Well, my phone has me handicapped to cave-man levels. I will have to pull all this up on the ol home pc to 'evolve'.
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Well, my phone has me handicapped to cave-man levels. I will have to pull all this up on the ol home pc to 'evolve'.
So, in the meantime, wanted to pass on a very grateful thanks for the info!...
Hey Tyme2fish, can't figure out how to send a private message... I am a small river trout/smallmouth fly fisherman, but recently got a boat for the family for outings on the Ohio (I live 3 miles from...
Wondering about the tailwater below herrington lake...
Been fishing there for quite a few years but recently it seems that there is hardly ANY flow. Went up to base of dam a few months ago and the...
Can you share a pic/link/ recipe for the fly you were using for the gar?
I ran into huge pods of gar last year at my favorite fishing spot.
Caught a few on big, bushy articulated streamers, but...
Hey, I prefer to fish for whatever is biting the best, don't really care what or where that target might be. I have a pretty open mind attitude when fishing unfamiliar waters.
Also, I don't know...
Awesome, I am heading to the destin area last week of June and would love to do some angling.
Usually my wife and I go to Hilton head for the beach because she's got family there. I have gone on...
I'm on my phone or I would post a link... I read a story on kdfwr yesterday that they were going to start stocking Floyd's fork in the fall and early spring with trout. Could be an exciting...
Not bad - first time I've been to the park in 3 years. It was nice to see a lot of my old favorite holes have weathered numerous floods and look pretty good or better. Most fish caught were small...
Heading down in about 20 minutes from Louisville. Plan to start below 1638 bridge and work downstream. May see you on the creek!
Yes, it is a real pain in the ___. Go to main gate, you have to park, get out, go to a little kiosk, sign in and get a vehicle decal/certificate - just to enter the base.
From there, go to Hunt...
Ahh... gotcha. So no worries about boating safety in swift current. Nonetheless, it does appear you will have a decent flow according to the gauge. It will be interesting what flies you end up...
pflyer - can't thank you enough for your post. My brother and I used olive wooly buggers and different similar variations and had a nice day. Water is a little high and slightly stained - perfect WB...
Just fyi, here is the USGS link to the gauge below the dam : http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ky/nwis/uv/?site_no=03286200&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060,00062
It shows 8.85, which is most certainly around 2...
Thanks for the update - I'm heading down there tomorrow around the same time of day with my older brother. If we have time, we'll work from the 1638 bridge downstream - maybe all the way to the Blue...
You might want to check the USGS gauge before you go. Last time I looked a couple of days ago, they were blowing out the Dix to lower Herrington. Be extra careful with those kind of flows, especially...
Hi RoadToad, just sent you an email about Guist Creek. Look forward to your response.
Happy New Year!
Was thinking about Otter Creek too. I normally fish the Dix River tailwaters but they're getting totally blown out right now.
There used to be a USGS gauge for Otter Creek. I can't find it...
I don't think you'd find any trout in the gar. My experience was that they would not hit a streamer stripped normally - at a decent pace. Instead, I had to retrieve it VERY slowly and basically right...
Hi BurleyDog,
I have fished the Dix tailwaters for 15+ years. It has indeed had some ups and downs during that time.
I had a blast this past summer catching hybrid stripers and gar on the fly...
Posted this in the boat forum, but I know there's a lot of folks on here that might be able to help too. Thanks!
"Hello all, not sure if this is the right forum. I recently bought a boat that has...
Hello all, not sure if this is the right forum. I recently bought a boat that has a remote-steering 40 hp Evinrude, think it's the "Big Twin" 1973 model.
Over the next few months I will be doing...
Richyd4u's post about fishing the Cumberland with egg patterns got me thinking ... I have NEVER fished an egg fly. Don't even own one.
I am heading to the Dix River tailwaters on Thursday. I was...
Agreed.
Fish that I have caught at OC, with the fly rod: Smallmouth, largemouth, kentucky (spotted) bass, warmouth, all manner of panfish, rainbow trout, brown trout, sauger, catfish, carp, drum,...
When I first moved to Louisville from East Tennessee in 1998, Otter Creek is what saved me from having major small-stream ffn withdrawals. Though in recent years I have become more of a...
Hi bookworm, I do recall something like that too. Also, if you look at the Herrington Lake level, they've been keeping it in the low 720-foot range...
