It's now time for all of us properly prep our gear and ready our schedule of top locations by specie to visit in the upcoming angling season. Utilizing the latest ODNR stats, long-time contacts from across the state, and ongoing input to both the Buckeye Angler Facebook and buckeyeangler.com sites.
BLUEGILL (includes redear, warmouth, sunfish, and pumpkinseed )
5. West Branch
4. Punderson
3. Buckeye Lake
2. Mogadore Reservoir
1. LaDue Reservoir
CRAPPIE
5.Mogadore
4.Caesar's Creek
3. Berlin Reservoir
2. West Branch
1. Mosquito Reservoir
CATFISH
5. Mogadore
4. Mosquito
3.Ohio River
2. Clendenning
1. Piedmont
LARGEMOUTH BASS
5. LaDue Reservoir
4. Highlandtown
3.Mogadore
2. Lake Erie
1. Portage Lakes
MUSKIE
5. Alum Creek
4. Leesville Dam
3. Clear Fork
2. Salt Fork
1. West Branch
YELLOW PERCH
5. West Branch
4. Findley Reservoir
3. Pymatuning
2. Mogadore
1. Lake Erie
NORTHERN PIKE
5. Mosquito
4. West Branch
3. LaDue
2. Killbuck Creek
1.Cuyahoga River
SMALLMOUTH BASS
5. Cuyahoga River
4. LaDue
3. Alum Creek
2. Great Miami River
1.Lake Erie
TROUT
5.Mad River
4. Punderson Lake
3. Rocky River
2. Conneaut Creek
1.Lake Erie
WALLEYE
5.Mosquito
4. Pymatuning
3. C.J. Brown Reservoir
2.West Branch
1. Lake Erie
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Jack Kiser is the long-time Outdoors Columnist and TV and radio host for the Record-Courier , Midwest Outdoors, Ohio Valley Outdoors, and Ohio Angler magazines, as well as WNIR , PBS, ONN, and Fox Sports.
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