This post is for all of the new Ohio members that have joined the NAFC within the past year or so that have NOT already signed in on this Ohio forum. I would like to welcome you to the Ohio forum here on the main NAFC site. Please sign in here and tell us a little bit about yourself/ type of fishing you like to do/etc... and where you live in Ohio. We have over 100 members that are registered on the "Ohio Chapter" website and would like to invite you to check it out at : http://www.nafcohiochapter.com My name is Denny, I go by BigDog68 on here and BigDog on the Ohio Chapter site. I am the co-chairman of the Ohio Chapter. We started the Ohio Chapter up a few years ago so that everyone from Ohio would be able to get together and do some fishing. Please feel free to check it out and register. It's free and there are no extra membership dues to pay to become a member of the NAFC Ohio Chapter. Thanks. BD Now, Who want's to be the first new guy or gal to sign in here and get this thing started ???? .
NAFC Life Member, NAFC Ohio Chapter Co-Chairman, NAFC Ohio Chapter Chaplain, USMC Veteran Semper-Fi, Assistant Pastor, John 3:16,17

Hello! Am Lowell H Turner, 50ish shortly,  former military (24+ yrs)  one of the Friends of CJ Brown Reservoir. Enjoy attempting fishies improvement on a small scale, one reservoir at a time as a hobby. Also, while a firm believer in catch and release, known to remove afew from the gene pool, occasionally. Currently fighting a drawn out battle with a less than dry basement, hopefully gaining the upper hand; while it`s not the beginning of the end of the soggy mess, am sure have turned the cornerof the damp dundgeon and have seen the end of the beginning of it.  Have fished for 39ish yrs and hope have a few left to enjoy. Goal is to subdue 10+ lb wallygator from CJ, there are a couple in that soon to "green up"  body of water, and would love so much to reach out and touch one of those graet-great-great grandma tooth fairies straight in her rather fangy jaws. "Oh my!! What big sharp long FANGS you have, Great- Great- Great Grandma Tooth Fairy!!" You will probably guessed that am occasionally long winded, a fault to be sure. Will shortly post remaining GPS positions for Lake Erie South 2, I do appreciate the Club`s forebearance, and would honestly love to hear any success stories from them. Thank you, and good luck!

Welcome Lowell, glad you found us. If you haven't done so yet, you might want to check out the NAFC Ohio Chapter site too. The web address for it is : http://www.nafcohiochapter.com There are no extra dues or fees to pay and all you have to do to be a member of the Ohio Chapter is get in touch with Amy M. the Ohio Chapter Secretary, and she'll get you all set up. I hope you can make it out to some of our upcoming events this year and meet everyone. Denny (BD). .
NAFC Life Member, NAFC Ohio Chapter Co-Chairman, NAFC Ohio Chapter Chaplain, USMC Veteran Semper-Fi, Assistant Pastor, John 3:16,17

Howdy All you fine OHIO fishermen and women. My name is Darryl, I go by Jr. And I live in Hillsboro ( Rocky Fork, Paint Creek Region) I live right on the lake and I spend alot of time fishing. I also like fishing the Ohio river between West Union And Higginsport. I do alot of Bass, Bluegill, Crappie, Saugeye, Walleye, Perch, Striper, White Bass, and Catfishing. Not Only Do I like to hook and line it I also run brush lines, jug, gig, and bowfish. Fishing is the second best thing in my life next to my wife and kids. If any of you need any information on this area let me know and I will be glad to oblige. Darryljr1

howdy darryl and i would like to welcome you to the fishing clubs bb and to the ohio thread. it sure does sound like you have a great place to go fishing and enjoy yourself. also i would like to invite you to check out the ohio chapter of nafc and come to a meet sometime to meet some fine folks. you can find us on the web site in bigdogs posting just before yours.

HI fellows, Nice to meet you. I am larry re: larrysfishingservice@gmail.com--------Iam alife member but only recently got internet. I;ve been in since 92. I fished since i could walk! I traveled also working and fished from canada to venezuela.; thanks to my work. I;ve caught bluegills to swordfish. Muskies are one of my favorites but i love all types of fishing. Irelease ethically, however i enjoy a fish fry as much as anyone! I am retired now thanks to the economy and have started larrys fishingservice. I enjoy sharing knowledge and learning from others! I also used to live in wis. and know some good spots there.

