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Walleyes keep anglers busy as ice conditions improve

BIG SIX LAKE MILLE LACS East – Jigging spoons are producing walleyes in 19 feet of water on the Three Mile gravel. Look to Sloppy Joe’s for walleyes in slightly deeper water. Lowlight periods are

Cold snap had ice anglers hopeful before warm spell

Roller coaster temperatures through mid-December played havoc with conditions on lakes, statewide, with skim ice shutting down fishing pressure, only to be followed by rising temperatures and open water. The state also is drawing down

Cold water conducive to hot crappie, saugeye bite

DNR Division of Wildlife fisheries survey teams have had tough luck trying to work on the Ohio River recently with higher than usual water levels, according to Debbie Walters, a fisheries biologist in southwest Ohio.

Anglers looking around for sturdy ice, fishing action

ASHLAND AREA There were a few boats still out, mainly anchored and jigging over the sides with minnow-tipped jigging spoons. Splake and browns are the most common fish right now, but this time of year

Saugeye fishing going good as weather turns brisk

Even as the weather cools heading deeper into the fall/winter, Lake Erie anglers in particular are still catching a fair number of walleyes off Vermillion and Huron. And crappie fishing at Indian Lake in western

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