what is your favorite state lake??

[10 point]

Personally, living here next to Dayton, Ceasars Creek is always on my list since it's close to home. But, like everything else at CC, the hunting pressure is out the roof!!! Even during the week the blinds are full and the free lancers are out in full force. I only killed a handful of ducks this year at CC. Rocky Fork is another lake I like to hunt, but it too can be wall to wall on certain days, especially if the ducks are there. I never hunt RF on weekends, I did that one time and that will be my last. This year my partner and I are thinking about hitting Cowan Lake some and some lakes in SE Ohio to try and get away from the pressure here around Dayton. The private ground here in SW Ohio is pretty well locked up. I have knocked till my hands have hurt and got no where. So this year instead of knocking I'm going to spend my time scouting these lakes and finding where the ducks use at. This season between two of us we brought home 36 ducks and 11 geese. Almost all of them were taken on state waters except a few. We have had some decent hunts on state waters during the week, but most of the time it's a duck or two a day. Maybe a goose here and there. Our best hunt this season was 4 ducks and 2 geese between two of us. Most of the time though we only brought back a duck or two at a time.

[Beau Martin]

I live in Sidney. So Lake Laromie is high on my list, have the same [problem as you, hunting presuer! But still know of a couple places that a few only hunt, eather have to walk to it or hunt during the week. Hunted The Miami river this year and had one of our better years, Opening day was our best, 4mallards and 1 goose. Don't sound like much but when you only been getting 1/2 dozen ducks a yer it was awsum. Would like to try out a few other areas but work and time have been a problem.As far as land I KNOW WHAT YOU MEEN!

[george tinkham]

strouds run(dow lake),burr oak close 2nd

[Ohio Sportsman]

Alum, Oshaun, Berlin, Portage, Erie, and the list goes on. I never been on an Ohio lake I didn't like. :)

[Neapolis]

Indian Lake, but I do more hunting on the Maumee River than anywhere else.

[Thunderflight]

Buckeye Lake

I haven't hunted there since I was in high school, but I've got alot of fond memories of hunting with my Dad, brother and friends.

Thunderflight

[Lance]

Oops I was thinking fishing so I'm editing this.

Mogadore Resevoir for sure. Expensive to rent the blinds ($35 a day) but more than worth it if you only duck hunt a few times a year.

[mikenbow]

I still like Salt Fork. I guess because I always seem to catch fish here every time I spend a weekend. I also have Burr Oak in a close second place- I love the seclusion!

[10Gauge]

I like big open fields of fresh picked corn for goose hunting and if it's close to a lake that's the cat's rear!

We even get mallards in these fields from time to time so we started putting mallard deek's out with our canuks to draw em in better.

I also hunt Cowan Lake regularly, too! :o

[10 point]

I got access to some decent private ground, but others beside me hunt it as well. I got permission to hunt a 3-5 acre private marsh here in SW Ohio. The only problem is she lets her neighbor hunt it as well and he watches it every day. I have yet to kill a duck out of there. He brings in his friends and they hunt it with him. Heck, one day I had all ready got my dekes out and here he comes with 3 other friends:eek: I should have known it was too good to be true. I got a decent field off of 70 to hunt in, but it's hit and miss with the geese. Rocky Fork's marsh on the upper end of it is eat up with hunters during season. You just about have to get there at 1am, even during the week, to get a place. it's the only place on the lake where you can walk in and hunt it with waders. I don't even bother with the marsh. There is a couple lakes I am looking at in SE Ohio for this season. There about an hour or so away, but I'm willing to drive to get away from the crowds here around Dayton. Just too many duck hunters here around Dayton. And Ceasars Creek is such a pain to hunt. You have to have atleast 20' line on your blocks to hunt there. Then add all the hunters who hunt it and you have a fine place to duck hunt:rolleyes:

[7th]

I have to say that Salt Fork is it, I am new to this game but hooked bad. I killed my first Goose in '96 and I loved it, just needed to get some better people to hunt with. The next year I ran into the friend I needed to and have Loved it:D, before this Bow Season was all I dreamed about but I am hard pressed to get the bow out if it is Duck or Goose season:(.
I have lived here for 4 years now and may not have had the best shooting that you see on TV but it is good enough for me:cool:, now if I have done my job right on Giz, My 2 year old Lab I will be set.
Frank.

[Lance]

A buddy of mine who used to do a lot of waterfowl hunting hunted Saltfork alot. He did quite well on ducks there.

Welcome to the site!
I used to grouse hunt alot near you on some peabody land till it was sold.

[Caribou Dreamer2]

Indian lake

[snag]

grand river is my favorite place a few marshes and lots of beaver ponds and d.u. ponds throughout the area it,s public land but lots of land there if your willing to hike in to some.weekends can be a bear at some spots but i,ve been out the week of thanksgiving and been by myself all day ,sometimes i go to the drawings at mosquito lake they have lots of nice ponds there.

[george tinkham]

good deer huntin around strouds run...oh i think i failed to mention the ohio university co eds that frequent the beaches there in the summertime