Smallmouths school up and walleyes take small lures on Lake Erie
Lake Erie anglers report rising smallmouth bass schooling on Vermilion Mitawanga reefs. Krebs and Weller boat 12 and 15 eating-size walleyes using minnows, crawfish, and artificials. Good catches with 50 to 75 walleyes weekly. white bass large but scarce. perch deeper water. Ed Ryser notes small lures catch more walleye. advice to anglers remains practical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermilion-Mitawanga
Lake Erie
Ryser
Vermilion and Hayes
Mitawanga Bay
Krebs
Lakewood
Art Hayes
H. H
Boots) Weller
Elyria
Hayes
Wellert
Vermilion
Ed Ryser
B. Weidrick
Spencer
Tilapia as a promising bait minnow for game fish
Fisheries researchers in Africa and the United States are testing tilapia mosembica as a live bait and as forage for bass and trout. The fish adapts to minnow buckets, dies at low temperatures, and may support a full bait production program on several ponds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilapia
Africa
Wildlife Council
Ohio Wildlife Resources Management
Thomas Langlois
Ohio State University
Fish and Wildlife
Thomas L. Kimball
National Wildlife Federation
Pack Some Pork for a Tackle Box Edge
A fishing article extols pork rind bait as versatile and durable for many species. It details shapes like hawg gashes and pills, how strips, flicks, and spoons can use pork to entice fish, and praises its staying power and failure to shed during casts.
Muskies continue to strike across Ohio waters
Muskie anglers keep turning up large catches in Ohio. Fred E. Shope of Greenfield landed a 2544 pound muskie measuring 474 inches from Rocky Fork Lake at 5 pm on June 24 using a Bomber lure, joining the Ohio Huskie Muskie Club. Cass Drake of Steubenville added a 42 inch 16 pound muskie from Piedmont Lake and already qualified for 1963 membership with a 44 inch 21.5 pound catch in May, marking his third consecutive year of qualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohe
Ohio Huskie
Mitchells Sporting Goods
Greenfield
Cass Drake
Steubenville
Piedmont Lake
Blanche Groh
Piedmont Boat House
Cass
Sleepy Squirrel of the Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel
The golden mantled ground squirrel spends most of its life sleeping. After seven months of hibernation it seldom rises for breakfast until well after sunrise.
Coast Guard Tightens Boat Registration Numbering
Rear Admiral George H. Miller says misread numbers on boats led to lax enforcement and now strict rules apply. Numbers must be black 3 inches high, separated by spaces equal to the width of a letter or digit, with registration on the forward half of the hull and clearly visible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Coast Guard
George H. Miller
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Portage Lakes camping and water skiing rules questioned
A reader reports the Ohio Boating Facilities guide lists many amenities at Portage Lake but finds no camping sites and notes water skiing is restricted to specific hours. The observer recalls Berlin Reservoir as an alternative and comments on deer hunting regulation complexity in Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Division of Watercraft
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Portage Lakes
Akron
Portage Lake
Berlin
Spinner Tips for Matching Spinner Colors and Flies
Spinner and fly pairing tips advise that color blends improve strike rate. Silver spinners pair with white or partly white flies, gold with yellow or yellow and red, copper with red or brown. Choose a spinner color to fit the fly selection.
Catfish Rampage At Clendenning Lake Reported
Concessionaire Bill Bose Jr. notes catfish are active at Clendenning Lake after bass fishing slowed. A 65 pound shovelhead state record last year, plus two 42 pound catfish this year caught by Frank Davis and George Rooks. Dover anglers Dale Sweaney and Danny Boor brought in five cats up to 32 pounds in one night. Large catfish feed on big chubs and also on shad shrimp and night crawlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clendenning Lake
Bill Bose Jr
Frank Davis
New Philadelphia
George Rooks
Brightwood
Ohio
Dover
Dale Sweaney
Danny Boor
Bose
Leave No Trace Camp Etiquette From Seasoned Camper
Advice on responsible camping emphasizes leaving a clean camp, packing out debris, and avoiding fire hazards. Experts urge treating public camping areas as your own yard, burying or burning only safe remnants, protecting wildflowers, and ensuring campfires are fully extinguished before departure.
Archery Angles Compete At French Creek Range Meet
Archers gather at French Creek archery range on Long Rd Avon for the annual invitational with 28 field 14 hunter spot and 14 animal classes. Registration at 8 9 30 a m. awards include multiple trophies rare team divisions and special prizes. The NECAA event followed a soggy meet at Meetah Kola with Izaak Bowmen Black River Bow Benders winning ten trophies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Creek
Long Rd
Carl Rink
Avon
French
Northeastern Ohio Archery Association
Meetah-Kola Club
Panfish roe and salmon fillets with herb butter
Bluegill roe is prepared by rinsing, boiling, then sautéing in butter with onion parsley and oregano. Salmon fillets marinate in a wine lemon mix, then broiled and finished with a mushroom butter sauce for serving.
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Northwest
Ohio State Park Camping Sees 74 Percent Rise
Camping attendance in Ohio state parks for March through May reached 88 037, up 74 percent from last year with all 28 parks reporting. Officials credit mild weather, growing camper numbers, and the popularity of travel trailers for an earlier and longer season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
W. W. Flickinger
Ohio Division of Parks
Ohio
Mobil Cruising Guides Released For U S Waterways
Mobil Oil Co announces revised Cruising Guides covering East Coast from Eastport to Barnegat, New York to Key West, Great Lakes to Texas Gulf Coast, and West Coast from Seattle to San Diego. Guides include courses distances lighthouses and points of interest. Obtain from Mobil marine outlets or Mobil Touring Service New York address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Oil Co
United States
Eastport
Barnegat Inlet
Long Island
New York City
Key West
Fla
Hudson River
How rainbow got its name
The rainbow trout receives its name from a distinct red stripe along its sides. The fish can display colors from silver to green to nearly black with irregular black spots on head tail body and fins.
Numbering boats for visibility in block letters
The article emphasizes that boats must be numbered with letters and numerals in high contrast block characters. It specifies minimum three inch high contrasting color and borders allowed. It also notes spacing rules between numerals and letters and mentions a required full alignment.
Tackle n tips on fishing line tying and care
The article explains using M2 flashbulbs as clear bobbers with tie in grooves, then describes threading a new leader through a fly line with a needle and pushing it up through the center for about 44 of an inch. It advises tying the leader at emergence and trimming line back after each trip to reduce wear.
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Austin-Healy
Sunbeam
Motor Sales, Inc
Madison
Don Miller
Wisconsin
E. K. Beaman
Topeka
Kansas
God's Lake
Manitoba
Ohio Wildlife District
Loram County
Harold Wascko
Sportsmans Digest
Siar
Clendening
Joe Linduska
Bemington Arms Co., Inc
Linduska
Dolores Holbert
Harvey Teaman
John Niskey
Bob Morrow
Ted Helton
Lonnie Brubaker
Mike Haines
Bobbie Lee Holbert
Izaak Bowmen
Black River Bow Benders
Grace Wilson
Butch Johnson
Belle Johnson
Jim Wilson
Charlotte van Buren
Dot Rothgery
Bonnie Repas
Izaak
Tom Sheldon
L. M. Johnson
Dave Miller
Sarahean Miller
NECAA
By Eddie Meier
Salmon Royal
Motors OF
East Bridge Street
Fairfax
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