
Ohio Outdoor News Fishing Report – June 20, 2025 – video
It’s all catfish all the time around Ohio’s lakes and reservoirs right now. Plus, Lake Erie yellow perch should turn on in July.

It’s all catfish all the time around Ohio’s lakes and reservoirs right now. Plus, Lake Erie yellow perch should turn on in July.

With the heat, time to take advantage of that early-morning bite. Smallmouth bass are piling up and the top-water game is on.

On Oak Island, a Northwest Angle island on Lake of the Woods on the edge of the Canadian border, two brothers, Garrett and Wyatt Hennum, have taken over the family business at Sportsman’s Oak Island

I was on the phone one mid-week evening with Saginaw Bay fishing guide Bill Horton, trying to book a bass fishing expedition for my brother Phil and me, when Horton casually mentioned that he was

Lake Superior is a monster of a lake that fishes much differently than do inland waters. Anglers can troll for hours without catching a fish (this is known as “washing lures,” which sounds at least

As a wise cousin said to me recently: “Before there were friends, there was family.” That’s true whether the family member is Clark Griswold or Cousin Eddie from National Lampoon’s “Vacation” franchise.
Before I

Anglers working through unsettled weather patterns. Here’s a look at the Wisconsin fishing report across the state on June 19, 2025.

Action is really starting to pick up, particularly with bass fishing on inland lakes.

Coho fishing continues to be outstanding near the Michigan and Illinois state lines in 60-75 feet.
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