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Do you follow proper ice-fishing etiquette? Here’s what to consider

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With ice fishing well underway on Minnesota’s Lake of the Woods (LOTW), the region’s tourism bureau thought that it would be timely and wise to list some common-sense rules of ice fishing etiquette for those who never learned, have forgotten, or choose to ignore those rules.
While some of these practices may be well-known to experienced hard-water fishermen, newer participants to this popular winter sport may truly not yet know when they are committing errors on the ice.

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Ice anglers running full tilt in Ohio after sudden cold blast

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It is never certain how long it will last, but at the time of this writing on Jan. 19, ice fishing is underway in certain locations on Ohio’s north coast. 
Going from temperatures that were over 50 degrees after Christmas that allowed the Miller Boat Line to continue ferry service to South Bass (Put-in-Bay) until Jan. 2 to frozen water as far as the eye could see a week later was a weather surprise that few saw coming.

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Another ice-fishing season is in limbo for Ohio anglers

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With air temperatures reaching more than 50 degrees during the end of December, prospects for Ohio anglers who like to ice fish are once again looking uncertain.
While early ice is clearly off the table, there is still plenty of time for local bodies of water to freeze yet this winter and provide some later hard water action.

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Ohio’s South Bass anglers eager for minnows get their shiners delivered

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On Jan. 2, the last day of the Miller Boat Line ferry service, a flatbed truck from A-N-J Bait carrying tanks of emerald shiners arrived on South Bass Island at the request of dozens of the island’s winter anglers.
As a new forecast for some weeks of frigid weather was finally announced by local meteorologists, these anglers are hoping to use this preferred bait fish species when the lake freezes and allows ice fishing to commence.

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Study sheds light on mercury in walleyes, perch

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For those who incorrectly still insist that zebra mussels are good for “cleaning up the lake,” a newly published study in the December 2024 issue of Science of the Total Environment showed that their presence is harmful for yet another reason.
Previous studies have documented that populations of forage (bait) fish species and other prey items decline so much after zebra and quagga mussel populations climb that growth rates and ultimately the population of prized predatory game fish species that anglers target fall in response. 

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Anomaly? Surveys show a below-average hatch of walleyes in Western and Central Basins of Lake Erie

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On Dec. 12, the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife released the combined results of Lake Erie’s fisheries agency’s trawling surveys. An annual index is produced from data collected from approximately 80 sampling locations in Ohio, Michigan, and Ontario waters, expressed in fish per hectare (ha), an area equal to 2.471 acres. 

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Ohio aquaculture just a small part of Ohio’s ag

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The mission of the Ohio Sea Grant College Program, which is headquartered at Ohio State University in Columbus and operates F. T. Stone Laboratory at Put-in- Bay, is education, research and outreach.
This summer, Ohio Sea Grant hosted a conference, called “Discover Ohio Aquaculture,” which brought producers, stakeholders, and decision-makers together to discuss the current state of Ohio’s aquaculture industry. There, members learned that 30 species of fish were raised in the state. One of the presenters then was Aquaculture Extension Specialist Nicole Wright, who gave a brief overview of the topic to an online audience called “Fish Farming, Food Systems, and Recreation Aquaculture in Ohio.”

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Ohio Division of Wildlife biologist leads effort to define smallmouth bass movements on Lake Erie

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During an Ohio Sea Grant-hosted webinar presentation on Nov. 21, Zak Slagle, one of the fisheries biologists at the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s Fisheries Research Station at Sandusky, shared some early observations of a smallmouth bass study that he is overseeing.
As part of the study, more than 200 smallmouth bass have received internal acoustic transmitters in order to plot their migration patterns in Lake Erie.

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Final HAB score shows moderately severe algal bloom for western Lake Erie in 2024

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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.

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