Congratulations to Jameson of Akron, OH.  His photo of  this 6 pound 11 ounce Smallmouth was selected for the photo of the week.  It was caught in Lake Erie.

 

 

Get out your Fly Rods Spring Steelhead is here...

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Chardon Man Survives Fishing Accident
Source: cleveland.com  7 Mar. 2009 at 9:00 pm

Nick Schuyler, a 2003 Chardon High graduate whose family lived on Wilson Mills Road, was among four men missing off Florida's Gulf Coast in a fishing excursion gone awry.  read more...

Spring Trout Releases
Source: odnr.com  22 Feb 2009 at 4:00 pm

COLUMBUS, OH - Public fishing opportunities will be enhanced this spring when more than 80,000 rainbow trout, each measuring 10 to 13-inches long, are released into 45 Ohio lakes and ponds, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The releases will take place between mid March and mid-May; anglers are reminded that the daily catch limit for inland lakes is five trout.        read more...

Fish Ohio Program Inducted Into Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame
Source: odnr.com  20 Feb 2009 at 4:00 pm

COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife's Fish Ohio program was inducted into the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame for 2009. The Fish Ohio program is the only honoree for 2009 and joins a prestigious group of 36 past award winners in the Organizational/Corporate or Government Entity category. 

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2009 Lake Erie Sport Fishing Outlook
Source: odnr.com  3 Feb 2009 at 4:00 pm

COLUMBUS, OH - Lake Erie anglers should experience another year of quality fishing during 2009, according to biologists with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife..        read more...

Lake Erie Ice Rescue

 

 

 

Lake Erie Ice Rescue
Source: freep.com  8 Nov. 2009 at 9:00 pm

One person, who fell into icy Lake Erie waters after ending up stranded on a broken ice floe with around 150 people Saturday morning, has died, according to U.S. Coast Guard officials.

 

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Ohioans Urged to Use Extra Caution on the Ice
Source: odnr.com  26 Jan 2009 at 9:00 am

COLUMBUS, OH - Ohioans are reminded to use extreme caution during winter while venturing onto frozen waterways and to be prepared to handle an emergency should someone fall through the ice, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).         read more...

Three Anglers Ordered Off Ice
Source: http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com 16 Jan. 2009 at 9:00 pm

CATAWBA ISLAND -- Three fishermen reluctantly returned to shore Wednesday after firefighters and the U.S. Coast Guard attempted to rescue them from what officials called weak, unsafe ice near Catawba Point.

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Trout for Thanksgiving
Source: odnr.com  17 Nov. 2008 at 9:00 pm

NEWBURY, OH- Approximately 400 surplus “broodstock” rainbow and golden-strain rainbow trout will be stocked in Punderson Lake in Geauga County just before the Thanksgiving holiday, Tuesday, November 25, 2008.   read more...

 

Fall Fishing Opportunities in Ohio
Source: odnr.com  15 Oct 2008 at 9:00 pm

The fish are feeding enthusiastically from Lake Erie to the Ohio River as they begin storing up fat reserves in preparation for winter, and this can make for some very successful fishing trips, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.  read more...

                                                        

 2008 Fall Trout Releases in Ohio
Source: odnr.com  20 Sept 2008 at 9:00 pm

COLUMBUS, OH - Approximately 25,000 rainbow trout, measuring 10 to 13-inches in length, will be released into 25 Ohio waterways this October, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.  read more...

Grand Cayman Bonefish

By Tim DeMay

I recently had the opportunity to fish Grand Cayman Island.  The calm, clear water, and the rocky shorelines makes fishing from the shore very easy.  The species that I targeted on this trip was the bonefish.     Read article click here

 

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GOVERNOR PROMOTES LAKE ERIE TOURISM AND SPORT FISHING AT ANNUAL “FISH OHIO DAY”
Source: odnr.com  7 Jul 2008 at 4:00 pm

PORT CLINTON, OH – Governor Ted Strickland today spent a successful morning on the waters of Lake Erie during the 30th annual Fish Ohio Day. The governor, members of the media, representatives of the tourism industry, conservation leaders and wildlife officials used the outing to focus attention on the lake’s excellent boating and fishing opportunities, which make it one of the Midwest’s premier tourism destinations.

