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 »
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) showed up in 44 Ohio counties in the summer of 2025, marking the most significant outbreak of the often-fatal deer disease in the state’s history.
That fact was shared recently by Clint McCoy, the ODNR Division of Wildlife’s deer program administrator. McCoy was a guest speaker on the state of deer disease in Ohio at the recent annual conference of the Outdoor Writers of Ohio (OWO) in Cambridge.
EHD hit Ohio’s deer herd harder than it ever has in 2025; some surprises come from it Read More »
A Cleveland native is launching an Ohio company to help connect outdoors folks to products and services around the Buckeye State.
Wendy Kertesz, who now lives in Ashville, Ohio, is launching Ohio Backwoods, an online directory aimed to connecting outdoor adventurers with places to engage in activities and vendors for the gear they need to experience the outdoors.
New website connects outdoors folks to activities in Ohio Read More »
Matt Malone is a relative newcomer to deer hunting but the buck he shot last November will be a tough one to top.
Malone, back on Nov. 1, shot a nice 10-point buck with his crossbow that had some rather unique characteristics. For one, it sported about a 10-inch drop tine off its left beam. Malone said he was hunting in Wyandot County in northwest Ohio, but he had never seen this buck prior to Nov. 1.
Ohio buck from Wyandot County had some unique character Read More »
Mogadore Reservoir in northeast Ohio sticks out like a sore thumb – in a good way.
There’s not a lot of development around the 1,000-acre lake and the development that is there sits back off the lake a bit, said Curt Wagner, fish management supervisor for the Division of Wildlife in Akron.
Mogadore Reservoir is one of northeast Ohio’s best fisheries Read More »
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