Lake Erie fishing outlook improving
Lake Erie anglers should enjoy a diversity of fishing opportunities in 2012, according to biologists with the DNR Division of Wildlife
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Turkey season likely to be challenging in Ohio
This year’s spring wild turkey season opened in all 88 Ohio counties on Monday, April 23, and continues through Sunday, May 20, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife.
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Only minor changes in deer hunting rules for Ohio's 2012-2013
The Ohio Wildlife Council approved hunting and trapping regulations for the 2012-13 hunting seasons during its April 4 meeting, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife
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Ohio Cuffs and Collars – April 27th, 2012
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • Knox County Wildlife Officer Mike Miller reports that on the Sunday of the two-day deer gun season he received a call from a landowner that three hunters were hunting without permission and one hunter was chasing deer on a quad runner. Miller arrived at the farm and found
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Crappie, perch, walleyes all biting around Ohio – Central Region Report
Griggs Reservoir (Franklin County) This 361-acre reservoir in Columbus provides good crappie and black bass fishing. When fishing for crappies, try around woody cover in deeper water and old river beds using jigs and minnows suspended by a float. As water temperatures warm fish will move to shallower areas to spawn. Smallmouth bass can be
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Crappie, perch, walleyes all biting around Ohio – Northwest Region Report
Cold Creek (Erie County) Anglers wishing to pursue some trout should still be able to entice some bites along Cold Creek. The best fishing usually occurs during the morning and evening hours. Anglers wishing to use live bait should try minnows, spawn and worms. Spinners and flies are lures anglers typically use on the creek,
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Crappie, perch, walleyes all biting around Ohio – Northeast Region Report
Mogadore Reservoir (Portage County) With more than 1,100 acres of fishable water, Mogadore Reservoir has always been revered as one of Northeast Ohio’s best all around lakes. Spring time has always been good at Mogadore for producing slabs of crappie and sunfish. Crappies should be starting to move in shallower, holding tight to any type
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Crappie, perch, walleyes all biting around Ohio – Southeast Region Report
Dillon Reservoir (Muskingum County) Anglers can find both white and black crappies in this 1,043-acre lake. Try fishing a minnow under a bobber in shallow waters over submerged structure. Hybrid striped bass can still be caught in both the lake and the tailwater. Fish up to 24 inches have been seen in recent surveys. Try
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Crappie, perch, walleyes all biting around Ohio – Southwest Region Report
East Fork Lake (Clermont County) Crappies can be caught using live minnows or jigs with plastic bodies. Anglers should concentrate on fishing in the shallow areas near stickups and brush piles. Anglers can also try following the wood lines back into the tributary creeks such as Poplar, Clover, Flat and Barns creeks. For spotted and
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