FISHING

FISHING
Lakes trail results
The top 10 finishers in the Lakes Tournament Trail Berlin Reservoir tournament June 1: 1st, Jerry Reynolds, Dick Crawford, Canton, 12.27 pounds, $700; 2nd, Rory Franks, Scott Joss, Ravenna, 11.76, $530; 3rd, Craig Addis, Louie Kunkle, Canal Fulton, Clinton, 11.64, $440; 4th, Wally Masink, Dennis Troutman, Streetsboro, Kent, 9.88, $400; 5th, John Shriver, Ed Hankins, Akron, Clinton, 9.46, $356; 6th, Jeff Welker, Ed Derheimer, Waynesburg, Malvern, 9.15, $312; 7th, Jeff McBeth, Drew Handwork, New Phila. and Canton, 8.84, $268; 8th, Brian Bickerton, Chuck Monaghan, N. Royalton, Parma, 8.83, $224; 9th, Ron Berish, Phil Berish, Akron, 8.34, $176 10th, Tony Lopane, Joey Reed, Cuyahoga Falls, Kent, 8.10, $176.
Big Bass was Rory Franks, Ravenna, with a 4.14 pound Largemouth, $440; 2nd Big Bass was John Shriver, Akron 3.92 pounds, $26.
Next tournament: Mosquito Lake July 13. Call 330-825-5702 or check: www.geocities.com/lakestrail for complete results and photos.
Adaptive fishing outing
An adaptive fishing trip for the physically challenged will be hosted from 2 to 6 p.m. June 22 at the Struna Holstein Farm, 7042 Stanhope-Kellogsville Road, Williamsfield, Ashtabula County. Adults and children are welcome to participate.
Food and refreshments will be provided as well as fishing equipment and assistance.
To get to Struna Holstein Farm from Youngstown take state Route 11 to U.S. Highway. 322 and go east to Stanhope Kellogsville Road.
For information call (330) 872-0596 or (330) 898-3858.
YOUTH
Scholarship awards
The Columbiana County Federation of Conservation Clubs recently awarded a number of scholarships. Receiving $1,000 scholarships were Cory Earle of Columbiana High School, Andrew Varsho of Beaver Local High school and Jared Coldwell of Hocking Technical College.
Earle plans to attend Hocking and major in wildlife conservation. He is the son of Robert and Cynthia Pugh of East Friend Street, Columbiana. Varsho will also attend Hocking and major in wildlife management. He is the son of Jon and Cheryl Varsho of Lones Road, Lisbon.
Coldwell currently attends Hocking and is majoring in forestry. He is the son of Dave and Lisa Coldwell, Salineville.
The CCFCC awards $1,000 scholarships annually to area youth graduating from high school or currently attending college and majoring in agriculture, biology, wildlife conservation, environmental science or other closely related field of study.
For information contact Tom Butch, CCFCC secretary, (330) 337-8444.
MISCELLANEOUS
Free park admission
Admission into a Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District lake park on June 14 will be free.
A guest appreciation day will showcase the five MWCD lake parks -- Atwood, Charles Mill, Pleasant Hill, Seneca and Tappan.
The MWCD lakes usually charge $5 per car for admission.
For more details, call (877) 363-8500.
OHIO
Spring turkey huntingtalley down 10 percent
Hunters checked in 20,031 wild turkeys during Ohio's four-week, statewide spring turkey hunting season that opened April 28 and ended May 25. This season's total represents a nearly 10 percent decrease from last year's preliminary number of 22,173 gobblers.
Counties where the highest preliminary numbers of wild turkeys were taken during the spring season and their comparative figures from 2002 (in parenthesis) include Ashtabula, 1,016 (1,037); Guernsey, 632 (903); Jackson, 618 (727); Athens 603 (640) and Harrison, 595 (711).
In addition to the 2003 total, young hunters killed 421 birds statewide in the special youth-only turkey hunt that was open April 26 and 27 on public hunting areas only for hunters age 17 and younger.