Hi I'm Mike. I live in wickliffe, OH. im new around here just joined the club and im into fly fishing, and any other types of fresh and saltwater fishing. I like rivers and streams, dont have much experience in them yet as i came from florida where i was always saltwater fishing. I travel alot for my job, Im a commercial diver "underwater welder" as everyone knows it. I would definitly like any advice on where to fish and how to get there. i like bass, trout, but have never eaten anything else. i do catch and release but if its huge its gonna feed my family. lol.

HI MIKE,up at bellville-oh. trout stream 10 miles to pleasant hill reservoir&below p hill dam also.Mad river in west oh.& of course steelhead streams out of lake erie in mid winter to spring. check wwwohiodnr.com for info&locations.

Welcome to the club and the Ohio section. We have lots of great members from Ohio that get together all over the state. Each year we have our big annual fishing meet for the Ohio Chapter of the N.A.F.C. at West Branch State Park in Ravenna,Ohio. We also have 2 smaller "mini-meets" later in the year and everyone is invited wether you are a member of the fishing club or not. You do not have to be a member to attend any of our functions. If you would like to attend any of our functions and would like more information, you can go to the N.A.F.C Ohio Chapter's website and get all the information you need for the upcoming meetings and events right here:
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I would also  like to add again that if you are a member of the N.A.F.C. and would like to be involved with the N.A.F.C. Ohio Chapter, There are no extra dues or fees to become a member of the Ohio Chapter. You can contact the Ohio Chapter Secretary, AmyM, and she will help you through the registration process on the website.  My name is Denny ( BigDog ) and I am the Co-Chairman and Chaplain of the N.A.F.C. Ohio Chapter. Thanks & Have A Great Day.

Hey guys, my names alex.

I have only ever freshwater fished, not really interested in saltwater, but would for sure try it. I fish for large and smallmouth, crappie, bluegill, perch mostly, that is what my private lake has stocked... but i have a serious interest in trout, moreso than any other fish. call it an obsession if you will.

I have only been one time in tennesee, and would love to know if i can find trout anywhere near cincinnati. i hear this lake a few miles away has them in springtime. cant wait until next spring. i might end up trying to go to tennisee soon and rainbow trout fish.

I fish solely shimano, diawa(sometimes) and BPS rods, and nothing but shimano reels. I do have others, but love shimano the most because i have never ever ever had a problem with them. I preffer spiderwire mono, but will use trilene if i have too. i like to be a very finicky fisherman when it comes to gear, but i dont buy things because there expensive, and top dollar. if it works it works.

Enough blabbin tho, Have a wonderful day, gonna head out here soon to grab a few LM before i go to sleep. I am a recovering drug addict, i have been 3 and a half months clean. i find fishing the hobbie to take all the stress and bad things away in my life.

If you go alittle north of you in Ohio the Mad River and its tributaries are stocked with trout.

hi alex

i don't know ohio that well yet for trout. i did ok with the steelhead this past spring on lake erie shore line. i use to do alot of trout fishing in mi and did pretty well over the yrs.

Thanks guys, i love it here, i found me a new forum home.

I used to be into drugs really bad. I got into heroin really bad. I am now off that stupid substance, infact i dont use any drugs. I do however go to a methadone clinic to maintain my sobriety. while it is a 'drug' im using it as a maintenance tool and am prescribed legally.

FISHING is my ANTI DRUG. for real it is. im so much happier now that i am off drugs, i dont even really drink anymore!

Just saw this post or I would have posted here instead of starting a new post. Well as I said I live in a small town of Summerfield OH. Just off of the back waters of Seneca Lake. Bass fishing has been good there last week with the cool down we had. Bass fishing is something new for me. I enjoy doing it. Just been doing it for three years and into my fourth season. I mostly catfish Seneca back waters. There was a 58 LB flathead pulled out of there last weekend. Wasn't me. I am a Volunteer Firefighter for the pass 30 years and EMT-I the pass 18 years. I certainly hope to get to meet some of you folks sometime in the near future.

