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Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – March 25, 2025
There has been a good morning/evening bite along the south shore just prior to sunset.

Top new lures for the 2025 open-water season
While forward-facing sonar certainly has had some criticism, it doesn’t mean that lure manufacturers aren’t acknowledging that they need to have baits that work better for it, and most of them are creating baits that

Jigs and swimbaits are a simple but effective approach for spring bass
Each year, I grow less interested in what technology brings to largemouth bass fishing. My age is the reason. I enjoy catching them as I always have – with jigs.
Wallace Stegner summed up these

Walleye spawning runs on Ohio’s Sandusky and Maumee rivers are right on the doorstep
Once that all danger of their fishing lines or themselves being swept away by chunks of ice and tree limbs drifting downriver, anglers began wading into or walking the shorelines of Western Basin rivers seeking

Commentary: Expiration of reciprocal agreement on Ohio River leaves anglers in limbo
“Good morning,” a voice calls from behind me.
Thinking it’s just another angler walking down the pathway on the Ohio side of the Greenup Lock and Dam, I toss back, “Top o’ the mornin’

Nominations are sought for Ohio DNR Hall of Fame in 2025
Columbus — The Ohio Natural Resources Hall of Fame Award is a top conservation honor that recognizes lifetime achievements when it comes to the protection and preservation of the state’s natural resources.

Ohio DNR to release a total of 85,000 trout this spring
Columbus — The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife has scheduled the release of 85,000 rainbow trout at 90 locations this early spring. The locations were chosen to give as many anglers as possible a
Ohio Mixed Bag: Jeffrey Frischkorn earns top writing honor
The Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau, a supporting member of the Outdoor Writers of Ohio (OWO), recently honored Ohio Outdoor News columnist and news writer Jeffrey L. Frischkorn.
Frischkorn, who is currently serving as vice-president

Ohio Insider: Spring means making fishing memories, even if it gets you in trouble with Mom and Dad
Each spring when the temperatures start to warm, I’m taken back to my childhood and the first fishing forays that I made in my little neighborhood in Brown County, Ohio.
I vividly remember one