Quote Originally Posted by skipper9 View Post
Greg, the odnr did say that there was no size limit on the skin. But later during questions he said it had to have skin on the whole filet. I thought it was gonna be like Canada bit he clarified and said no. It had to be a whole filet with the whole skin attached. I sat next to the guy asking the question.
Here is a copy and paste of the regulation in question from the ODNR web site. IT says that exactly. The fillet must be Whole and the skin must be attached or the fish must be in the whole!

It is illegal to possess fish in any form other than whole or cut
into complete fillets with skin attached when fishing from shore,
or a boat, or unloading fish from a boat on any waters where a
fishing license is required until the angler reaches their permanent
residence. It is legal to transport fish whole or as fillets with
the skin attached while returning from the Lake Erie Islands on a
commercial ferry boat. Frozen fish must be transported in a way
the fillets can be easily identified and counted.