After failing to land the big catch last year, lawmakers have cast their line again to hook the walleye as the state fish.

Ohio is reeling in an official state fish, the walleye. During a marathon session on June 26 before legislators break for the summer, the Ohio House approved H.B. 599, naming the walleye Ohio's state ...

Walleye are big business in Ohio, with Lake Erie having a reputation as "The Walleye Capital of the World." Walleye fishing generates $1 billion in economic activity for the state, nearly one-fifth of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A years-long effort to crown the walleye as Ohio’s state fish again drowned at the Statehouse. Ohio’s 135th General Assembly ended in December, meaning any proposal seeking to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio lawmakers are trying to reel in a catch by making walleye the official state fish. Ohio Reps. Sean Brennan, D-Parma, and D.J. Swearingen, R-Huron, once again introduced a ...

This no frills restaurant in Ohio has earned serious praise for its fried walleye, with locals calling it impossibly crispy ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Lake Erie is certainly alive, and anglers will have plenty of walleye to show off this week. Hopefully, some of the big ‘uns, as locals say, will be caught, photographed and filleted ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WMCH) – Ohio enjoys a symbiotic relationship with a creature native to its waters: the walleye. Thriving in the cool waters of Lake Erie and the Ohio River, the white-bellied, olive- ...