
Ohio Fishing Report – April 8, 2021 – Video
Steelhead fishing on Ohio’s northern tributaries continues to be the best thing going this spring.

Steelhead fishing on Ohio’s northern tributaries continues to be the best thing going this spring.

The Detroit River continues to impress, with limit catches of walleye becoming more the norm this week throughout the river as temperatures reach into the low 40’s. Anglers are vertical jigging plastics with or without

The weather has definitely felt like summer for a few days and that has helped warm the water a little quicker. The lakes are starting to produce as a result, but the main action remains

It’s early, but anglers are starting to catch crappies and sunfish in boats and from shore.

With a healthy walleye population, nice panfish, good numbers of largemouth bass, and a pike population that has improved in size structure in recent years, Minnie Belle is one of the county’s destination fishing lakes.

Breaking down everything you need to know to catch walleyes, perch, crappies and sunfish just after ice-out in early spring while going in-depth on fish location and movement, as well as tactics you can use

The Detroit River is not one of the prettier places, but if you have a hankering to catch walleyes, it’s a top spring destination.

I really like to feel the bite, but I respect all the techniques for catching walleyes. The truth is, I just love filling my cooler with walleyes.

In the most recent general netting survey of the fishery in Long Lake, biologists collected 1,246 fish including 14 species.
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