Elma resident Tom Slawatcki, center, with teammates Jim Dolly, left, and son Ben, have been among teams to win cash at the Lake Erie Con Club Derby in Dunkirk, which is under new management this year.

He had no clue as to the species of a fish he had on the line or its massive size as it swam toward their boat.

Unfavorable weather conditions throughout May, including strong winds and murky water, delayed the start of the 2025 Lake Erie fishing season. Despite the late start, fishing proved successful in ...

The "Walleye Capital of the World" birthed fewer walleye this year. The 2024 walleye hatch was below average, according to annual Lake Erie fish surveys by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Walleye, like this one Dan Stefanich caught, are abundant in Lake Erie. Lake Erie is called the Walleye Capital of the World. The 2025 fishing season is set to showcase why. According to the Ohio ...

The Maumee River is one of Ohio's premier fishing destinations, especially known for its annual spring walleye run, one of ...

DUNKIRK – The walleye around here tend to stick around, spending their whole lives on the eastern side of Lake Erie. The walleye from Ohio? They're roamers. They'll show up on the Buffalo side of the ...

Sooner or later, life teaches us, we will experience a hiccup in the unprecedented run of years of fantastic Lake Erie walleye fishing. In fishing, as in baseball, basketball and football, we fans ...

The WNY Heroes Day fishing crew of military veterans, led by the experienced Captain Tom Miranda, right, of Pole Dancer Sportfishing, celebrated a successful day at the Dunkirk Clarion gazebo last ...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife’s law enforcement officers assigned to Lake Erie recently closed two cases in which anglers — from Ohio and Michigan — unlawfully took ...