If you’re looking to fish the main lake at Deer Creek Lake in south-central Ohio, you might run into some tough fishing.
But, head below the dam to the tailwater area and the action for a variety of species can be fast and furious.
Saugeyes in Deer Creek Lake tailwater a good option for central Ohio anglers Read More »
I was truly impressed with the fellow who recently landed the new state record striper.
George Bruggeman, of New Carlisle down in southwest Ohio, was a true joy to interview. If you missed the story, you can read it here. Bruggeman’s 37-plus-pound striper from Kiser Lake in southwest Ohio broke a record that had stood for 32 years.
Lake Snowden in southeast Ohio is a unique body of water in that it offers fairly good fishing opportunities while also providing an education for natural resource students at Hocking College.
The 136-acre lake in Athens County was created in 1968 for the Margaret Creek Conservancy District with federal funds through the Farmer’s Home Administration and the Soil Conservation Service. It opened to the public in 1972, and Hocking College purchased it in 1998 to complement its natural resources programs.
Lake Snowden offers good crappie, bass opportunities in Ohio’s Athens County Read More »
Rob Beckman, of Cincinnati, has been a friend to Ohio Outdoor News for many years.
I’ve known he is a mover and a shaker in the outdoor world for a while now. Beckman has been a member of the National Rifle Association (NRA) for better than 20 years. But, recently, not unlike a lot of others, Beckman hasn’t been pleased with the direction of the gun rights organization. So, he decided to do what he can to change that.
Ohio Insider: Cincinnati’s Rob Beckman nominated as candidate for NRA board of directors Read More »
It’s been many years since Kiser Lake, a small impoundment in Champaign County, has been stocked with striped bass (not hybrids), but Kiser has produced Ohio’s newest state fishing record.
And it may be a while before this record is broken again. After all, the previous record stood for 32 years. The new state record striper was caught by George Bruggeman of New Carlisle, Ohio.
The stars couldn’t have aligned much better for hunters during last year’s deer gun season in Ohio.
The weather for the weeklong gun hunt in late November was near perfect and for the first time the ODNR Division of Wildlife made the Deer Management Permit valid through gun season. What resulted was a near record gun season harvest.
Paint Creek Lake in Highland and Ross counties in southwest Ohio is unique in that it drains a huge watershed.
The 1,148-acre lake, just outside of Hillsboro near Greenfield, was created in the late 1960s and early 1970s by the damming of Paint Creek, which drains an area of 753 square miles.
Paint Creek’s spillway offers best fishing on this southwest Ohio lake Read More »
The good news about Lake Erie’s walleye hatches just keeps on coming.
Each year since 1988, Ohio and Ontario have completed trawl surveys in their respective waters of the Western Basin and combined results to provide one index of hatch success for Lake Erie walleyes. Western Basin trawl surveys of young-of-year (YOY) walleyes in 2025 will be used to predict how many walleyes will enter the adult population as 2-year-old fish in 2027.
Ohio Insider: State trawl results the latest in good news for Lake Erie walleye anglers Read More »
The fall inland water bite for crappies and saugeyes is right on the doorstep and yellow perch fishing on Lake Erie is about to fire up.
Ohio Outdoor News Fishing Report – October 13, 2025 – video Read More »
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