 

 Horse Power Limit Raised on Pymatuning Lake
Source: odnr.com  7 Jul 2008 at 4:00 pm

COLUMBUS, OH - Governor Ted Strickland signed legislation last week that increased the horsepower limit on Pymatuning Lake in Ashtabula County from 9.9 to 20 horsepower. The new rule was part of a comprehensive package of boater safety laws that went into effect on June 13.

ODNR CONFIRMS FINDING THE VHS VIRUS IN MUSKIE AT CLEAR FORK RESERVOIR IN NORTH-CENTRAL OHIO
Source: odnr.com  19 Jun 2008 at 9:00 pm

COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has confirmed that viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHSv), a virus that causes disease in fish but does not pose any threat to public health, was confirmed present in muskellunge sampled during routine egg collection in Clear Fork Reservoir in late April. The reservoir is located in Richland and Morrow counties.

Pymatuning Produces a 46 Pound Muskie
Source: wkyc.com  6 Jun 2008 at 7:00 pm
Nothing like having the president of the Ohio Huskie Muskie Club demonstrate that he is worthy of the office by catching a monster Muskie himself.  That is just what Fred Lederer of Perrysburg did over the recent Memorial Day weekend while fishing at Pymatuning Lake on the northeast Ohio-Pennsylvania border. He landed a 47 1/2-inch muskellunge, or muskie, that weighed an arm-straining 46 pounds.

 

Walleye poachers handed steep fines and jail time
Source: odnr.com  14 Jun 2008 at 1:00 pm
Seven Wisconsin men paid more than $4,600 in fines and restitution this week, while two of the men spent three days in jail, for taking more than the legal limit of walleyes from Lake Erie during the recent holiday weekend.

 

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Florida fisherman lands 844-pound shark

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Six friends went to a fishing tournament looking to catch some grouper. They caught an 844-pound shark instead.  The fight by Adlee Bruner and friends to pull the 11-foot mako shark onto the boat from the Gulf of Mexico took more than an hour. But when they made it back to land, it was a record for the decades-old Destin Fishing Rodeo.

 

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Walleye Tour Championship in Cleveland

CLEVELAND – Lake Erie turned to glass on day three of the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour Championship, allowing the best fishermen in the world to put on quite a show.  Nine out of the 10 pros caught five-fish limits, but the trademark Erie monsters were peculiarly absent. The exception was in the BFGoodrich Tires boat.

        

FLW Comes to Cleveland

Lake Erie is without a doubt the world’s best walleye fishery. So it’s only fitting that the world’s best walleye anglers end their season-long journey on its bountiful waters.

Rainbow Trout to be Released in Ohio Waterways
Source: ODNR 10 Apr 2008 at 12:30 pm
.Public fishing opportunities will be enhanced this spring when more than 80,000 rainbow trout, each measuring 10- to 13-inches long, are released into 45 Ohio lakes and ponds, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

                        It is legal to possess 5 largemouth and smallmouth in Lake Erie & Tributaries..

     .          There is a size limit of 14 in on Lake Erie.

The daily bag limit for steelhead on Lake Erie and Lake Erie Tributaries is now 2 until May 15th.

I have been traveling to Maumee, Ohio for the annual walleye run for many years now.  Every spring I look forward to the chance of landing into a big one.  The Maumee River is located in Lake Erie's western basin.  Every spring the walleye migrate from Lake Erie into the Maumee River to spawn.  This spawn makes up the largest walleye run east of the Mississippi River.  Read more....

  9 charged in Maumee River walleye overbagging
Source: toledoblade.com  17 Jul 2007 at 8:30 pm
State wildlife officers have charged eight men from Ohio and Michigan and are seeking a ninth man in a 13-month undercover investigation called Operation Numbers and centering on taking hundreds of excess walleye from the Maumee River during the last two spring runs.

 

 

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