River backwaters offer safer ice and predictable winter crappie habitat. Here’s how learning to fish slack water changed my ice season.

Beaver Lake: Typical winter lures are in play for black bass fishing, said Reece Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Alabama rigs, jerk baits, swim baits and jig and pigs are all good to use.

Will the Black Lake lake sturgeon fishing season again set a time record in 2026? We'll find out Feb. 7 when the season begins — and most likely also end. The 2026 lake sturgeon fishing season on ...

Striped bass fishing is good some days, tough on others mainly due to temperature swings, reports Jon Conklin, fishing guide. Try for stripers from Monte Ne south into the War Eagle and White river ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walleye are big business in Ohio, with Lake Erie having a reputation as "The Walleye Capital of the World." Walleye fishing ...

A recent survey shows one of the largest Lake Erie walleye hatches in the last 40 years. Walleye fishing generates an estimated $1 billion in economic activity for Ohio. Ohio lawmakers are considering ...

Lake Erie surely has its charms, though occasions exist when it forgets to behave like a proper tourist enchantment. Recently occurred a seiche, the occasional outcome of strong and sustained wind ...

COLUMBUS ‒ The Ohio Division of Wildlife released juvenile lake sturgeon this year in the Cuyahoga, Sandusky and Scioto rivers for the first time as part of its efforts to reintroduce the ...

It’s peak season and the crappie are massive—watch the nonstop action as anglers haul in giants one after another. No. 2 Indiana beats No. 1 Ohio St. 13-10 to end Big Ten title drought, lock up top ...

Delaware's obsession with low-digit black tags isn't just for license plates. Black-and-white surf-fishing plates have garnered thousands of dollars, if not more, for Delaware State Parks since 2015.

A central Louisiana man found with 102 crappie fish caught at Kincaid Lake has been cited by state wildlife agents, officials said Thursday. Jerald Tyler, 57, of Clifton, was cited on Nov. 13 for ...