Friday, November 30, 2007

2008 Ohio Trout Lottery

It's that time of year again for anglers to send in their application for the 2008 Ohio Trout Lottery. This lottery is hosted by the Department of Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife and gives anglers an opportunity to fish a controlled section of Ohio's Cold Creek - A half-mile section of the creek, located at the Castalia State Fish Hatchery in Erie County.

However this angling opportunity is limited to a certain number of anglers and selected dates between March 31 and October 31st in 2008. Lucky anglers will be chosen through a special lottery.

Anglers interested in fishing the stream must submit an application form and a non-refundable $5 application fee to the Division of Wildlife, 2054 Morse Rd, G-1, Columbus, Ohio 43229-6693 between December 1, 2007 and January 31, 2008 in order to be eligible for the random drawing. The online application fee is $3.

For more information about the 2008 Ohio Trout Lottery, click here.

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Special Trout Lottery for Ohio Anglers

Ohio's Department of Natural Resources is once again holding a special lottery for trout anglers. Winners will be allowed to fish a half-mile section of Cold Creek (one of Ohio's most unique streams) located at the Castalia State Fish Hatchery in Erie County. This hatchery raises more than 470,000 Steelhead, Rainbow and native Brook trout annually at its 90-acre facility.

There will be two limited fishing seasons on Cold Creek:
  • One for adults (April 2 through June 6 and August 20 through October 26)
  • One for youth age 16 and under (June 7 through August 17)
Interested anglers must submit a non-refundable $3 application fee by January 31st in order to be eligible for the drawing.

For more information, visit the ODNR web site.


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