Three area anglers win in Fish Ohio contest
Ohio Division of Wildlife officials report multiple regional winners in the Fish Ohio competition. Winners include Mike Fladhbart Avon Lake for a Lake Erie white bass, Thomas Murphy Bay Village for a yellow perch, and Jeff Buckley Lakewood for a large Lake Erie walleye. Sixty new state records marked the event along with bowfishing records and a new hybrid saugeye eligibility. The banquet and Fish Ohio Day take place April 10 in Columbus at the Aladdin Temple Shrine.
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Ohio
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Mike Fladhbart
Avon Lake
Lake Erie
Thomas Murphy
Bay Village
Sandusky River
Columbus
Aladdin Temple Shrine
Stelzer Road
Decoy show and walleye derby draw regional interest
The Ohio Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association will host a two day show at Sawmill Creek Lodge in Huron on March 2021 featuring carved decoys, auctions, contests and exhibits led by show chairman Bill Green. Also planned are Izaak Walton League litter pickup work in Columbus and a Lake Erie Walleye Classic set for June 5 at Clinton Reef Marina Port Clinton with 500 teams and a $30,000 prize.
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Sawmill Creek Lodge
Huron
Sandusky
Bill Green
Parma
Bob Franta
Amherst
Falconry Bill Moves Through Ohio House Hearings
Ohio House hearings on Rep. Frederick Deering’s falconry bill consider allowing training and hunting with raptors in Ohio. The measure would authorize annual special permits and set fees to offset wildlife division costs, with support from the Ohio Hawk Trust and debate on conservation impact.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frederick H. Deering
Monroeville
Deering
Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Audubon Society
House
Senate
Ohio opens turkey permit requests for 1982 season
Starting March 1 Ohio hunters may apply for 2,500 turkey permits for the April 26 to May 8 season. Permits are issued on a first come basis with post-issue options to accept a second week permit or get a refund after 2,500 permits are gone. Applications come from district wildlife offices with a $10.75 fee and must be mailed to the Division of Wildlife. Twenty counties are open including Adams Athens Carroll and more. Bag limit is one bearded turkey with hours from half-hour before sunrise to noon and a valid hunting license required.
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Ohio
Adams
Athens
Carroll
Gallia
Guernsey
Highland
Hocking
Holmes
Jackson
Jefferson
Lawrence
Meigs
Monroe
Morgan
Perry
Pike
Ross
Scioto
Vinton
Washington
Columbia Game Club Gears for March 14 Championship Trial
The Columbia Game Club prepares for the Gus Ferencak All Breed Championship on March 14 with no post entries. Reservations are by calling Ray Hunt at 235-5952. In the all-age pointing class runner up was Nicky the English pointer owned by Dominic Petta, edged by Runner the German shorthaired pointer owned by Mike Adams. Other top winners included Starr the German shorthair owned by Jerry Rutkowski in puppy, Lady the Labrador owned by Dan Jaycocks in derby, and Mandy the Labrador owned by Stan Pryda in all-age flushing. Trial chairman was Tim Reznick.
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Columbia Game Club
Ferencak
Ray Hunt
Runner
Mike Adams
Nicky
Dominic Petta
Chuck Weber
Columbia Game Cluba
Starr
Jerry Rutkowski
Lady
Lab
Dan Jaycocks
Mandy
Stan Pryda
Flushing
Tim Reznick
Tailwaters yield large saugeye in Ohio reservoirs
Tailwater fishing near Deer Creek Reservoir yields large saugeye and a hybrid saugeye eligible for Ohio records. Anglers report 4 to 5 pounders since January with 13 saugeye weighing 36 pounds caught February 1 by Columbus anglers. The hybrid, stocked at Pleasant Hill and Deer Creek in 1978, shows strong sportfish potential with 22 to 24 inch fish common.
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Ohio
Deer Creek
Pleasant Hill
Deer Creek Reservoir
Fish
Columbus
Circleville
Charles Mill Lake
Pleasant Hill Lake
Cowan Lake
Dillon Reservoir
Charles Mill
Ashland
Cowan
Wilmington
Dillon
Zanesville
Steelhead fishing clinic set for March 2 in Lorain County
A steelhead fishing clinic for Lake Erie anglers is scheduled March 2 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Lorain County Metro Parks auditorium in LaGrange with 200 seats. Co sponsored by Metro Parks and Ohio Sea Grant, the event features speakers Dave Kelch Paul Moser Jim Grace Ray Schmidt and Fred Olsen with gear displays by Ohio Flyrod Benders Club. The session opens at 6 30 p.m. for registration and displays and will be repeated March 9 at the Rocky River Interpretive Center.
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Lake Erie
Lorain County Metropolitan
Ohio Flyrod Benders Club
Elyria
Dave Kelch
Paul Moser
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Jim Grace
Ray Schmidt
Manistee
Mich
Fred Olsen
Rocky River
Cleveland Metro Parks System
Kelch
Lorain County
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Area Fish Ohio
Charles D. Curtis
Springboro
Chagrin River
Conneaut Creek
Jeff Stevenson
Conneaut
Fish Ohio
Canaan Valley State Park
Tucker County
West Virginia
P.O. Box
Joe Vasi
Black River
Izaak Walton League
Arias Meadows
Izaak Walton
Sion
Clinton Reef Marina
W. Lakeshore Dr
Port Clinton
Izaak Wallon
Ike
Don Miller
Steven Black
Ohio Hawk Trust
U.S
Black
Division of Wildlife
Turkey
The
Wildlife Division
Portage Lakes Dr
Akron
Lima Ave
Findlaye
Gus Ferencak
Jack Nutter
Hunter’s
Tom Holt
Alien Brown
Carl Fisher
Coble
Rocky Mountain
Tima
Stangara
Winston Satem
Steelhead
Schmidt
SAGE
Olsen
Ead
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