Deer birth puzzling in Ohio forests near Belleville
The report notes a white tailed deer nursing near Belleville in Richland County, birthing two fawns in February within typical May to July periods. It mentions hunters Don Costilow and others, fishing reports from Bayshore Access and Resthaven ponds, and details on Project Wild workshops and federal funding for wildlife programs.
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Ohio
Richland County
Belleville
Vienna Fish and Game Club
Youngstown
Trumbull County
Ice anglers flock to Lake Erie's Catawba for walleye
Catawba State Park draws large crowds as 15 inches of clear ice hosts dozens of trucks. Veteran guide Doug Zeller notes packed lots and 500 anglers daily on Feb weekend with near limits, yet Sunday slows with two walleye. Guides offer transport, bait, and heated shanties for winter fishing.
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Bob Migra
Catawba Island
Lake Erie
Catawba State Park
Lake Erie Islands
Ohio
Doug Zeller
Zeller
Catawba Dock
Judge Imposes Max Penalty on Pro Bowhunter for Tag Violation
Tiffin Municipal Court Judge Thomas Spellerberg fined bowhunter Roger Rothaar 500 dollars and imposed a 60 day jail sentence with a three year hunting suspension for failing to tag a deer. The judge argued pros must follow rules and indicated the penalty serves as a deterrent. Rothaar, 47, is a Bucyrus machinist and author.
Ohio offshore creel census releases 1983 fishing patterns
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife released 1983 creel census results from 13 reservoirs four tailwater areas Lake La La An Wildlife Area lakes 11 Lake Erie tributary streams and Lake Erie. Boat anglers supplied 63.4 percent of effort and about half of all fish were released. Crappies and bluegills formed 75.7 percent of the 1 565 513 total catch. In Lake Erie tributaries coho salmon 6 percent Chinook 5.5 percent steelhead 33.5 percent and brown trout under one percent. Lake Erie attracted the most anglers logging 1 273 848 hours.
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Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Division of Wildlife
Lake la la An
Lake Erie
Ohio
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Ellery Hutton
Franklin
Hutton
Marblehead
Gene Legeza
Costilow
Don Costilow
Wakeman
Wildlife District
Bayshore
Resthaven Ponds
Findlay Reservoir
Port Clinton
Project Wild
Ohe
Ohio Department of Education
Sara Jean Peters
District Three Wildlife
Mar. 2
Ms. Peters
A.K. Butler
Bob Heath
New York
Denny French
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Kentusky
Montana
Minnesota
Nebraska
California
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Texas
Arkansas
Mouse Island
Mouse
Rothaar
Bucyrus
Spellerberg
Tom Puskarich
Elyria
Jim Nagel
Avon
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