Jonathan Sorg has built his life around mentoring kids and adults in the sports of deer and turkey hunting. He is the wildlife federal aid coordinator for the ODNR Division of Wildlife, and he says it’s tough to separate his day job from his favorite hobbies, and that’s a good thing.
Ohio’s Outdoor Trailblazers: Jonathan Sorg gives back through mentoring Read More »
If you had visited Tappan Lake in northeast Ohio in late 2007 or 2008, you would have found a saugeye fishery that rivaled any in the state.
Fisheries, however, being cyclical in nature, turned the tides a bit on Tappan. After those heydey years in the early 2000s, saugeyes struggled to take hold.
Tappan Lake in Ohio’s Harrison County a flathead factory, saugeyes as well Read More »
The Lake Erie sauger population has been in the news recently and it certainly is a time of optimism on the big lake.
The ODNR Division of Wildlife in late May stocked the Maumee and Sandusky rivers with a total of nearly 130,000 fingerling saugers as part of a larger plan to invigorate the species in Lake Erie. The obvious question then is will the sauger compete with the lake’s robust walleye population for vital resources?
After Eunice Koebel retired from a 31-year career as an elementary music teacher, she was looking for something to do – a hobby if you will.
Koebel, Fremont born and raised, is a graduate of Fremont Ross High School, Bowling Green State University, and the University of Toledo.
“When I retired in 2007, that’s when I kind of got started with photography,” she said.
Lake Grant, just outside of Mount Orab in Brown County, fishes like a big farm pond. A farm pond with some giant bass in it, to be exact, says Mike Porto, a fisheries biologist for the ODNR Division of Wildlife in southwest Ohio.
Lake Grant surprises with good largemouths for southwest Ohio anglers Read More »
I’ll say it right up front: I don’t truly understand the reasoning behind the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife’s banning archery from the fall turkey hunt.
The Division of Wildlife proposed the archery ban a couple of months ago and the Ohio Wildlife Council voted to approve the ban just recently. The new rule will be in effect for this fall’s turkey hunt. For the record, the Division of Wildlife’s lead turkey biologist, Mark Wiley, told me this when asked for an explanation:
Ohio Insider: More on the decision ban archery equipment during fall turkey season Read More »
When Tom Kirker was growing up in the Columbus suburb of Bexley, the last thing one thought he would be was an outdoorsman and lover of all things nature.
Alas, Bexley is inner city, one of the last places in Central Ohio that might give rise to a budding naturalist. “I was always an outdoor kid in the alleys of Bexley, looking at birds and frogs and toads,” Kirker said recently.
Ohio’s Outdoor Trailblazers: Tom Kirker is a ‘nature boy’ at heart Read More »
Within the upper echelon of Ohio’s finest saugeye and smallmouth bass lakes ranks 2,310-acre Piedmont Lake, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife.
Piedmont lies within Ohio’s Wildlife District 4 and spreads across Guernsey, Belmont, and Harrison counties.
Piedmont Lake is one of the best fisheries in southeast Ohio Read More »
I wanted to add a few words about one of my favorite stories that I worked on in 2025.
The story involved John and Dan Welch, a father-and-son fishing team who were on a quest to get John a 50-inch muskie for the first time in his life. The story recently earned a writing honor from the Outdoor Writers of Ohio.
Ohio Insider: Following up on a family’s special muskie story from 2025 Read More »
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