Ohio Outdoor News Fishing Report – April 26, 2024 – video
Mike Moore
April 26, 2024
The river walleye spawning runs on the Maumee and Sandusky rivers is mostly finished and the white bass have moved in.
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Lake Erie provided majority of Fish Ohio catches in 2023
DNR Report
April 22, 2024
Fish Ohio records from Lake Erie show 3,916 catches of trophy fish from 17 different species were submitted in 2023, according to the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
The Fish Ohio program celebrates
Ohio Mixed Bag: Angler dies on Maumee River
Staff and News Reports
April 22, 2024
A 68-year-old angler from West Virginia died while fishing the walleye spawning run on the Maumee River on April 1, authorities said.
According to an account in The Blade of Toledo, Lucas County Coroner
Ohio Insider: Kentucky bill attempts to put state’s natural resources authority in hands of department of agriculture
Mike Moore
April 22, 2024
A controversial bill recently surfaced and was quickly defeated in neighboring Kentucky that would have put that state’s natural resources authority into the hands of the department of agriculture.
If this scenario sounds familiar
Ohio Outdoor News Fishing Report – April 16, 2024 – video
Mike Moore
April 16, 2024
The reef jig bite for walleyes on the Western Basin of Lake Erie and the river spawning runs are still going strong.
Ohio 15-year-old catches giant blue catfish, likely setting new state record
Tom Cross
April 15, 2024
On a sunny Sunday afternoon on April 7, 15-year-old New Richmond High School sophomore Jaylynn Parker lit a match to the Ohio fishing world with her 101-pound plus blue catfish she caught on a jug
Buying live sonar? Here’s what to know about rigging it on your boat
Steve Heiting
April 14, 2024
Chances are good that you have heard of forward-facing (or “live”) sonar.
Perhaps you may have already bought the relatively new fish-finding technology. Maybe you’re trying to determine if it’s for you. Live sonar
Jeff Frischkorn: Coveting thoughts lead to angling excellence
Jeff Frischkorn
April 12, 2024
“Thou shalt not covet …” (The 10th Commandment)
It was an expressed point of view I had long coveted to hear from Grace, our oldest grandchild fisherperson. “Whew, my arms are tired,” said Grace
A trout pilgrimage to Ernest Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River” (Part 1)
John N. Maclean
April 11, 2024
When I was a young newspaper reporter in Chicago with short vacations and little money, I used to drive to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to fish the Big Two-Hearted River, made famous by Ernest
