http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ en-us bplasters@coxohio.com 2010-10-06T18:01:20-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2010/10/06/check_out_this_catch.html From left to right: Ray Sickles, Patrick Skelton, Steve Skelton and Gene Linson recently caught these king salmon at Lake Michigan. There’s 28 fish in all, and they caught four more coho salmon that wouldn’t fit on the hooks.... 17376558@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ Fishing 2010-10-06T18:01:20-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2010/08/12/duck_blind_lottery_set.html From the Ohio Division of Wildlife: A lottery drawing for duck blind permits for Grand Lake St. Marys, Clark Lake and Spring Valley will be held at 8 a.m. on Aug. 21. The Clark Lake and Spring Valley drawings will... 17372757@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ 2010-08-12T10:59:09-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2010/06/04/state_fish_report_for_june_4.html Fishing is heating up with the weather. From the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife, highlights from southwest Ohio (see the complete report on the jump): Great Miami and Twin Creek (Montgomery County) — Smallmouth Bass are hitting... 17368835@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ Fishing 2010-06-04T16:03:45-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2010/04/29/fish_for_free_this_weekend.html “Free Fishing Days” are May 1 and 2 (Saturday and Sunday) this year. For these two days Ohio anglers can fish in any of the state’s public waters without buying a fishing license. For the other 363 days, anglers 16... 17323503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ Fishing 2010-04-29T15:22:31-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2010/04/06/walleye_look_good_at_cj_brown.html As I wrote Sunday, it looks like walleye fishing at C.J. Brown Reservoir could be strong this year. Biologists with the Ohio Division of Wildlife netted 883 walleyes in nine days this year. That represents just a portion of the... 17149503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ C.J. Brown Reservoir 2010-04-06T06:19:00-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2010/03/09/trout_coming_to_clark_lake.html The Ohio Division of Wildlife’s annual release of rainbow trout at Clark Lake is scheduled for March 26. Anglers 16 years and older must have a valid Ohio fishing license to pursue trout. An annual license costs $19 for Ohio... 16887203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ Fishing 2010-03-09T10:53:58-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2010/01/28/deer_kill_is_up.html From the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: A total of 251,826 deer have been harvested so far this season when combining the gun seasons, early and statewide muzzleloader seasons, and the first nine weeks of the archery season. Hunters took... 16493603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ Deer-gun season 2010-01-28T06:47:08-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2010/01/27/for_the_birds.html For the past three winters I’ve fed the birds in my backyard. The first year I tried nailing a homemade feeder (a split log) to a tree in the back yard. Squirrels went crazy on the food, and I went... 16476603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ Bird feeding 2010-01-27T06:21:20-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2009/12/07/fewer_deer_taken_in_gun_season.html The 2009 deer gun kills were up in Clark County, but down for the rest of the state during the one-week season. In Clark County, 338 deer were checked in last week, up from last year’s 321. In Champaign County,... 15974703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ Hunting 2009-12-07T16:29:21-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2009/09/30/langes_land_potential_state_re.html Tim and Lynn Lange, of Springfield, are heading into the West Virginia state fishing record book pending verification with a 29.75-pound blue catfish caught on the Ohio River on Sept. 12. Lynn Lange caught the blue during the Cabela’s... 15008603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ Fishing 2009-09-30T07:00:03-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2009/08/20/watch_out_walleyes_biting_on_c.html The latest Fish Ohio report, produced by the Ohio Division of Wildlife, says fishing is still strong at C.J. Brown Reservoir. Here’s the entire report from C.J. Brown: “A few walleye are being caught by anglers using crankbaits, jigs with... 14405903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ C.J. Brown Reservoir 2009-08-20T15:12:27-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2009/08/07/fishing_is_good_when_the_econo.html As I wrote in the Aug. 6 News-Sun, fish still bite even when the economy does not. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife, fishing license sales are up 10 percent on the year (through... 14191503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ Fishing 2009-08-07T06:05:28-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2009/08/04/duck_blind_drawing_for_clark_l.html For the duck hunters in the crowd, the ODNR will host a lottery drawing on Aug. 15 at 8 a.m. Drawings for Clark Lake and Spring Valley will be held at the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s District 5 headquarters in... 14136203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ Hunting 2009-08-04T06:54:02-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2009/07/30/fish_ohio_report_walleye_bitin.html According to the Ohio Deparment of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife, walleye fishing is good right now at C.J. Brown Reservoir. That’s no surprise, considering the walleye bite usually picks up in the summer months while other lakes can shut... 14069403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ Fish Ohio report 2009-07-30T06:56:06-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/entries/2009/07/27/applications_for_controlled_hu.html Hunters who want to participate in Ohio’s controlled deer and waterfowl hunts have until July 31 to submit permit applications. Permits cots $3 online. Visit wildohio.com to apply, or click through the jump below and get the link there. According... 14011203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldoutdoors/ Hunting 2009-07-27T07:15:37-05:00 bplasters@coxohio.com