CLEVELAND, Ohio — The heavy rains the last couple of days have kicked up the water levels in the northern Ohio rivers and streams and muddied the waters, and that’s a good thing.
Spawning walleye are responding right now by running the Maumee and Sandusky rivers in northwest Ohio, and wading anglers reported good catches. As the water levels go down and the waters begin to clear a bit, Maumee Tackle recommends Carolina rigs with floating jigs and black heads tipped with purple or orange tails. Sandusky River fishermen are catching both walleye and channel catfish in good numbers, and weekend success should be very good.
The Northeast Ohio tributaries of Lake Erie are bristling with fresh-run, bright silver steelhead trout, as well as darker trout that have been in the Rocky, Chagrin, Vermilion and Ashtabula rivers and Conneaut Creek for a while. The Grand River will take some time to clear, and should be a top steelhead spot soon…