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As weather cools, so does the fishing in most of Ohio

CENTRAL REGION Deer Creek Lake (Madison, Fayette, and Pickaway counties) — Open water anglers have reported catching saugeyes up to 24 inches in the spillway area where water levels are lower. Fish are being caught

In most parts of the state, anglers head for the ice

Lakes in many parts of the state were frozen enough for ice angling about a week before Christmas, with first ice yielding nice-sized panfish, walleyes, bass and pike. Though 4 inches is considered acceptable for

Northern Michigan anglers now venturing onto the ice

Ice conditions vary greatly on lakes across Michigan. Safe ice is still forming on most lakes. Anyone venturing out should exercise extreme caution. Always test the ice as you go because lakes can freeze unevenly.

Some big fish taken through earliest, unsafe ice

Deer hunting, snowstorms, and ice formation on many lakes made for extremely low fishing pressure statewide in early December. Ice fishing had already started on a handful of lakes, such as Lake Arthur in Butler

Despite fine fishing, pressure drops due to hunting

Hunting season has made pressure light on waterways and lakes statewide. Anglers are reminded to wear blaze orange when fishing streams and other waters in state game lands or anywhere hunters may be out. Many

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