

The 2010 Columbus Sports, Vacation & Boat Show is back again at the Ohio Expo Center this year, and promises to have your favorite dealers, outfitters, seminars and more! Stop by the OGF booth at #188-189 in the multi-purpose building and say hello!

Attention OGF Hunters!
The OGF staff and Portage County Outdoors are pleased to announce the fourth annual "Buck of The Year" Contest.
The winner will receive some of the latest OGF gear as well as a special plaque recognizing their accomplishment!
OGF's hunting forums have been a great success and their growth has exceeded our expectations, thanks to our great members.
Ohio produces some great Bucks every year!
For some great pictures, the rules and more details see the thread in our Bucks and Does forum here...
http://www.ohiogamefishing.com/commu...d.php?t=130839

Ohio Game Fishing held our 6th annual Vermilion Hawg Fest this pastSeptember, with a record attendance and some true hawg walleye brought to the scales.
The winning bag was brought to the scales by the team lead by captain Keith Powell, with a total weight of 37.24 lbs for 5 fish. The big fish pot was awarded to the team lead by captain Dave Jerkins with a pig 11.05 lb. walleye brought to the scale. To view the complete results, click here.
OGF would like to thank
The City of Vermilion and the Port Authority, WKYC, Quaker Steak & Lube, Sharpnack II, South Shore Marine, SARA-J Charters, Cranberry Creek Marina, Bad Boy Bait and Tackle, Land Big Fish, Ole Petes Tackle, Erie Outfitters, Rodmakers Shop, The Brewkettle, Skip's Taxidermy, Navionics, Cisco Rod Holders, Falcon Outdoors (Great Lakes Planer Systems) Slimers, and all our charter capatains that donated a trip for raffles: Skip's Taxidermy, Land Big Fish,
Falcon Outdoors, Blue Dolphin Charters, Reel Bad Habit Charters,
Fish Crazy Charters, Kevin "Kgone" Michnicki,
Hardwork Charters, Chartermax Sport Fishing,
Reel Pursuit Sport Fishing,
Peerless II Charters, Navionics, Erie Outfitters, West Marine,
Ole Pete's Tackle, Rodmakers Shop,
Kamper City,
Sara J Fishing Fleet and
Slimers.
We congradulate all of the 2009 Vermilion Hawg Fest participants and winners for toughing out the conditions to make this one of the most exciting Hawg Fests to date!
To visit the 2009 Vermilion Hawg Fest website for complete event details, click here.


Ohio Game Fishing and Microspoons present the 5th annual OGF Open Crappie Tournament. We're back at Delware Lake on Saturday, May 9th 2009 for another go at those slabs. Registration is limited to the first 50 teams, so register your team today as it will fill up quickly!
We're also pleased that Land Big Fish and Microspoons are back as tournament sponsors again this year! Land Big Fish has donated (2) $75 gift cards to be awarded to the 1st place team, as well as (10) $15 gift cards for a random drawing of all tournament anglers. Microspoons will be providing sample packs of spoons for each team.
Tournament
Sign-in: 6:00am – 6:45 am (Marina)
Tournament Hours: 7:00 am – 3:00 pm
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED! FIELD IS FULL!!
To read the complete rules, click here.
To view the team roster, click here.

Ohio Game Fishing congratulates OGF member Fishingredhawk for winning our 2008 Angler of the Year contest! Sponsored by South Shore Marine, This is the 3rd year for the contest, in which the contestants are nominated and selected by fellow OGF members for the award. Fishingredhawk will recieve a personalized "Angler of the Year" plaque, OGF Gear, and of course bragging rights for the next year.
In a race that went to the last minute, Fishingredhawk won by a 1 vote margin over Lake Erie fisherman KGoneFishing. It was a dead heat up until voting closed at midnight, with Fishingredhawk coming out at the victor when the polls closed. The votes were counted by 7 individual staff members numerous times to ensure there were no errors, and all hanging/swinging chads have been accounted for.
Congratulations Mike on winning a deserving title, and our hats off to Kevin as well for making this an extremely exciting contest to watch.
To read the voting results click here.
To congratulate Mike on this great accomplishment, click here.


