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Kentucky Lake Day 2
CAPTAINS LOG 41525: Bass #1 of the trip fell for a weightless Yamamoto Yamatunuki grub as I walked the marina shoreline shortly before the sun climbed over the Land Between the Lakes treeline. The 13 inch largemouth bass was tight to the flooded brush that normally...
Kentucky Lake: Day 1_ARRIVAL
Star date 41425 Captain’s Log: Chased the sun until we somehow located Moors Resort at Gilbertsville, Kentucky. Actually, we found Gilbertsville on accident because Moors Resort is not located in this small Bluegrass State village. Besides a couple guys in the duplex...
My son, Matthew
CAMBRIDGE, OH — Of all the monthly designations, April’s Autism Awareness has never been necessary for my family. We had to embrace autism every minute of every day after my son, Matthew, was diagnosed as autistic. The part of Matt’s diagnosis that proved most painful...
Hooked on Fishing event set for Perry County!
PERRY COUNTY, OHIO — The Perry County Sheriff’s Office has scheduled its annual Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs (HOFNOD) event for Saturday June 14, 2025, at the Perry County Gun Club Lake. Registration for this outstanding day dedicated to young anglers will be from...
Doug's Favorite Fishing Spots
The Hall of Fame
Doug Clifford, Lake Champlain
Low budget smallmouth bass! Forget high performance bass boats, cutting edge electronics, and all the bells and whistles associated with modern bass fishing. I caught this Malletts Bay (Lake Champlain) smallie as I stood in my boat that was tied securely to the dock. Water depth was a whopping two feet.
Doug Clifford
Sometimes you have to deal with the uninvited muskie at Lake St. Clair like the one I’m holding or maybe it’s holding me.
Tony Cannon, Delaware Lake
Tony Cannon displays three of the five bass he caught on the tournament’s second day. His five bass limit allowed him to take first place for the two day event at Delaware Lake.
Alan Wayne, Rocky Fork Lake
Alan Wayne holds two of the three bass he caught to take third place at Rocky Fork Lake.
Doug with Perry Co Sheriff
Makala Hamilton; Chief Deputy Erick Hoskinson; Sheriff William R. Barker; Doug Clifford; Amanda Danison; and Sandy Leckrone. (not pictured Lt. Brandon Forester)
Top 3, Delaware Lake
Pictured are the top three anglers in the ABA tournament held at Delaware Lake on August 17 & 18 (L-R) Tony Cannon, 1st place: Dave Slonaker, III, 2nd place; and Seth Brandfass, 3rd place.
Ab Reed, Rocky Fork Lake
First place winner, Ab Reed, hoists two of the five bass he caught at Rocky Fork Lake during the Perry County Anglers first tournament of the season.
Jordan Wayne, Rocky Fork Lake
Obviously Jordan Wayne, who took 4th place, lost a side bet in the wardrobe category.
Doug Clifford, Lake Erie
Pro anglers say a color change can put more fish in the boat. I changed hat color and style with minimal results.
Casey Coffey, Burr Oak Lake
Always a good policy to stay employed is showing your boss with a big bass. Casey Coffey, superintendent of New Lexington School District, has the “hourly winner” weighed during the Big Bass Bash at Burr Oak Lake.
Barry Davis, Delaware Lake
Barry Davis has been the ABA Central Division Director for 28 years. Davis also competed in the event at Delaware Lake.
Alum Creek Lake
A couple days after Inland Fish Ohio Day, I returned to Alum Creek Lake and met this angler fishing on the bank for crappies. As you can see, this guy was dialed into the crappies!
Bill Fulton, Buckeye Lake
Bill Fulton holds his winning catch for the Perry County Anglers Buckeye Lake tournament.
Colton Blanton
Colton Blanton used a dropshot rig to catch Lake Erie smallmouth bass that were swimming close to the shoreline on Rattlesnake Island.
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Ed Snider had a great day at Alum Creek Lake when he won the Perry County Anglers club tournament.
