
Ohio Fishing Report – October 23, 2020
Anglers are switching their focus on the Western Basin of Lake Erie to smallmouth bass, which are being caught near Fairport Harbor this week.

Anglers are switching their focus on the Western Basin of Lake Erie to smallmouth bass, which are being caught near Fairport Harbor this week.

With its populations of walleyes and Western Basin yellow perch higher than they have been in an exceptionally long time, fishing action should be off the charts if ice forms there this season.
Division of Wildlife Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 State wildlife officer Adam Smith, assigned to Logan County, responded to a call of a Cooper’s hawk that was trapped inside the local TSC store. Officer
Banquets/Fundraisers Oct. 23: WTU Deer Creek Chapter 2nd Amendment Freedom Dinner, 5 p.m., Skyland Pines, Canton. For more info call Matt Williams, 330-575-0744. Oct. 23: WTU Fayette County Chapter Banquet, 5 p.m., Fayette County Fairgrounds,

Either sex bird legal game during autumn hunt.

An angler creel survey in 2010 showed that 53% of Nimisila fishermen were fishing for bass.

The water temperature on northern Ohio lakes has cooled into the low 60s, which is triggering a fall pattern for walleyes, saugeyes, and crappies.

It’s hard to get folks to ditch other October pastimes to try this technique, but one busted flock done right is all it takes to understand the fun of fall turkey hunting.
Banquets/Fundraisers Oct. 23: WTU Deer Creek Chapter 2nd Amendment Freedom Dinner, 5 p.m., Skyland Pines, Canton. For more info call Matt Williams, 330-575-0744. Oct. 23: WTU Fayette County Chapter Banquet, 5 p.m., Fayette County Fairgrounds,
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