Fishing

By Jeffrey L. Frischkorn Contributing Writer Columbus — With only a slight 3 percent drop in the harvest from the 2005 season, the 2006 statewide muzzle-loading hunt discharged with an impressive boom. So much so,

By Mike Wilson Contributing Writer Hunters and anglers have a lot to choose from if they want to sample the outdoor recreational activities in states bordering Ohio. According to Doris Pringle, licensing chief for the

By Dave Golowenski Contributing Writer Chillicothe, Ohio — The world at large might never know whether Ronnie Copp got his deer, but there’s no doubt the Chillicothe hunter helped authorities get their man. The man

By Steve Pollick Contributing Writer Columbus — A limited buyout of Ohio’s remnant Lake Erie commercial fishing industry, one which would penalize flagrant violators but permit continued fishing by compliant netters, is being proposed in

By Mike Moore Editor Athens, Ohio — The traditional deer gun week is in the rearview mirror now but there are two more days this year for Ohioans to put smokepoles to use again. And,

DNR Reports Columbus — For the third straight year, Ohio bowhunters set a record harvest during the first six weeks of the state’s deer-archery season, taking 45,733 whitetails. According to the DNR Division of Wildlife,

By Steve Pollick Contributing Writer Huron, Ohio — If you are willing to run down Huron or Vermilion way to fish Lake Erie, you can find some excellent late-season walleye action. Veteran Maumee angler Ed