Friday, August 28, 2015

My list of favorite fishing sites online



http://www.epa.ohio.gov/dsw/document_index/psdindx.aspx  Biological and water quality reports on every stream in Ohio. Electroshocking data is in the appendices to each study.

www.littlemiami.com The site of Little Miami Conservancy which also has the best maps of the Little Miami by far.

https://www.miamiconservancy.org/recreation/boating.asp
 Has nice maps of the Great Miami, Stillwater, and Mad Rivers will access points, low head dams, amenities at each of the public access points etc.

http://www.mytopo.com/maps/  The best of the online map sites because it has a topographic feature along with regular map and satellite features. Plus satellite map has regular map superimposed on it.

https://www.bing.com/maps/ a lot like google earth, gives you another look.

http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/species-and-habitats/species-guide-index species guide to Ohio wildlife, great photos plus range, behavior, and habitat

http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/fishing/fish-ohio-recognition-program
Home page of the Fish Ohio Award Program.

http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/public-hunting-fishing-wildlife-viewing-areas/lake-and-reservoir-fishing-maps/river-and-stream-fishing-maps
PDF's of the river and stream maps available thru ODNR

http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/public-hunting-fishing-wildlife-viewing-areas/lake-and-reservoir-fishing-maps
PDF's of the lake and reservoir maps available thru ODNR, pretty extensive

http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/wildlifeareas maps of all the public wildlife areas in Ohio

http://www.greatparks.org/ homepage of the Hamilton County Park district

http://www.yourmetroparks.net/ Homepage of Butler County Parks

http://www.co.warren.oh.us/parks/ Homepage of the Warren County Park District

http://www.metroparks.org/ Five Rivers Metropark Site (Dayton area)

www.stevenoutside.blogspot.com  My blog, mostly fishing on the LMR, GMR, & WWR with a bit of bowhunting, ginseng digging and general outdoors mixed in.

www.ohiogamefishing.com  Forum and fishing reports from all over Ohio.

http://theohioriver.com/  Amazing fishing blog on the Ohio River. archives are treasure trove of info

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=iln  homesite of all the river and stream gauges.

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/oh/nwis/rt
Daily streamflow conditions for Ohio from USGS http://fw.ky.gov/More/Pages/Publications.aspx
Page of all publications available thru Kentucky Dept of Fish and Wildlife. all are downloadable

http://www.stripers247.com/phpBB2/  Striper fishing forum

http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/hetke_dust/index.htm Just about the best info on smallmouth bass available online. A must read site

http://www.riversmallies.com/ lots of online articles and a forum

http://www.flytyingforum.com/ huge fly tying forum

http://www.jigcraft.com/index.html site dedicated to tying jigs.

http://www.bassresource.com huge site filled with content

www.littlemiami.com I already listed this page but click on The Little Miami River Wild and Scenic River Ecology and History by Stanley Hedeen on left side of page. Online book on the LMR that's amazing.

http://www.buckeyeflyfishers.com/index.asp Home page of BUFF. Lots of great info.

http://www4.wittenberg.edu/academics/hfs/tmartin/LittleMiami/LittleMiamiRiver.htm
Mile by mile description of canoeing the entire LMR

http://redandthepeanut.blogspot.com/ amazing site on the natural world along the LMR

http://cincinnatibirds.com/ Great site on local birdwatching

facebook; put Ohio Fishing Reports in search. Huge group with lots of daily reports

http://www.makelure.com/ Larry Dahlberg's site there must be fifty videos on making lures

http://www.stripersonline.com/ just what the title says

http://www.stripermoon.com/ a great striper blog

 http://midcurrent.com/a great all around fly fishing site

http://www.smallmouthangler.com/ Tim Holschlag's site

http://www.in-fisherman.com/ lots of online articles

http://www.nps.gov/ozar/learn/news/tracking-river-smallmouth.htm
Smb tracking study

http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/montrose/mississippiriversmbtelemetry.pdf
Smb tracking study

http://www.tacklemaking.com/default.php?pageID=45
Tackle making website

http://discovercatfishing.com
Catfishing sire with lots of articles

http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/PDFFiles/Ohio%20River%20Catfish%20Mgmt%20Brief%20PICS.pdf
West Virginia DNR Ohio River Catfish Assessment

http://www.fishinfo.com/fishing-articles/article_329.shtml
Pre Spawn Smallmouth article

http://www.spencepetros.com/pages/posts/early-season-smallmouth13.php
Cold water smallies

http://custombaits.com/index.php
Lure Making Forum

http://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/37266/20071201-AEL-DettmersJ-PotentialRegulationAge-0Gizzard_1998.pdf?sequence=1
Gizzard Shad predation by hybrids in Ohio


1 comment:

  1. ...this is an amazing reference, Steve. Thank you for putting it all together!

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