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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1980
Page
9
The SEMTA Walleye Championship launches with 750 anglers Saturday at Cedar Point Marina Lake Erie. Winners from each weekend advance to a late June fish-off for the title. top 20 teams receive cash and merch each weekend, while 21st to 45th also earn prizes.
The field sparrow relies on grasslands with brushy cover, mainly hay fields and unmowed roadsides. Habitat loss from farming changes and development endangers this species alongside bobwhite quail and meadowlarks. Migrations bring it south for winter, returning in spring to nest among grasses.
The Fish Ohio program lists two potential state records. A 32 inch walleye weighing 15 pounds 1% ounces was caught in the Maumee River by a Toledo angler on April 1, surpassing the 1951 state record of 15 pounds from Pymatuning Reservoir. A 33 inch drum weighing 22 pounds 4 ounces was caught in the Muskingum River on May 12, exceeding the current 20 pounds 12 ounces from April 1969.
A new all around outdoor magazine The Ohio Outdoorsman arrives in about two weeks with managing editor Roger Tourneur based in Oberlin. It aims for a slick format like The Ohio Fisherman and will cover camping backpacking and broader outdoor topics while Lorain County will host initial work before Canton becomes the publication site publisher Don Varansky of Canton. The Ohio Outdoorsman seeks to inform Ohio readers about overlooked outdoor opportunities and questions can be directed to Tourneur. Meanwhile the National Rifle and Pistol Championships run July 19 to Aug 17 at Camp Perry attracting about 3000 shooters with events including muzzle loading black powder competition small arms firing school pistol matches smallbore and high power contests. Hunters can plan the season with archery deer opening Oct 4 bear hunting Nov 24 across 29 counties.
Ohio fishermen voice complaints to wildlife officials over the 1980 fishing license size color and design. The 1981 license will be printed cheaply. Spokesman notes 1979 printing cost 16440 dollars for 1.295 million licenses and 1980 cost 25996 dollars for 1.3 million.
ERIE researchers warn that Lake Erie's bottom oxygen dead zone could grow this spring due to windy conditions. Charles Herdendorf and Bill Sonzogni note stratified, phosphorus-influenced waters trap oxygen, with lake bottom hypolimnion size tied to spring weather and ongoing pollution controls.
A new fish fry event will cap the SEMTA Walleye Championship on Saturday night at Cedar Point Marina. Tournament officials provide grills coal utensils and sides. anglers supply their own freshly caught clean fish for the 5 pm fry with three drinks per entrant.
The Lake Erie Walleye Festival Fishing Contest at Huron City Boat Basin June 28 and 29 is cancelled due to lack of participation. Ben Lindsley, president of the Huron Chamber of Commerce, cites failure to meet the minimum field of 250 teams as the reason. He learned of the cancellation only after checking with WZLE.
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service designated a steel shot zone for 1980 81 waterfowl hunting in Ohio. Steel shot becomes mandatory on all waters of Erie Ottawa and Lucas counties and within 150 yards of those waters.
Lake Erie remains productive for walleye with 62 degree water and clear offshore areas. Good catches occur at West Sister Island and several reefs while white bass and smallmouth bass show activity along island shorelines. Inland reports note murky Norwalk reservoirs with bass, crankbaits and spinners performing, and Pleasant Hill Lake water remains murky with hopes for clearer conditions.
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