The 2023 Ohio Outdoor News Person of the Year is actually two people this year. So, it’s the 2023 People of the Year.
The reason the annual award goes to two people this year is that Dale and Janie Sunderlin are a hunter education team, toiling in the shadows for the past 23 years to educate Ohio’s hunting public.
Dale Walborn Reservoir in northeast Ohio is part of the Mahoning River system of lakes in that part of the state. And, though it may not be as acclaimed as a Berlin Lake in the same system, it does contain a sleeper largemouth bass fishery that rivals all other lakes in the area.
Part of Ohio’s Mahoning system, Walborn a sleeper bass lake Read More »
In a nod to the increasing popularity of straight-walled cartridges for rifles in Ohio deer hunting, Andrew Mitchem put one to good use this past December.
On Dec. 1, 2022, Mitchem, of North Lewisburg in Champaign County, borrowed his buddy’s daughter’s rifle to kill a buck that is certainly headed for the Buckeye Big Buck Club and Boone and Crockett lore.
Borrowed rifle put to good use on 200-inch buck in Ohio Read More »
These lake trout are long-lived (more than 30 years in some instances) and they grow to large sizes (50 pounds and 50 inches in some cases).
Ohio Insider: A look at restoration efforts of lake trout in Lake Erie Read More »
If you’re a fisherman looking to tie into a trophy catfish, you might want to consider Dillon Lake in southeast Ohio near Zanesville.
Catfish, tailwater fishery most utilized at Ohio’s Dillon Lake in Muskingum County Read More »
The Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife is in the process of building the three new facilities on the lake right now and the agency says they’ll be available for angler use by mid-April to early May, depending on weather conditions, and they should be available for use through mid- to late October. These facilities contain plumbing, and thus cannot be used during the colder winter months, according to the DOW.
Lake Erie fish cleaning stations in Ohio nearly complete Read More »
If you want evidence of a fish management success story you don’t have to look any further than Central Ohio’s Hoover Reservoir.
The four-fish daily split bag limit for catfish has been dropped at Hoover. That slot limit was intended to protect fish between 18 and 28 inches. The Division of Wildlife has also reduced the stocking rate for blues at Hoover, given that the population is doing so well.
One of those offerings is Eastwood Lake, an 185-acre mile-long impoundment, was created as a byproduct of gravel mining operations.
Ohio’s Eastwood Lake offers decent bass fishing, pumpkinseeds Read More »
New this year, hunters may only harvest one male turkey per spring season, per hunter. That’s a change from the previous bag limit of two birds per hunter, per season. This change was proposed by the ODNR Division of Wildlife and approved by the Ohio Wildlife Council.
Mark Wiley, a Division of Wildlife biologist in charge of the state’s turkey program, says he is encouraged heading into the season after coming off of two consecutive good poult years.
Ohio DNR biologist encouraged with recent poult success heading into turkey season Read More »
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