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Welcome To Fish With Jim Outfitters

Big Winter SteelheadFish With Jim Outfitters has spent the time and done the research for you on the most productive rivers in Northern Ohio. As a professional guide service we know how important your time is and how a great experience on the river can give you a much needed release from your daily grind. So, why try and learn it and stress out even more when Fish With Jim Outfitters will give you the tools and knowledge to be in the top 10% of anglers that catch 90% of the fish!

Fish With Jim Outfitters uses a different approach than most guides, giving you simple and easy instructions to detecting the bite, to setting the hook, to reading the river - resulting in “Fish On!” Jim has spent countless hours learning tricks to enticing fish to bite on the river and can guarantee your best shot at having a successful day!

Jim is a friendly, enthusiastic guide who has served hundreds of happy fisher-people since 1998. Jim's fishing knowledge and love for the sport has consistently resulted in a successful day of fishing. Jim enjoys helping others catch fish as well as sharing the secrets that have given him a competitive edge over the competition. Your fishing party will be given Jim's personal attention and best effort to ensure a successful and enjoyable guided fishing experience.

Fish With Jim 12 months out of the year!

Fall Steelhead   Fall Steelhead Fishing - Starting in October Fish With Jim Outfitters offers quality guided trips in Northern Ohio's Steelhead Alley. Anglers can enjoy great days as this is the time when the London Strain (Planted by PA) of steelhead run the Ohio Streams. Walk and wade these great streams using a variety of techniques including; Center Pin, Fly and conventional Spinning Tackle.
     
WInter Steelhead   Wintertime Steelhead Fishing - In January and February fishing on steelhead alley can be very challenging due to the freezing of the major rivers. This means targeting steelhead in warm water discharges near Cleveland from either small power plants or water waste treatment plants. The fishing is fantastic for juveniles and some adults.
     
Spring Steelhead   Spring Steelhead Fishing - The steelhead action continues in March and April just after ice out when thousands of Steelhead rush the rivers to spawn in Ohio. Anglers can enjoy huge days as this is the time when the bulk of the Little Manistee Strain of steelhead run the Ohio Streams. Walk and wade these great streams using a variety of techniques including; Fly Fishing with an Indicator, Center Pin Fishing and conventional Spinning Tackle.
Maumee River Walleye   Maumee River Walleye Fishing - Just after ice out the largest run of walleye Fish With Jim Outfitters offers quality guided trips to Maumee River where the best eating game fish of the Great Lakes reside, walleye. These toothy critters are targeted with ultra-light gear making it a true sport-fishing experience.
     
Charter Fishing - Jim spends June and July aboard Mi-Hi Charters for walleye on Lake Erie.

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Featured Articles

Surveying Ohio's Steelhead Scene
BY ERIC SHARP DETROIT FREE PRESS OUTDOORS WRITER

Vermilion, Ohio, — Fish a river enough and you'll learn spots where you can almost guarantee a strike. Steelhead guide Jim Chamberlin had that feeling about a stony point jutting from a black shale cliff that plunged into the Vermilion River a few miles upstream from Lake Erie. Read More...

Center-pin Reel Rig Tests Angler
Dueling for steelhead in Chagrin River altered by recent flooding
BY STEVE POLLICK TOLEDO BLADE OUTDOORS EDITOR

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio, — "Awwwwwwwww!" You could have heard Jeff Frischkorn's loud exclamation of disappointment halfway down the Chagrin River valley when the big steelhead trout, with which he had been dueling, got away. Read More...

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