad of paper towel dipped in Hoppes No. 9 gunpowder solvent through my barrels to remove any fouling until they are smooth and protected from rust.
Commentary: Rules of gun safety important to follow regardless of experience Read More »
Ohio and federal wildlife officials and local agencies gathered at three locations on Oct. 2 to release 60 juvenile lake sturgeons into the Cuyahoga River.
The five dozen fish were each fitted with internal transmitters that will allow tracking of them with land-based receivers as they disperse within this Lake Erie tributary and throughout the Great Lakes. Twenty each were released at Merlins Wharf in Cleveland, Boston Mills at Cuyahoga National Park, and north of the Gorge Dam in Akron.
As Ohio’s statewide archery season approached and then opened on Sept. 28, hunters, property owners, and kayakers/canoeists began to encounter dead deer of all shapes and sizes, including trophy bucks, often near water sources.
Of those submitted for testing to the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, the cause of death as Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) has been confirmed in 20 counties.
EHD continues its ugly spread to the north in Ohio Read More »
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