Naming a boat requires thought
Each spring, the Boat Owners Association of the United States digs deep to learn which are the most popular names for the year.
Walleye lovers always angling for ways to fish
Ohio Walleye Federation events are open to weekend anglers as well as serious walleye chasers.
Plenty left to experience in Ohio this summer
Ohio anglers and recreational boaters who frequent the walleye rich western basin of Lake Erie, a reef and structure rich section of the big lake, are just weeks away from what has become an annual summer plague, the onslaught of blue-green algae.
Cuffs, collars and guffaws
Jim Abrams explains the duties of a game warden and shares his experiences during deer season in Ohio.
The buck stops here
Jim Abrams recounts the story and events leading up to the indictment that accuses Christopher J. Alexander of unlawfully harvesting a buck Nov. 9, 2023.
Anglers brave weather for crappies
The Northeast Ohio Crappie Club held its first of several scheduled 2016 season crappie tournaments on West Branch Reservoir on a blustery, make that miserable, Sunday in early April.
Top 10 boat names in 2017
Boat owners come up with popular, unpopular, clever, suggestive and otherwise mundane names to identify their prize.
Big blue sets the record by a whisker
The new state record blue catfish, weighing 101.11 pounds and measuring 56 1/2 inches, was caught by Jaylynn Parker, of New Richmond, Ohio, on April 7.
A chronic pain for whitetails
Chronic wasting disease has been spreading in Ohio in recent years. Jim Abrams details the counties affected and lays out best practices for hunters.
Know the rules before casting your line
In front of every Ohio fisherman is a copy of the 2016 Fishing Regulations (or it should be), so we all need to do our homework.


















