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Northwest Ohio – Wildlife District Two 
In May and June, wildlife investigators and wildlife officers worked with K-9 units from across the state to enforce walleye regulations on Lake Erie. Investigators and officers made close to 800 compliance checks, looking for valid fishing licenses and ensuring harvested walleye fell within size and bag limits. K-9 units inspected vessels to check bag limits.

Over three days, officers detected numerous violations, including people fishing without a license and taking more than the legal bag limit of six walleye. K-9 units also spoke with hundreds of sportsmen and women to share information about the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s K-9 officer program. State Wildlife Officer Nathan Kaufmann, assigned to Richland County, and K-9 Officer May demonstrated how the canines work and find hidden fish.  

During the white bass run, State Wildlife Officer Charles McMullen, assigned to Sandusky County, and State Wildlife Officer Ryan Burke, assigned to Hancock County, discovered a boat experiencing motor failure on the Sandusky River. The officers towed the four stranded anglers to Riverfront Marina in Fremont where the vessel had put in. The fishermen were happy to be safely assisted to shore.  

Ohio’s 2023 winter wheat production is forecast at 41.8 million bushels, according to Ben Torrance, State Statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office. This report is based on conditions as of July 1, 2023. Some highlights of the Crop  Production Report follow:

The Ohio winter wheat yield is forecast at 76 bushels per acre, down 3 bushels from last year and unchanged from last  month’s forecast. As of July 2, five percent of the crop was harvested. The crop condition was rated 63 percent good to  excellent, compared with 57 percent at the same time last year.