Welcome to the Ohio section....We have many members from Ohio from all over the state so I invite you to get on here or on our Ohio Chapter site and get involved. Check out our Ohio Chapter site for all the info you need about the NAFC Ohio Chapter as well as all of our scheduled upcoming events. BD

http://www.nafcohiochapter.com

Contact AmyM to get activated on the Ohio Chapter site.

Hi Mike, live in Thompson and fish the Grand. I found that smallmouth like zoom fluke or super fluke, i use pearl color most of the time.

I'm dave from Lowell I have fished the muskingum most of my life I fish as much as I have time to pretty much fish anywhere

hi dave larrysfishingservice from utica& i like to fish pretty much any where to! welcome aboard!!!!!!!

Welcome everybody. We are putting together a panfish tournament to be held on May 21st at CJ Brown Res down by Springfield. You are welcome to join us. Hope you can make it.

great!! and i also wanted to say that i have pictures here on my public profile if they dont disapeer again. take a peak!!! hows your knee ffisch?

The information about the upcoming CJ Brown derby is at the Ohio Chapter website under the Chapter Events section; there is a map available in the Fishing Information section courtesy of Ffisch and Fishing NaNa, there are GPS positions available AND a physical description of where, how many, types and depth of each set placed here in the thread "Lake Erie South @...#1, #2, #3, and so on and so on"; between map in hand and some of the knowledge in the threads,and the ability to fish cover throughly, someone`s going to do QUITE well!

The Ohio Chapter website has a map of CJ Brown available in the ChapterEvents thread; the map shows most of the added cover placed over the last 2 yrs. It was posted due to the efforts of Ffisch and Fishing NaNa. Also the thread "Lake Erie South 2- #1, #2, #3 and so on and so on..." here may be of use with GPS positions as well as a physical description of where, how many, how deep, ect...will bet with a copy of the map in hand and some knowledge of what`s there and a little skill throughly working cover several persons SHOULD do QUITE well....

Hello everyone, New member, well renew i guess. Was a member a few years ago and let it lapse. I'm in the nortwest corner of the state, Bryan/ Defiance. Love all fishing but enjoy crappie trolling more than most. Fish a lot of different lakes in southern MI. Also fish the rivers mainly in the spring. Maumee- walleye,white bass, crappie,catfish. Tiffin- catfish. Auglaze- crappie and cats. Usually get on the ice several times a year but still never made the trip to the big lake on the ice. Planning that soon.

Welcome back tkames!

hello everyone. i am back LOL
i live in columbus, but used to live down around buckeye lake so that is where i do a lot of my fishing. but will fish just about anywhere as long as there is NO ice on it LOL
i have been salt water fishing a couple of times and love it also.
getting my scuba certification then i will be able to swim with the fish instead of just catching them. btw i do mostly catch and release

hope to see y'all soon

welcome back ,i caught a 7&1/2 lb saugeye@buckeye&numerous hybrid stripers! my wife got a hybrid30 inchesabout 9 lbs!

Hi everyone,

My name is Donny and live in the Springfield, OH area. I usually fish just for bass and catfish. I was a member along time ago but just now joined again as a life member.

Donny we are having a panfish tournament at CJ Brown in May which is by Springfield. Hope you can join us.

your gps is upstairs lowell!!!!!!!

Hello my name is richard I am new life member I live in Chillicothe I bass fish mostly but when bass are not cooperating I search for other species. I catch and release only because I want my grandchildren to enjoy fishing as much as I do. I like to kayak the creeks and chase the smallmouth and warmouth. I would like to find some new productive water close to me.

Big Dog I signed up for the Ohio chapter site site said I would be getting an email to allow me to log on I have not got it yet it has been over a month Dave

Forgot to add I registered as diamond dave

Hi there, Kevin here, recently new member to nafc, enjoying it a lot.  just got into the forums and finding them informative and fun, love it.  i am 28 yrs old, like bass, pike, and panfishing.  hey darryl i am making a trip to paint creek for crappie the 3rd weekend in april, any pointers?  i am living in chillicothe area and dont get out there as much as i like, but have heard good things about this lake for crappies.  i heard i should try the west end, which is shallower and has good cover.  are the bait shops gonna be open by then so i can get some minnows?

Posted By alanders on 26 Jun 2010 03:03 PM
Thanks guys, i love it here, i found me a new forum home.

