Fish Ohio
June 29th, 2006 by Fishing admin
A one-day fishing license can be purchased for only $11 or a three day non-resident tourist license for $19. A resident fishing license can be purchased for $19.
The one-day fishing license can be used as a credit towards a resident fishing license.
The best times to go fishing are in the early morning and late evening hours. For more information on fishing,
Cowan Lake (Clinton County) – Crappie are being caught by anglers trolling small minnows or jigs as bait. Fish the bait in five to 15 feet of water. Use a #1/0 or #4 baitholding hook. Productive spots are back in the coves, down on south bank past sailing club, and the south beach. Successful anglers are fishing in the early morning/day hours, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saugeye are striking on all sorts of trolled artificial and live baits. Anglers fishing from a boat or shore are having success. Good places to go include Campers Cove and the north shore. Bluegills are being caught by anglers using wax worms as bait. From the shoreline, fish the bait off of the bottom in two to three feet of water and around structure. Use a #6 long-shanked hook.
Acton Lake (Preble County) – Channel catfish are biting on chicken liver fished along the bottom. Fishing for channel catfish is productive anywhere in the lake. Saugeye on the Butler County side of lake are being caught by anglers using minnows or artificial bait. Keep the bait between 10 and 12 feet deep for the best results. Crappies are hitting on minnows fished six to eight feet under bobber. Keep the bait near downed trees and brush.
East Fork (Clermont County) - Largemouth bass are being caught by using artificial worms (black), shiners, or large minnows as bait. Cast along the points, buck brush, along the banks and in areas with submerged trees or brush. Jig the worm on the bottom. Keep the shiners or minnows moving in the top two to three feet of water. Channel catfish are being caught by anglers using minnows or chicken liver as bait. Larger channel catfish are being caught on soft craws. Use a #8, 1/0, or 2/0 long-shanked hook. Keep the bait along the bottom and near any rock wall. Bluegills are hitting on wax worms or redworms. Keep the bait under a bobber and about three to five feet deep. Cast anywhere there are docks or downed trees.
Adams Lake (Adams County) – Bluegill, sunfish, largemouth bass and channel catfish are being caught using chicken livers, earthworms, or wax worms as bait. Cast from a boat or the shoreline. Keep the bait under a slip bobber so that the bait is suspended about three to four feet deep. Good hook size choices are #4 or 5 long-shanked hook.
Grant Lake and Indian Creek Wildlife Area’s marsh and ponds (Brown County) - Bluegills are being caught along the shoreline in three to four feet of water. The best bluegill fishing spots are near brush. The baits of choice are wax worms, redworms or night crawlers on a #6 or #9 fine wire hook under a bobber. Fishing is good in both the marsh and ponds.
C.J. Brown Reservoir (Clark County) – Anglers are catching channel catfish. Use chicken livers, cut bait, or a live minnow as bait. Cast from the shoreline or from a boat into water greater than 10 feet deep. Fish chicken liver or cut bait slowly along the bottom or fish a minnow under a bobber. Use a 1/0 to a 2/0 sized baitholding hook.
Huffman Dam Lake (Greene County) – Fish for bluegills, largemouth bass, channel and bullhead catfish by using chicken livers, corn, earthworms, or wax worms as bait. Fish from the shoreline into water five to six feet deep and use a #1/0 long-shanked hook.
Rocky Fork Lake (Highland County) – Crappies are being caught by anglers fishing live wax worms or crappie minnows. Fish the bait at least 18 feet deep. Use a fine wire hook in the size range of #6 to 8. Bluegill and sunfish are being caught by anglers using wax worms or night crawlers as bait. Place the bait on a #6 fine wire hook and cast into areas with submerged trees and brush. Keep the bait under a bobber or slip bobber and between three feet deep. Fish the bait along the shorelines and docks. Channel catfish are being caught by anglers using shrimp, soft craws, or night crawlers as bait. Use a #8, 1/0, or 2/0 long-shanked hook. Keep the bait under a bobber and off of the bottom and fish the bait close to the shoreline. Largemouth bass are being caught by anglers fishing around the boat docks in about three to four foot of water and in the coves with bass minnows or spinner baits.
Paint Creek (Highland County) – Crappies are being caught by anglers using crappie minnows, small jigs, or plastic twister tails as bait. Chartreuse is the best color. Keep the bait four to five feet deep. Defiantly fish the bait around any type of woody structure such as downed trees and overhanging brush. Channel catfish are being caught in the flats in five to nine feet of water near where Rattlesnake and Paint creeks entering into the lake. Anglers using cut shad, or nightcrawlers as bait are having the most success. Largemouth bass are being caught by anglers using jigs colored black on black or shad colored crankbaits. Cast along the main lake points. Bluegills are being caught by anglers using wax worms as bait. Fish the bait in shallow water that is three to five feet deep. Good fishing spots are back in the coves.