Ohio Outdoor News Fishing Report – June 7, 2024
When conditions permit on Lake Erie, walleye fishing has been very good. Inland fishing for muskies and saugeyes is going well.
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Bass fishing has never been better at Alum Creek in Ohio’s Delaware County
Alum Creek Reservoir is one of the bigger – and better – public spots for fishing and boating in central Ohio.
And that’s no big secret since this 3,192-acre lake in Delaware County gets plenty of pressure, angling-wise and otherwise. The northern portion of this long, serpentine lake – north of the Cheshire Road bridge – is where anglers will want to focus their efforts.
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Ohio Insider: Husband and wife continue tradition of opening their Hocking County property to kids’ fishing tournament
The things that Fred Lilly does for people in the outdoors comes from pure love of his fellow human being.
Lilly, 78, of Logan, Ohio, invites all manner of people young and old to his farm in Hocking County so they can experience hunting or fishing, sometimes for the first time. For example, more than 50 people over the years have harvested their first deer on Fred and his wife Jo Ellen’s property.
Meet Ed Crosby: Ohio Outdoor News’ 2024 Person of the Year
Ed Crosby spends most of his time behind the scenes making sure all of Ohio’s hunter education instructors have what he or she needs to do their job.
He doesn’t seek out the limelight, but instead toils in relative obscurity. Now, however, Ohio Outdoor News is recognizing a job well done on behalf of Crosby by naming him this year’s Person of the Year.
“I’ve never done it for the recognition, but for the betterment of the whole area,” he said of receiving the award.
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National archery tour makes its way back to northwest Ohio
The 2024 R100 3-D National Archery Tour is coming back to northwest Ohio in 2024.
The event, dubbed as one of the biggest archery shoots in the country, will be held June 21 through June 23 in partnership with the Leipsic Fishing and Hunting Club. The address of the club is 10605 Road H, Ottawa.
Registration for the shoot is on the day of the event. Competitors who pre-register at R100.org will receive a discount, according to Rodney Diemer, president of the Leipsic Fishing and Hunting Club.
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Lima Lake in Ohio’s Allen County is small, but packs a punch for anglers
The smallest of the four reservoirs located within the city of Lima in northwest Ohio might just well be the best fishing prospect among the quartet.
Lima Lake covers just 88 acres in size, but this upground is quite productive when it comes producing fish despite its stature, said Bryan Kinter, a fisheries biologist for the ODNR Division of Wildlife in Findlay.
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Ohio Insider: The rebirth of the Cuyahoga River is a remarkable story
A lot has been happening in the Ohio outdoor world over the past two weeks. If you would, please indulge me in sharing a few items of importance.
The story of the rebirth of sorts of the Cuyahoga is remarkable. From the time the Division of Wildlife decided last year that steelhead would be stocked into the river, the angling public has been looking forward to it with great intrigue. If the Cuyahoga turns out to be as hospitable to these fish as the other rivers in the steelhead program, it will be a great success story for the fishery.
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Ohio Outdoor News Fishing Report – May 10, 2024 – video
The walleye spawning runs on the Maumee and Sandusky rivers is over, but the white bass have moved into those two rivers. If conditions improve, anglers will be catching the white bass by the stringer-full.
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Ohio in middle of two-year study on turkey nesting
Ohio is nearly smack in the middle of a two-year research project with several other states to study nesting habits of turkeys.
In addition to turkey brood surveys that are conducted annually, the ODNR Division of Wildlife is studying the nesting and survival of hen turkeys in eastern Ohio in collaboration with researchers in Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
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