Bresler Reservoir is one of the handful of manmade lakes in northwest Ohio that has walleyes stocked on an annual basis.

Biologists have determined that a 10.15-pound smallmouth bass reeled from in Lake Erie last November was a 16-year-old female. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources also stated in a news release ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — Lenten season might have you thinking about a fried fish meal, but one record-breaking fish in particular has caught some attention for other reasons. The previous Ontario ...

With summer officially arriving, Ohio's smaller lakes, reservoirs and winding rivers offer some of the finest fishing in the Midwest. Bypassing the sweeping expanse of Lake Erie allows anglers to ...

But smallmouth bass – no way. Yet, there it is. Approved by the Ohio House this month. It’s next stop is the Ohio Senate. The vote was 88-3 to approve a bill that slipped in the smallmouth bass ...

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife awarded 10,127 Fish Ohio pins to anglers who reeled in trophy fish among 26 different species in 2025. Well-known ...

An Ohio angler has caught the largest smallmouth bass ever reeled from Lake Erie and the Great Lakes. Gregg Gallagher, 54, a high-school business teacher in Fremont, caught the 10.15-pound bass Nov. 6 ...