
Ohio Fishing Report – March 10, 2021
The ice season was a short one on Lake Erie, and anglers are already back to launching boats and trolling for walleyes.

The ice season was a short one on Lake Erie, and anglers are already back to launching boats and trolling for walleyes.

It’s a pretty picture, one which should produce happy anglers and great catches of walleyes, and later, white bass, if the weather cooperates.

An electrofishing survey conducted in the spring of 2019 showed that Burr Oak still supports one of the best bass fisheries in the district, with good densities and a good percentage of bass over 15

About the only game going right now is fishing below spillways at a number of Ohio lakes.

It looks like a short-lived ice fishing season on Lake Erie and on inland waters as temps climbed this week.


The hardwater ice-fishing season on Lake Erie and on inland waters across the state is finally here. At the time of this writing, anglers were struggling to get walleyes to bite on the Western Basin

A better bass fishery has also increased predation on bluegills, which were abundant but stunted prior to the renovation. Today, a good population of bluegills 7 inches or larger are present and readily caught by

Today walleye biologists estimate the population of 2-year-olds and older fish at around 116 million. To sweeten the pie the forecast for 2021 is an amazing 151 million.
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