Lakes locked up in thin ice; hardwater soon. A look at the Ohio fishing and hunting report across the state on Dec. 11, 2025.

When Ohio began to trade channel catfish fry for wild Michigan steelhead trout eggs in the 1990s, the steelhead trout returns ...

Sens. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) and Gary Peters’ (D-Mich.) bill, the Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act, passed the ...

State Wildlife Officer Adam Smith, assigned to Logan County, responded to a call of three dead white-tailed deer in a ditch ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A warm dry spell around northern Ohio has hampered the autumn fishing in recent days, and while precipitation is in the forecast for this weekend, it isn’t likely it will trigger the ...

The Ohio Division of Wildlife is stocking inland lakes 20,000 muskellunge. Muskellunge are sought-after, predatory sport fish. They don't reproduce well so the state raises them at fish hatcheries in ...

Clear Fork Reservoir continues to impress. The lake, just west of Lexington near the border of Richland and Morrow counties, has some of the best muskie fishing in the Buckeye State, new data from the ...

Ohio is lowering the age to qualify for the senior discount on fishing and hunting licenses. Starting Sept. 30, the age for the discounted licenses will drop from 66 to 65. The annual cost of a ...