Doug Clifford, Lake Erie
A friendly West Harbor bass hammered a Berkley Squarebull 5.5 crankbait on my third cast of the day.
Wes Clutter, Rocky Fork Lake
Wes Clutter caught this Rocky Fork Lake largemouth bass on a Berkley Stunna jerkbait.
Rich Zweifel, Alum Creek Lake
Rich Zweifel, my partner on Inland Fish Ohio Day, landed four keeper bass including this one!
Nice smallmouth!
Nice smallmouth bass!
Will Presley, Delaware Lake
Will Presley caught this 3.1 pound largemouth bass on the first day of the ABA Delaware Lake tournament.
Dustin Karns
You might even see the owner of Venom Lures, Dustin Karns, fishing at Lake Erie at one of his secret spots.
Jordan & Jeff, Buckeye Lake
Jordan Wayne (L) and Jeff Redfern (R) handled the brief weighing duties at the Buckeye Lake tournament.
Jacob Wayne, Rocky Fork Lake
Jacob Wayne displays two of the bass that helped him secure second place at the Perry County Anglers opening event at Rocky Fork Lake.
Rich Carter, Alum Creek
Former “Fish Chief” for the Ohio Division of Wildlife, Rich Carter led us on a fishing adventure to Alum Creek Lake last November where we landed 14 largemouth bass all above the 12 inch keeper size. The bait that caught every bass was a JackHammer bladed jig.
Mike Baughman
Mike Baughman with a nice Lake Erie largemouth bass.
Smallmouth Bass
This lip grip is on a smallmouth bass that hangs around Middle Bass Island.
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Seth Brandfass, Delaware Lake
Seth Brandfass took big bass honors with this 3.8 pound largemouth bass.
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Doug Clifford, Alum Creek
Former “Fish Chief ” for the Ohio Division of Wildlife, Rich Carter led us on a fishing adventure to Alum Creek Lake last November where we landed 14 largemouth bass all above the 12 inch keeper size. The bait that caught every bass was a JackHammer bladed jig.
Barry Davis & Karl Guegold, Delaware Lake
Barry Davis (on left) is the ABA Central Division Director which means he is the weighmaster at every tournament. He is weighing Karl Guegold’s day 2 catch at Delaware Lake.
Gov. Mike DeWine, Alum Creek Lake
Gov. Mike DeWine and grandsons had a great day on the water at Alum Creek Lake during Inland Fish Ohio Day.
14″ Bass, Burr Oak Lake
This 14 inch bass was caught on the Will Boss soft plastic lure seen in the photo.
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Perry County Sheriff William R. Barker recognizes a winner from the 2023 Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs event.
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Bill Tench, Buckeye Lake
Bill Tench displays the lure that he used to take second place at Buckeye Lake.
Kendra Wecker, Alum Creek Lake
Chief of the Division of Wildlife , Kendra Wecker, showed her “lake creds” when she returned to the marina with plenty of keeper crappies on Inland Fish Ohio Day.
Doug with Eleanor, Lake Champlain
Nothing like catching your first smallmouth bass when it’s a 3 lb 15 oz Lake Champlain beauty. Eleanor Farnsworth did the catching while I “guided” her to angling glory.
Karl Guegold, Delaware Lake
Karl Guegold landed four bass on the second day of the tournament and that effort catapulted him to win the coveted ABA Angler of the Year title.
Ed Snider & Rich Carter, Delaware Lake
Two ABA competitors, (L-R) Ed Snider of Somerset, Ohio and Rich Carter of Grandview Heights fished day two in Carter’s Ranger bass boat. Both anglers had two fish on the tournament’s second day.
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Jeff Smith
My son-in-law from Chicago, Jeff Smith, caught this four pound plus smallmouth bass in late May at Lake St. Clair.
Inland Fish Ohio Day Winners, Alum Creek Lake
The prize winners on Inland Fish Ohio Day included (L-R): Tadgh Dudukovich, Camden Baker, and Solomon Curtis.