I used to be into drugs really bad. I got into heroin really bad. I am now off that stupid substance, infact i dont use any drugs. I do however go to a methadone clinic to maintain my sobriety. while it is a 'drug' im using it as a maintenance tool and am prescribed legally.

FISHING is my ANTI DRUG. for real it is. im so much happier now that i am off drugs, i dont even really drink anymore!

hey alanders, you arent the only one, i had a bad oxy habit, been off them for awhile but needed help to get off them too, i was prescribed suboxone though, a little less addictive then methadone.  it was amazing how after i got off of them all of my interests and hobbies that i took back up instead of trying to "score"

tommorows a good day togo fishing!!!!

Hey kwright3, I would like to invite you to our little panfish tournament that we are having in May at CJ Brown. Hope you can join us.

Just convince me 1 more time that fishing isn`t an addiction...right? It`s impossible to fish TOO MUCH...right?  NOW all I gotta do is convince the "other half"....(she says she`s SERIOUS about checking me into FA...) Hope to see you all at CJ sooner rather than later...

What's going on guys! My name is Jason and I live near Youngstown. I am 27 and am married with 2 children. I just bought my first boat a few months ago. A older 16ft champion bass boat, nice starter boat for us. I fish a lot and always have. Mosquito lake is the lake I generally go to but also fish milton, berlin, and west branch. I usually fish for bass but also walleye and crappie fish.

hey guys i just got back from my fishing trip on paint creek lake and had a great time. my plan to fish the west end was abrubtly cut short when i arrived at the lake, which was very much flooded to my surprise. so i stopped in the bait shop and started talking to the guy there and he told me to try below the dam in the river. man was he right, ended up catching about 30 keeper crappies on those panfish tube jigs under a bobber, man it was fun, cant wait to go back

everybody go to 5th annual meet of nafc ohio chapter&get a raffle ticket to go muskyfishing with yours truly!

Larry, you need to talk to ARV about this. It was brought up at the meeting at Wolf Run this weekend and apparently Bigdog did not inform anyone about this directly. There are some concerns that they have to talk to you about. So if you would PM or give Arv a call.

i did& am still waiting on arv?

concerns resolved! now everybody swing by 5th annual meet&get some tickets!!!!!!!!!!      PS got my 2011 .annual coastguard-state annual sticker. LETS GO FISHING. fully insured

That is good to hear Larry. Glad that is cleared up. Unfortunatedly I am not going to make it to the annual meet this year or else I would surely get a few tickets. I have never fished for muskies before. That would be a new one for me. Caught a baby one in Lake Loramie the year before by accident. They are a crazy fish , even at 7 inches.

Posted By dhanes on 06 Mar 2011 09:55 AM
Forgot to add I registered as diamond dave

Dave, did it get straightened out ? Let me know a.s.a.p. and if not, I will go in and add you. Have a good one. BD

First of all, let me say WELCOME to all of our new Ohio members that have signed in here since my last visit. I have not been able to access this site for a very long time. I was messing around with it this morning and finally got back on. Hopefully it will stay that way. Anyhow, if any of the new members are having problems getting registered on the ohio chapter site, please let me know and I will get it resolved a.s.a.p., I will be up at the annual ohio chapter meet the rest of today and possibly tomorrow. If you can make it today, please do so as we will be having our meeting and then our fishing charter raffles and the regular raffle. The money raised goes into the chapter general fund to keep it operating as we are a legally registered non-profit organization. So please come out and support our ohio chapter of the nafc. The meet is at Findley State Park which is just south of Wellington,Ohio on state route 58. Hope to see you there. BD

First of all, let me say WELCOME to all of our new Ohio members that have signed in here since my last visit. I have not been able to access this site for a very long time. I was messing around with it this morning and finally got back on. Hopefully it will stay that way. Anyhow, if any of the new members are having problems getting registered on the ohio chapter site, please let me know and I will get it resolved a.s.a.p., I will be up at the annual ohio chapter meet the rest of today and possibly tomorrow. If you can make it today, please do so as we will be having our meeting and then our fishing charter raffles and the regular raffle. The money raised goes into the chapter general fund to keep it operating as we are a legally registered non-profit organization. So please come out and support our ohio chapter of the nafc. The meet is at Findley State Park which is just south of Wellington,Ohio on state route 58. Hope to see you there. BD

