Henry David Thoreau once wrote, "Many people go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." ...

The first fish I ever caught on an artificial lure was a crappie. It hit a Hildebrandt black and yellow spinner bait cast from a green metal Johnson Century reel mounted on a solid fiberglass rod with ...

Get ready to cast a line, ODNR has compiled a list of the best fishing around the state. And Lake Erie isn't on it. Check out the full list.

Crappie fishing is picking up at Ross Barnett Reservoir as fish move shallow to spawn. Anglers are catching large numbers of good-sized crappie, with some exceeding two pounds. While recent storms ...

The Ohio black crappie record is 4.5 lbs and has stood since 1981. The all-tackle records for both are in excess of 5 lbs. While fun to catch, they’re also prized on the table with firm white ...

Black crappie and white crappie are abundant in Ohio ... Ohio anglers can find sunfish such as bluegill, redear sunfish, pumpkinseed, green sunfish, and longear, in almost every body of water ...