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Crappie regs proven effective in six lakes

Delaware, Ohio – It was one of those perfect May days when the afternoon melted into the evening on the water of Delaware Lake, just north of the city of the same name in central

Half million steelhead stocked into streams

Conneaut, Ohio – Small by even a Pennsylvania trout stream’s standards, the smolts released last month into five northeast Ohio rivers represent the future of steelheading. The DNR Division of Wildlife stocked these streams –

More than 12,000 turkeys killed so far this spring season

Columbus – Ohio hunters killed 10,374 wild turkeys in the first seven days of the spring hunting season, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. Last year, 9,114 birds were harvested during the season’s first

Judge dismisses Ottawa’s claim on Erie

Toledo, Ohio – A judge’s decision that rejects a bid by the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma to establish a commercial fishery on Lake Erie will be appealed, one of the tribe’s attorneys said. The Ottawas

Walleye record survives by 6/100ths of an ounce

Marblehead, Ohio – This could very well be the year that a new walleye mark goes into the record books. It nearly happened already. The current record, 16.19 pounds, has stood for nearly a decade.

U.S. House passes new rules for ballast water

Washington – The U.S. House of Representatives on April 25 passed legislation that ensures no living species will be discharged from ballast water tanks of ocean-going vessels. The bill passed with an overwhelming 395-7 vote.

Cleveland’s port authority in planning stages to move ops

Cleveland – While heralded as a boon to lakefront development, the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority’s proposed relocation on Lake Erie also has raised concerns about the project’s effect on wildlife, fishing, and boating. But officials

Flooding shouldn’t affect turkey flock

Athens, Ohio – Much of Ohio experienced higher-than-normal snowfalls this winter followed by a deluge of early spring floods. High water levels have made for tough fishing conditions in much of the state, but turkey

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