First of all, let me say WELCOME to all of our new Ohio members that have signed in here since my last visit. I have not been able to access this site for a very long time. I was messing around with it this morning and finally got back on. Hopefully it will stay that way. Anyhow, if any of the new members are having problems getting registered on the ohio chapter site, please let me know and I will get it resolved a.s.a.p., I will be up at the annual ohio chapter meet the rest of today and possibly tomorrow. If you can make it today, please do so as we will be having our meeting and then our fishing charter raffles and the regular raffle. The money raised goes into the chapter general fund to keep it operating as we are a legally registered non-profit organization. So please come out and support our ohio chapter of the nafc. The meet is at Findley State Park which is just south of Wellington,Ohio on state route 58. Hope to see you there. BD

First of all, let me say WELCOME to all of our new Ohio members that have signed in here since my last visit. I have not been able to access this site for a very long time. I was messing around with it this morning and finally got back on. Hopefully it will stay that way. Anyhow, if any of the new members are having problems getting registered on the ohio chapter site, please let me know and I will get it resolved a.s.a.p., I will be up at the annual ohio chapter meet the rest of today and possibly tomorrow. If you can make it today, please do so as we will be having our meeting and then our fishing charter raffles and the regular raffle. The money raised goes into the chapter general fund to keep it operating as we are a legally registered non-profit organization. So please come out and support our ohio chapter of the nafc. The meet is at Findley State Park which is just south of Wellington,Ohio on state route 58. Hope to see you there. BD

First of all, let me say WELCOME to all of our new Ohio members that have signed in here since my last visit. I have not been able to access this site for a very long time. I was messing around with it this morning and finally got back on. Hopefully it will stay that way. Anyhow, if any of the new members are having problems getting registered on the ohio chapter site, please let me know and I will get it resolved a.s.a.p., I will be up at the annual ohio chapter meet the rest of today and possibly tomorrow. If you can make it today, please do so as we will be having our meeting and then our fishing charter raffles and the regular raffle. The money raised goes into the chapter general fund to keep it operating as we are a legally registered non-profit organization. So please come out and support our ohio chapter of the nafc. The meet is at Findley State Park which is just south of Wellington,Ohio on state route 58. Hope to see you there. BD

sorry about that, i only clicked the submit button once, must have got stuck or something

Hey BigDog68, I'm having trouble getting on. It has my user name and password but when I hit enter it says"incorrect user name or password" What gives? 

mo65, where are you trying to get on to. As you can see bigdog has not been on here since june and doesn't get on here much. if you are trying to get on the Ohio chapter site , Amy would be the one to get a hold of. Let me know if I can be of any help.

Hey FFFish, how do I get a hold of Amy?

I will PM her for you and have her get on this thread and contact you. I don't have her info in front of me right now.

For those that want to get registered on the Ohio Chapter website, I can be reached at OhioChapterSecretary@yahoo.com

If there are any new fishing club members from Ohio, please introduce yourself here and feel free to jump right in. BD

While I'm here, I'll just add that I am no longer the co-chairman of the Ohio Chapter but will still continue to serve as the chaplain. River is now the new co-chairman and take over those duties as of March 2012 meeting.  It has been a pleasure to serve the Ohio chapter as the co-chairman since we started and now it's time to turn it over and let someone else have a turn. I am honored to have met and made many new life long friends since I began as the first co-chairman of the Ohio chapter. Being the assistant pastor of my church as well as now back to working a full time job working 50-60 hours a week, it feels good to turn it over to someone else. It also gives me more fishing time when I am able to attend any of our meets. Thanks again my friends. BD

Hey I don't think I have ever signed up for this. I checked out the set looks like some good info on there and even better people! My name is Kevin I currently live in Chillicothe which is an hour south of columbus so I claim paint creek lake as my home lake. The past few years I have been converted from largemouth fishing to chasing crappies just love it! Paint creek isn't too bad either for catching them. O talk to you all later

Hey Kevin. Most Ohio posters are on our own site. www.nafcohiochapter.com We have meets where some do some fishing and we eat alot of food and have a good time. Check it out and register if you like.