Walleye tournament fever grips Lake Erie region
Three Lake Erie walleye tournaments and a potential autumn event pace the season with a fourth planned. Pro-Am at May 24-25 centers on at least three marinas while LEMTA Cedar Point runs June 14-15 and 21-22 with a championship fish-off and Festival at Huron June 28-29. Prize structures vary with gross incomes around 55 000 45 000 and 42 000 and profits projected between two and twenty thousand after expenses.
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Lake Erie
LEMTA
Lemta-Cedar Point
Lake Erie Charter Boat Association
Lakeside West
Cedar Point
Huron
SEMTA
WZLE
Lorain
Huron Chamber of Commerce
Ontario cuts walleye limit hit Lake Erie sport fishers hard
Ontario keeps six fish per non resident angler but imposes an 18 fish per boat cap, likely reducing American sport fishing on Lake Erie. Ohio officials warn the move reflects Ontario governing for its people and may curb cross border charters from Port Clinton and Pelee Island.
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Lake Erie
Ontario
Ohio
Pelee Island
Marblehead
Restricted Lake Erie walleye area limits fishing this season
Walleye anglers face renewed three day per week bans in Restricted Area II off Camp Perry and Erie Industrial Park. The ban runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays, with extended weekday bans for June 16–20 and June 24–27. Area I fires daily 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Nov. 30.
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Lake Erie
Camp Perry
Erie Industrial Park
Niagara
Cone
Crib
Flat Rock
April angling patience and mountain bass tactics noted
A writer describes early spring bass fishing in North Carolina and Dale Hollow, stressing accuracy in rock-lined waters and the walking lure method. He details boat technique using an electric motor, leadhead jigs, and crankbaits, and mentions Strongsville Police Benefit Club ham shoots and practice leading to Lake Erie walleyes.
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North Carolina
Dale Hollow Reservoir
Lake Erie
Strongsville Police Benefit Club
Strongsville Police Department
Rt. 82
Foltz Industrial Parkway
City Service Building
Wellington
Open house at Akron Fish Hatchery Sunday
Wildlife District Three of Ohio Division of Wildlife invites the public to a Sunday open house at the Akron Fish Hatchery from noon to 6 p.m. Visitors can tour the hatchery at 912 Portage Lake Drive Akron view walleye eggs young and adult fish watch eggs hatch and learn eye collection and hatching processes. A trap net display in North Reservoir will run at 1 3 and 5 p.m. plus a nature trail fishing clinic and filleting demonstration for wildlife displays and outdoor activities at hatchery headquarters.
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Akron Fish Hatchery
Wildlife District Three
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Portage Lake Drive
Akron
North Reservoir
Rent A Camp program expands to 15 Ohio state parks
The $8 nightly Rent A Camp program from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources grows to 15 parks this year with Findley State Park near Wellington as the closest option. Sites run May 5 to Sept 21. Reservations advised June through August. tents sleep four, with gear provided.
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Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Findley State Park
Wellington
State Rt
Lorain Gun Show Sees 92 Tables at Youth Center
Conrad and Dowdell Productions schedule a Lorain Youth Center gun show for Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with 92 tables assured by Jim Dow dell. Admission is $1 and visitors may bring firearms for appraisal or trading.
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Conrad and Dowdell Productions, Inc
Lorain Youth Center
Jim Dowdell
Seminar Precedes Pro Am Journey at Flora's Marina
A May 23 seminar from 4 to 8 p.m. at Flora's Marina on the Toussaint River west of Port Clinton offers pre tournament walleye tips for amateur entrants in the Lake Erie Charter Boat Association Pro Am Walleye Tournament. Guides Jim Fofrich, Jerry Meyers, Bob Chase, Bob Parker and others provide updates on conditions and movements, with Al Lindner and Gary Blankenship also participating. Channel 13 Toledo plans a 6 p.m. live sportcast from the marina.
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Pelee
Canada
Rick LaCourse
Port Clinton
Flora's Marina
Toussaint River
Lake Erie Charter Boat Association
Lake Erie
Jim Fofrich
Jerry Meyers
Bob Chase
Bob Parker
Fofrich
Ing
Channel 13
Toledo
Floro’s Marina
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Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria, O
Walleye
Wzle Huron
Michael Hoffman
Associated Press
International Great Lakes Fisheries Commission
Russ Scholl
Scholl
Bob Scholl
Tom Wasson
Cooley Creek
Turtle Creek
West Sister Island
Crome Creek
Feosling Tower
Erie Industrial Par
Middle Bass Island
Partege River
Wiagora Reef
Catawba Island
North Bass Island
South Bass Island
Mountains
Police
Columbia Bowmen
Columbia Game Club
Bev Shamp
Archery
Briarwood Lane
West River Road
Columbia Station
Rocky Mountain
Winston Salem
Kelleys Island State Park
E. Moores Dock Road
Alum Creek
Barkcamp
Blue Rock
East Fork
Grand Lake St. Marys
Harrison Lake
Kiser Lake
Lake Hope
Mt. Gilead
Paint Creek
Punderson
Stonelick
West Branch State Parks
Coble
al Lindner
Lindner
Gary Blankenship
Berkley
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