Day: October 23, 2020

Put-in-Bay Ohio, A Fisherman’s Paradise! Now that the 2020 Put-in-Bay Ohio season, an unusual one to put it mildly, has come to a close, here at Put-in-Bay Reservations we turn our attention towards 2021. Specifically, April 2021, which will be the next time we are receiving visitors to the island. And those visitors will all be of a very specific type; our beloved fishermen arriving for some Put-in-Bay fishing! The portrait of Put-in-Bay that most have in their heads is one of a summer paradise. Cold drinks, great shopping and...View More

The Hotel Victory at Put-in-Bay once gained fame as the largest hotel in the world (or at least the largest in America at the time). It is a true Put-In-Bay History, Mystery, and Scandal! Today it is nothing more than a few sad ruins tucked away behind an Ohio State Park campground on South Bass Island, plus memorabilia scattered throughout places like the Lake Erie Islands historical museum and the forgotten corners of various attics spread throughout the region. What happened? Ottawa and Huron’s tribes lived in the Lake Erie Islands region...View More

The following piece is published in this month’s Put-in-Bay Gazette. The Gazette has been producing incredible independent Put-in-Bay island news for over 40 years. If you have any interest at all in what is happening on South Bass Island, we urge you strongly to subscribe to the Put-in-Bay Gazette. One-year online subscriptions are only $15, and print subscriptions are available as well. To subscribe please click here. Moss on the Rock Congratulations Congratulations to Barb Chrysler who was awarded the Inter-Lake Yachting Association’s 2020 Commodore Award for her years of...View More

The following piece is published in this month’s Put-in-Bay Gazette. The Gazette has been producing incredible independent Put-in-Bay island news for over 40 years. If you have any interest at all in what is happening on South Bass Island, we urge you strongly to subscribe to the Put-in-Bay Gazette. One-year online subscriptions are only $15, and print subscriptions are available as well. To subscribe please click here. By Jeff Koehler We have become a golf cart community! There is no denying it, and we’ve got to embrace it until the...View More