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Rivers, streams are all up and muddy due to heavy rains in Ohio
Piedmont Lake (2,273 acres; Belmont County) – Largemouth and smallmouth bass will continue to bite throughout the summer. Try using deep-diving lures, large-bladed spinnerbaits, or working artificial or live nightcrawlers around long sloping points or
Great Miami River (Montgomery County) – The river has been producing some great catches from Dayton to Franklin. Anglers are using chicken livers and nightcrawlers fished on the bottom. Carp have been caught using various
Meldahl Dam (Clermont County) – Channel catfish are being taken in good numbers all along the river. Try chicken livers, shrimp, or nightcrawlers fished on the bottom. R.C Byrd (Gallia County) – Anglers looking for
• The bag limit for walleyes in Ohio waters of Lake Erie is six fish per angler. The minimum size limit for walleyes is 15 inches. • The daily bag limit for yellow perch is

Columbus — The prospect of a license hike for nonresident hunters is dead in the water for a second time, Ohio’s top wildlife official said. Scott Zody, chief of the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife,
Banquets/Fundraisers June 27: Southern Ohio Sportsmen Chapter, Hunters Helping Kids, 6 p.m., Ross County Fairgrounds. For more info call Jeff Raines, 740-773-4148 after 4 p.m. Aug. 14: Tri-State Area WTU Banquet, 5:30 p.m., The Meadows,
Division of Wildlife Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • State wildlife officer Tyler Eldred, assigned to Morrow County, received a 1-800-POACHER (1-800-762-2437) tip of an adult who had harvested two deer using a shotgun
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