Smallmouth bass action is heating up, and steelhead, too. And get ready for some of the best fishing of the season – it will be here soon. Here’s what, where and how they’re catching fish
Things certainly cooled down this last week and the rain moved in. Still, plenty of bites, but a slightly different strategy and some easy tips we sometimes forget for early season.
Bass getting most of the attention as state waterways/fisheries warm up.
Yes, it’s very early, but anglers are starting to catch crappies and panfish from boats and from shore.
Water temperatures continue to warm, along with the fishing bite for everything from perch, to crappies, to walleyes.
Mid-April should find trout anglers in all their glory. A few exceptions may be at higher elevations where ice-out tends to come later than other parts of the state. Trout stocking should also be intensifying
Steelhead fishing on Ohio’s northern tributaries continues to be the best thing going this spring.
Fishing is mostly picking up in these regions of the state.
The Detroit River continues to impress, with limit catches of walleye becoming more the norm this week throughout the river as temperatures reach into the low 40’s. Anglers are vertical jigging plastics with or without
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