Coming in to the spring season, state wildlife biologists estimated the wild turkey population in Ohio to be about 220,000, approximately 16 percent less than last spring.
This was the fourth year that turkey hunting was open in every Ohio county during the spring season. Only 57 of the state's 88 counties were open to spring turkey hunting in 1999.
Preliminary turkey season results for 2003 (2002 in parenthesis):
Adams, 415 (433); Allen, 16 (7); Ashland, 474 (487); Ashtabula, 1,016 (1,037); Athens, 603 (640); Auglaize, 20 (19); Belmont, 504 (556); Brown, 385 (476); Butler, 27 (37); Carroll, 413 (478); Champaign, 79 (72); Clark, 28 (27); Clermont, 483 (497); Clinton, 27 (51); Columbiana, 576 (363); Coshocton, 580 (800); Crawford, 44 (52); Cuyahoga, 7 (8); Darke, 13 (16); Defiance, 85 (97); Delaware - 76 (68); Erie, 19 (8); Fairfield, 182 (199); Fayette, 39 (22); Franklin, 12 (7); Fulton, 31 (19 ); Gallia, 417 (493); Geauga, 343 (458); Greene, 14 (14); Guernsey, 632 (903); Hamilton, 54 (53); Hancock, 17 (10); Hardin, 33 (37); Harrison, 595 (711); Henry, 14 (12); Highland, 291 (259); Hocking, 419 (528); Holmes, 383 (442); Huron, 157 (127); Jackson, 618 (727); Jefferson, 509 (505); Knox, 388 (402); Lake, 241 (214); Lawrence, 226 (314 ); Licking, 541 (554); Logan, 110 (111); Lorain, 98 (74); Lucas, 14 (10); Madison, 2 (1); Mahoning, 217 (179); Marion, 24 (30); Medina, 110 (101); Meigs, 563 (612); Mercer, 4 (0); Miami, 5 (11); Monroe, 441 (625); Montgomery, 4 (4); Morgan, 369 (521); Morrow, 222 (168); Muskingum, 376 (691); Noble, 377 (371); Ottawa, 10 (4 ); Paulding, 65 (60); Perry, 471 (493); Pickaway, 52 (55); Pike, 244 (260); Portage, 91 (138); Preble, 53 (41); Putnam, 23 (16); Richland, 493 (487); Ross, 437 (481); Sandusky, 8 (12); Scioto, 322 (388); Seneca, 91 (111); Shelby, 24 (19); Stark, 297 (258); Summit, 54 (27); Trumbull, 544 (579); Tuscarawas, 482 (580); Union, 10 (13); Van Wert, 4 (2); Vinton, 328 (379); Warren, 45 (70); Washington, 560 (626); Wayne, 154 (142); Williams, 133 (130); Wood, 2 (6); Wyandot, 52 (48) Totals: 20,031 (22,173 ).
PENNSYLVANIA
Upper Hereford Manorwill reopen June 14
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will re-open Upper Hereford Manor Lake, part of a pair of small lakes in Franklin Township, Beaver County, for public use beginning June 14, the opening day of harvest for large- and smallmouth bass in Pennsylvania. The lake has been closed since April 21 while the impoundment was being partially lowered. The draw down was required to address safety concerns at the aging dams. Upper and Lower Hereford Manor Lakes are located on Doe Run, a tributary of Conoquenessing Creek.
EDUCATION
Sporting clays clinics at Grand Valley Hunting Ranch
The Grand Valley Hunting Ranch on Pennimen Road off state Route 87 near Orwell will offer two clinics this summer on improving sporting clays skills.
A Series I Clinic on June 14, Sept. 20 and OCt. 25 will cover the fuindamentals of sporting clays with proper gun mounting, target analysis, strategy and set-up skills among the topics covered.
A Series II clinic on June 28, Sept. 27 and Nov. 8 is a rigorous program that builds on the skills developed in the Series I class.
Certified NSCA certified instructors will teach both courses. For information call (440) 685-4868.