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Buckeye Lake (Fairfield, Licking, and Perry counties) – Buckeye has been shifting back and forth between skim ice and open water. When there has been open water, anglers have been catching crappies in the 11- to 12-inch range on small jigs or minnows under a bobber. The bluegill bite is typically a good wintertime bet

Grand Lake St. Marys (Mercer, Auglaize counties) – Saugeyes are being caught in the early mornings.  Minnows under a slip bobber is working as are jigs with twister tails. Maumee River (Wood County) – The Maumee doesn’t get much fishing pressure through the winter months well ahead of the annual early spring walleye run. But,

Mosquito Lake (Trumbull County) – Plenty of anglers are still hitting this northeast Ohio lake in search of winter walleyes. Duck hunters were also hitting the lake pretty hard during the second split of the north season. Unless a freeze puts a hard cap on the water toward the end of 2013, expect this to

Dillon Lake (Muskingum County) – Anglers have been catching saugeyes on blade baits below the dam. Fish have been averaging about 13 inches with some up to 18. Bob’s Outdoor Supply, 740-349-0992 Salt Fork Lake (Guernsey County) – Saugeye is the hot bite at Salt Fork. The largest fish being reported have been in the

Paint Creek Lake (Highland County) – Anglers have had decent luck for saugeyes below the spillway using twister tails in red flake or pink. Crappies are being caught on black or blue tube jigs near the campground. Suspend either of the baits below a bobber at four to five feet. There’s also been a fair

• The daily bag limit for walleyes on Ohio waters of Lake Erie is six fish per angler. The minimum size limit for walleyes is 15 inches. • The daily bag limit for yellow perch is 30 fish per angler on all Ohio waters of Lake Erie. • The trout and salmon daily bag limit

Lawrence and Scioto counties – At Greenup dam, saugers are being caught on jigs and white grubs or by dropping minnows straight down off the fishing access walls. Hybrid striped bass have been hitting on minnows, shad, and cutbaits. Channel catfish are being caught in good numbers near the Portsmouth boat ramp using cutbait and