
Spoon-fed walleyes keep Erie anglers on their toes
“I would say that 80 to 90 percent of my walleye fishing is on spoons,” Hegedus told me recently while we were catching them in about 25 feet of water.

“I would say that 80 to 90 percent of my walleye fishing is on spoons,” Hegedus told me recently while we were catching them in about 25 feet of water.

As has been reported by several charter captains, local anglers, and then experienced first-hand in mid-July by this reporter, the channel catfish population in Lake Erie has swelled to numbers too big to ignore.

The muskie’s “shadow” on the side imaging electronics was unmistakable – and it appeared in the opposite direction of where we were casting. At my suggestion that he throw a cast at the fish to

On a sunny day during an otherwise rainy week, The Fishing Foundation hosted a youth fishing event at Division of Wildlife District Three Headquarters in Akron. Three ponds at District Three headquarters that are designated

Gov. Mike DeWine called Lake Erie “a high priority” during his short speech at the end of the 43rd annual Governor’s Fish Ohio Day.
That was readily apparent on July 20 when DeWine was

The Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation recently put out a special report for 2022 angling statistics, and the results were a little surprising. Since COVID restrictions kept everyone away from each other and preferably outside,

As we slowly made our way along the shoreline of a local lake recently, the youth angler in my boat asked how deep the water was so he knew which crankbait to tie on. When

The walleye bite on the Western Basin of Lake Erie has been a bit slower, but anglers are turning their attention to yellow perch. Catfish on inland waters are going strong.

Midsummer fishing for largemouths involves weeds. Lily pads, wild rice, pencil reeds, and other thriving, aquatic vegetation can make fishing a real challenge. Couple that with the fact that all of that summer growth gives
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