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Alum Creek Lake (Delaware County) As water temperatures decrease, the crappie bite has increased. Use jig and minnows in and along woody cover or in water 10 to 15 feet deep in coves. Crappies must be 9 inches or longer to keep. Smallmouth bass are being caught off of points in the southern basin and

Upper Sandusky Reservoir #2 (Wyandot County) This 118-acre reservoir located southeast of Upper Sandusky on County Road 60 provides some excellent family fishing opportunities. Crappies should be biting along the brush line as well as in the standing timber areas. Try using live minnows fished under a slip bobber or casting an eighth-ounce jig with

Nimisila Reservoir (Summit County) There is something about the cooler weather that makes fish tastes that much better. It is a great time to stock up the freezer with slabs of fall crappies to hold you over until you can replenish your supply during ice fishing season. Crappie reports have been popping up throughout the

Hocking River (Athens and Hocking County) The stretch of river by White’s Mill in the Athens area is always a popular and usually successful spot for local anglers. Try casting Rebel craws or other artificial soft craws in the deeper pools of the river for smallmouth bass. The old train station in Nelsonville, Falls Mill,

Great Miami River (Miami, Montgomery, and Warren counties) Smallmouth bass fishing can be excellent as the water cools and river conditions remain clear and stable. Look for areas with water deeper than 4 feet around bridge pilings, submerged logs and undercut banks. Try drifting a live nightcrawler or minnow fished under a bobber. Plastic crayfish

• The daily bag limit for walleye on Ohio waters of Lake Erie is six fish per angler with a minimum size limit of 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 is