Ohio Game Fishing congratulates OGF member RWeyer23 for winning our 2008 Buck of the Year contest! Sponsored by Land Big Fish, This is the 3rd year for the contest, in which the contestants are nominated and selected by fellow OGF members for the award. RWeyer23 will recieve a personalized "Buck of the Year" plaque, OGF Gear, and of course bragging rights for the next year.
To see the pictures and posts from the contest, click here.
To congratulate RWeyer23 on his accomplishment, click here.
On behalf of OGF and Land Big Fish, congrats RWeyer23 on a beautiful buck!


The Ohio Game Fishing staff and friends will be on hand again this year at the 2009 Columbus Sports, Vacation & Boat show at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. The Show runs February 12 - 15th, and is packed with your favorite charter captains, marinas, boat dealers and vacation getaways as years past. Come check out the fishing seminars, buy your next boat, or hang out at the OGF booth and allow us to personally thank you for your support of OGF.
You can visit us at booth(s) 215-216 for the duration of the show.
Click here for show information, such as hours, directions, and exhibitors list.


Ohio Game Fishing (OGF) is proud to announce the details for the 2008 Vermilion Hawgfest to be held on Saturday September 20th in the great city of Vermilion.The 2008 Hawgfest is brought to you by The City Of Vermilion, Evinrude, Sharpnack II Chevrolet, South Shore Marine, Starcraft and WKYC TV-3.
This is the fifth annual event and all indications are that the 105 boat field will be filled quickly,so don't delay your registration.
The Hawgfest has quickly become the premier open Walleye tournament on Lake Erie.
This is such a unique event in that it is open to any size team from 2 to 6 people.There is also a reduced entry fee for the 2 person teams.
We wrap up and highlight this event with a catered dinner, awards ceremony and party held after the weigh in.The top finishing teams will receive their awards and share how they caught their winning catch. The awards dinner is also open for friends and family that don't fish the tournament.
More information including rules, registration information can be found by visiting www.vermilionhawgfest.com
The 2008 Vermilion Hawgfest is sponsored by WKYC TV3,Starcraft, Evinrude, Sharpnack II, South Shore Marine,WBSA, Cranberry Creek Marina, Blue Dolphin Charters, Reefstalker Charters,Freebyrd Charters,KGonefishing,Rich's Hook Line And Sinker,Navionics, West Marine, Ray Sterk Catering,Den's Sportsmans Outpost,Old Pete's Tackle Co.,X Tackle,Amish Outfitters,Cisco Fishing Systems and Skip's Taxidermy.


OGF congratulates our June 2008 Angler of the Month, Noah (Dew Dew's son) brought to you on behalf of Fenwick Marina. Photos are selected straight from our member galleries and voted on by OGF staff to select the Angler of the Month. The selected entry each month gets a FREE Team OGF vinyl sticker, courtesy of that month's sponsor.
Click Here to Congratulate Noah!


OGF congratulates our April 2008 Angler of the Month, Fishingredhawk brought to you on behalf of the Plapp's Pro Outdoors. Photos are selected straight from our member galleries and voted on by OGF staff to select the Angler of the Month. The selected entry each month gets a FREE Team OGF vinyl sticker, courtesy of that month's sponsor.
Click Here to Congratulate Fishingredhawk!



It's back for 2008, and better than ever! Come join us for our 4th Annual Spring Open Crappie Tournament Saturday, May 3rd at Delware State Park. We are fortunate enough to have Land Big Fish, Frabill, and Microspoons as our sponsors for 2008, and through their generosity all participants will walk away with a a door prize!
For registration and tournament details, click here.
For the roster, click here.
We're capped at a 50 boat field, so get those entries in early to reserve your spot! |