2008 Sport Fishes of Ohio Non-Sport Forum

I have about ten of these cards.  I'm following this thread to see what is learned, and if you need me to find them and let you know if I have anything different from you let me know.

If you're willing to look, Brimose, it would be appreciated! If you have any of the missing 12, we would be that much closer to adding the set to the database.

I'll look this evening after work.

There has a to be a yellow perch one too. 

You're both probably right! There's just no way of knowing which number card they'd be unless someone manages to track more down

Well so far the only ones I could find are already in your photo. Can't remember if I have others but I'll keep looking. Thanks for bringing this thread up!

Ok, small update/discovery. Still not sure what the other 12 cards are - however, I think I have a release year.

I remembered these identification pamphlets that I also picked up from the Ohio Division of Wildlife. (Again, probably at a nature center or something like that). There were all kinds of different ones, but most importanly for this post, there was a "Sport Fish" one. Well, I dug mine out and flipped it open. Right inside the cover was that same Sport Fish Restoration logo that Lea DeFoote pointed out. Then I flipped  to the fish, and what do you know, the artwork is exactly the same! I'll link the Bluegill in the booklet versus the card here:

Booklet page

Card

Unfortuantly, there seems to be no correlation between the order in the booklet and the cards. Not only that, but there's 30 sport fish listed, so I guess some didn't make the cut for the card set. All the cards I have are also in the pamphlet/booklet, though.

On the back, the booklet has the publication date listed as 5/23/2008. So, I think it's a good guess that 2008 is the publication date for the cards as well. I can't imagine finding anything better for a release date for the cards than a pamphlet, put out by the same people, that uses the same art, which has a print date on it.

Back of booklet (date in text at bottom)

So with the year, the knowledge that the set (should) be 24 cards, and the ability to scan in half of them, I plan to submit the checklist in the near future. I'll name the 12 unknown cards in the set TBD so they can be added more easily if/when any more ever pop up. Assuming there is no objection, obviously. Please post below or message me if I shouldn't add the checklist as planned.

And in the meantime, if anyone finds any card from #13-24, please let me know so I can add it to the initial checklist. Thanks!

I would really love having these in there, and under the circumstances have no issue with the 'unknown' placeholder labels.  But mine is only one opinion

As the person who advocated for the "Incomplete Checklists" report, I can say the reason for that was for cases exactly like this. The total cards is known. The year of release is now known. Half the set is known. There was a bunch of research done on this set. The thread has only been up for 2 weeks, but it appears there was quite a bit of help given. As the FAQ now states, use TBD in the unknown fields (in this Name for cards 13-24) and you'll be fine. You have done your due diligence and didn't rush a partial checklist up there of just the 12 cards you have. (That's the behavior that drives the resolvers batty.) Thanks for handling this properly. It is very much appreciated.

The list should be up now! Thanks to everyone who reached out or posted their advice on this set (and Brimose for seeing if they had any of the missing cards). Hopefully someone with the missing cards will eventually pop up so some of the TBD's can be filled in. But until then, I'm happy at least knowing that these cards can be added to my TCDB collection now.