Has anyone been fishing on the dix below Herrington in the last month or so? The past few times I've gone, including this past weekend, the water has been very murky/cloudy/muddy. I even noticed that...
Did you catch that muskie in the high bridge area of the KY River? I thought they were mainly further upstream more in eastern ky. But I guess all fish do travel around depending on water flows....
Dix River - headwaters of Herrington - shows how much is flowing into the lake:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ky/nwis/uv/?site_no=03285000&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060
Dix River - tailwaters of...
It sounds like most of the folks on here are hitting Guist Creek for bass, just wondered if anybody targeted the hybrids out there. I went 3 or 4 years ago and had a couple of banner trips with some...
I think I've talked to Rich about this in another thread - my main fishing buddy and I had a streak of going out to the Green below Flaming Gorge Dam for about 5-6 years in a row. The first few years...
That is one cool looking fly. I have slowly started a transition over the past year or two to throwing more streamers and getting away from my nymphing comfort zone. That "Rusty" fly looks like it...
Couple things about the Dix. First, I love it - have been fishing it for 15+ years now. With that comes a lot of knowledge.
BUT, it is a fickle river. It is certainly not everyone's cup of tea....
Had been keeping my eye on the Dix River below lake herrington for the past week and it looked like Herrington had finally been dropped to winter pool and releases at the dam were minimal. My buddies...
Hey, I just checked those out on Cabelas and they look pretty cool. I fish a lot out of my boat these days, but I certainly would've liked to have had some studded boots the other day. I mean, I was...
Go ahead with the Simms, I suffered through several pairs of Cabelas breathables for a few years. They kept leaking and I would return them and get a different kind, and I always praised their...
I haven't been since they closed the park last year. It's a shame because that was my go-to place when I needed a quick trout fishing fix. 35 minutes from Louisville to fish for trout was pretty...
I do have a fighting butt on both my 8 weight rods. Comes in pretty handy on an 8-10 pound hybrid. Unfortunately, that scenario had been really lacking the last year or two, not been having much luck...
I have fished at the Falls of the Ohio for white bass and sauger using a Chartreuse Clouser minnow. At times, I will also take a spinning rod with a chartreuse jig head and curly tail and both...
Rich, are you talking about the Green River in Utah? There is a spot called the "Little Hole" right near the parking lot that I can totally see someone catching a big trout in that swift current and...
chuck, I'm at work and can't seem to figure out how to do the PM. However, if you want to shoot me an email, it is alberg01@hotmail.com
Looks like it might be a little windy and rainy tomorrow,...
Oh wow, I had been thinking of what the river's been looking like the last few days - been at a pretty decent level. Guess it's gonna get a little swollen toward the end of the week.
Are you...
Hi all, thanks for the info - I haven't been down to the Falls since back in the early spring and it was pretty slow on the saugers then. I am thinking of going out Friday morning for a few hours,...
Also wondering about the KY River. I'll be down near Highbridge this weekend - mainly fishing the Dix but have wondered about hybrids in the KY River. I know you can target them at certain times of...
Hey Bonefish,
Nice post. You are also speaking of some of my favorite haunts. I've spent a good bit of the last two decades on the KY near Highbridge and more specifically up on the Dix all the...
Went down to the Falls this afternoon. Skunked. Everyone I talked to down there reported the same. I think we're a foot or two too high and a few degrees too cool yet before the fast sauger action...
Hey Colonelmeyer,
when was that on Rock Creek? I went to school at Centre College and used to go down to Rock Creek from Danville every now and again. My last trip was about in '99 from Louisville...
Anybody catching any? I was thinking of getting out tomorrow afternoon/evening to give it a shot. I usually fish close to the dam and cruise around looking for pods of baitfish. That tends to work OK...
Jackster, what size hybrids were you catching and where? The Falls?
And to RiverRat and others with knowledge of that area:
I am heading to the Falls tomorrow afternoon. Work cuts out early...
Louisville, KY - (St. Matthews area). Woke me and my wife up hearing furniture rattling. Seemed like it lasted 20-30 seconds. Long enough to wake us both up, and for me to get out of bed and still...
Hey Doug/ onemorecast - Things got real busy with work and family this week, but I'm still real interested in meeting up with you to explore the river. Maybe in the next week or two - hopefully...