Fishing

By Frank Hinchey Contributing Writer Toledo, Ohio — A war of words is being waged between Ohio and two Oklahoma Indian tribes who say they are trying to reclaim millions of acres of ancestral land

By Mike Moore Editor Sandusky, Ohio — Ohio fisheries biologists have a theory on the spring walleye spawning run on the Sandusky River in northwest Ohio. “We’ve long suspected that some large number are not

DNR Reports Marietta, Ohio — Three Tennessee men arrested in May for possessing 1,763 pounds of mussels from the Muskingum River were convicted of 15 charges related to the incident, according to the DNR Division

By Bob Hecker Contributing Writer Columbus — The 2007 federal budget will likely include another $500,000 for an Ohio State University study of an oxygen-depleted “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico. OSU scientists familiar

By Frank Hinchey Contributing Writer Columbus — If a new bill is approved by state lawmakers, this could be the last season for commercial fishing on Lake Erie. Newly introduced legislation in the Ohio General

By Mike Moore Editor Sandusky, Ohio — A sizeable die-off of freshwater drum in Lake Erie in May was caused by a strain of viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS, according to test results from a

Staff, DNR reports Columbus — It appears plenty of people are taking the “Fish Ohio” message to heart this spring, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. Fishing license sales have been brisk with anglers

By Mike Moore Editor Winchester, Ohio — Records were made to be broken but they only became such in Ohio due to the work of an outdoors writers group and the DNR Division of Wildlife.