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Delaware Lake (Delaware County) – This 1,017-acre lake north of Columbus consistently provides quality crappie fishing. As the water temperature warms, fish will move to deeper water with cover; try fishing drop-offs containing stumps or other wood. Crappies must be 9 inches or longer to keep. Channel catfish can be caught using cut baits and

Lake La Su An Wildlife Area Ponds (Williams County) – This fishery is intensively managed to maintain the harvest of large bluegills. All area lakes are open to public fishing on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays until July 29. No more than 15 sunfish may be kept per day for all La Su An area

Highlandtown Lake (Columbiana County) – Nestled in Columbiana County, this 182-acre lake is offering anglers a variety of options. Anglers fishing from shore are doing very well fishing for catfish and sunfish.  Worms and chicken livers fished on the bottom should continue to produce catfish for weeks to come. Sunfish are on beds in most

Great Miami River (Montgomery County) – The river has been producing lots of two- to five-pound channel catfish from Dayton to Franklin.  Fishermen are using chicken livers and nightcrawlers fished on the bottom. Very large carp have also been caught using various dough ball baits. Best catches of carp and channel catfish have been below

• 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

Greenup Dam (Scioto County) – Striped bass and white bass are great species to target this time of year. Try using cut skipjack or live shad fished along the concrete walkway and the riprap of the tailwaters. If you prefer artificial baits, try ¼-ounce lead-head jigs with a three-inch white or chartreuse twister tail or