Anglers are still hitting Lake Oahe looking for the trophy walleye, while the perch bite has been impacted somewhat by the winds and rain.
“Tackle” Terry Tuma talks about catch and release during the winter season – in part to relieve fishing pressure on popular lakes.
Mother Nature is still holding onto winter, so the ice fishing season continues. Fish are being caught, but success varies with each passing day.
Rain, rain, and more rain. Ice is going quick in some spots and persisting in others. And the bite?
The ice has come off on all but a few extreme northeast Ohio lakes and open-water anglers are cashing in on crappies and saugeyes. Steelhead fishing also is at a fever pitch right now.
Access on Devils Lake has gotten a lot better with a lot of the snow hardening, and the walleye and perch bite remains good with consistent weather.
Still some ice fishing to be had. Most inland lakes still producing good panfish and pike bites.
As the calendar turned to March, the warmer weather has helped with the bite across the area, with many anglers using plastics lately.
With around 30 inches of ice around the basin, we have some of the best ice fishing still ahead of us.
This past week continued the trend of the roller-coaster weather that we’ve been experiencing all season and was punctuated by a winter storm that impacted all of the area. Despite all that, fish were still
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