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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1998
Page
14
Ohio marks National Fishing Week with Free Fishing Days on June 6 and 7 allowing residents to fish without a license. Tips encourage simple gear, family planning, kid friendly locations, and patient instruction to ensure youngsters enjoy catching fish.
A 1995 study for the American Sportfishing Association and North American Fly-Tackle Trade Association outlines why anglers fish with children. Emphasize quick victories for youngsters, safety near water, love of the outdoors, and modeling good behavior. Authors Steve Beiser and George Yovanovich note contact details for further column guidance.
Drift fishing areas off Camp Perry and Sandusky Bay show improving walleye catches with many in the 17 to 20 inch range and some 22 to 26 inch fish. Tactics include two rods with bottom bouncers and weight forward lures tipped with night crawlers. Smallmouth bass and perch activity noted around islands and Marblehead. Walleye near Vermilion improving, with spoons and jet divers effective. calm winds limit drifts at times.
Charter Tri County Bass Club member Bob Gow recalls a late April Texas trip with Steve Hays fishing Cooper Lake and Lake Fork. They caught many bass up to seven pounds with a 14.45 pound Cooper Lake record. Greg Hopkins dominated club events at Nimisila and Mogadore reservoirs as the Tri County Bass Club welcomed new members.
The Ohio spring turkey season totaled 13 255 across the state with Lorain County reporting 23 kills and Athens County leading at 483. The Chronicle-Telegram adds two entrants to its Big Fish Contest Bob Sopko of Lorain caught an 11 pound 31 inch walleye off Lorain and 12 year old Charles Holland of Elyria won youth top honors with an eight pound 30 inch walleye. Community events include a North Ridgeville fishing derby for 4 to 16 year olds at South Central Park with a 3 donation benefiting Burned Children and a Lorain Beaver Creek Boat Club steak fry fundraiser. Also listed are a Canton Ironworkers walleye tournament June 13 with 100 entries and 1000 first prize plus 1998 Black Powder shoots at Beaver Creek Sportsman Club in South Amherst with Sunday dates May 31 June 14 28 July 12 26 Aug 9 23 30.
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