
Belmont Lake is a top spot for saugeyes in southeast Ohio
For a lake that is just 117 acres in total, Belmont packs a fairly good punch.
This Belmont County lake, known as Barkcamp by the locals for its position within a state park of

For a lake that is just 117 acres in total, Belmont packs a fairly good punch.
This Belmont County lake, known as Barkcamp by the locals for its position within a state park of

The seventh annual Blue Rock Big Bass Bash at Ohio’s Burr Oak Lake had a full field of 50 boats for the sixth consecutive year when the tournament took place on Sunday, April 27. A

For the first time since the Michigan Department of Natural Resources began requiring registration of fishing tournaments in 2015, the number of permitted bass fishing competitions has declined. Tournament directors reported 3,041 scheduled events in

Writers whose work appeared in Ohio Outdoor News over the past year made a nice haul in the annual Outdoor Writers of Ohio (OWO) craft improvement contest, sponsored by the Ohio Marine Trades Association.
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Ohio published in the May 9, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

A saltwater fishing trip off the coast of Baja in the late 1960s was a memorable one for Paul Kraus, of Maumee, Ohio.
The fishing was made memorable, in fact, because Kraus ended up

I’ve never lived especially close to Shawnee Lake in Bedford County, having always called home places further west or east. But traveling for work, family and adventure, I often found myself close enough to justify
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Pennsylvania published in the May 9, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens and Waterways Conservation Officers. These reports are from the May 9, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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