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Fishing (Official Thread)

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I've tried to do a little research and didn't really find any lakes, other than Buckeye and Alum Creek Lake that were big enough for the boat. I know how the fishing is at Buckeye Lake. Anyone know how Alum Creek lake is for fishing?
 
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I'm into lazy boy fishing...charter boats. Walk on, walk off, let 'em prep and wrap the catch, hand it to you all ready to go. Have fished the Atlantic, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and the Gulf of Mexico. Preferred the Great Lakes.

Would love to fish Canada or Alaska where all you have to do is drop a line and reel it in. Gets my vote for a BP get together, too.
 
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BUCKYLE;765758; said:
Yeah, used to go swimming there when I was younger and the water may have been cleaner. If anyone knows of any good lakes anywhere in Ohio besides Erie, feel free to chime in here.
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I would throw in a plug for Salt Fork, but my best friend lives about 500 feet from the bank, and he goes down South (GA, NC) to fish for bass. He still does Salt Fork since its close, but then he also has a high threshhold for sitting in a boat all day for (in my view) nothing.
 
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JoJaBuckeye;765764; said:
I would throw in a plug for Salt Fork, but my best friend lives about 500 feet from the bank, and he goes down South (GA, NC) to fish for bass. He still does Salt Fork since its close, but then he also has a high threshhold for sitting in a boat all day for (in my view) nothing.
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I recently moved back here to Ohio from middle Georgia. We went to a few different lakes around there. Sinclair, Juliette, and I think a couple others.
 
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Smallmouth and Largemouth bass for me... I am a pretty avid fisherman starting in the spring. I also catfish during the summer and fall about every weekend on the muskingum river. I fish mostly private ponds for largemouth and I wade the creeks for smallmouth...

There is nothing better than catfishing at night on the boat with a case of budlight and some Uncle Mike's Fire Hot Beef Jerkey!!!!!
 
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KillerNut;11004; said:
I would love to learn how to fly fish, I have always though that seemed like it would be fun. How did you learn, did you know someone, take a class or what?
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If you are serious about learning how to flyfish in central ohio I recommend talking to Brian at Mad River Outfitters on Bethel Road. They have free beginners flyfishing classes, flycasting, on stream classes etc.

http://www.madriveroutfitters.com/

Flyfishing is like any hobby. Takes a little $$ to break into but the people I have met in the sport are great.
 
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BUCKYLE;765724; said:
I've tried to do a little research and didn't really find any lakes, other than Buckeye and Alum Creek Lake that were big enough for the boat. I know how the fishing is at Buckeye Lake. Anyone know how Alum Creek lake is for fishing?
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Alum is pretty decent depending on what you are after. I live up there. It is pretty well known as a Saugeye lake and they tend to bite all spring and summer long. It has its fair share of Musky hunters, and some people swear by it as a bass lake. It gets really crowded with recreational boaters on the weekends. Other areas nearby that are decent are

Delaware Reservior - Good for bass and pan fish

O'Shaughnessy Reservioir - north of the zoo. Good Bass fishing, gets its fair share of skiers on the weekends, but no Jet Ski's allowed so it is not nearly as crazy as Alum.

Hoover is nice, but they have a 10 Hp limit. no sure what you have on your boat.

There are some decent websites around that give daily fishing reports. I think someone posted GoFishOhio, that is a good one.
 
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