congtats on catchin your biggest blue there a lot of fun
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Drifted cutbait in 20-25' deep flats near main channel. Caught 11 cats, including a 43# blue, my personal best. Fog rolled in after dark and it was COLD!!! Look forward to going again real soon...just gotta catch some more skippies.
Joe
congtats on catchin your biggest blue there a lot of fun
congtats 43# blue that's GREAT eH
43#s,Thats a biggen,Congrats.And 11 in a night aint to shabby either.
Thanks all! It was a blast to finally catch a big'un. Had a friend catch a 50#'er a couple years ago out of my boat and that was fun as well. Plan to go again this weekend. I have enough skippies for two more trips and then I'm hurtin'. Gonna have to spend a day or so just trying to catch bait. Been kinda tough with the water as low as it's been.
Joe
Might try down at the Williams Dam. I went down there 8/31 and Skipjacks and carp were the only thing I caught. The water is REALLY low there, too! But it was still worth the trip. Brought home two bags of Skipjacks and the only baitshop around Indy that I know of that sells them wants $9 a piece for them!!
i've been fishin the river lately with skips but haven't had any luck. i am using frozen skips though. anyone think thats a problem?
Joe, are you fishing the Mcalpine area? If so what ramp did you use? Good catch. Chuck
These last few trips I have been in the Brandenburg area, using the B-burg ramp. I am going both upstream and downstream. Generally targeting the flats on the outside bends nearest the channel.
Joe
I have just recently gotten interested in big cats on the Ohio. 2 questions... The first question has to do with different baits. I have been using live and dead bluegill. Not much luck and the only luck I have is by using the smaller bluegill? Are Skipjack a neccesity or is there another option? The second question is about hook-ups. We had 7 fish take off with out baits (dead and alive) leaving the clicker screaming but when we picked up there was no fish on the line. Is a clicker just not a good idea on the river when fishing for cats? or is there something else that is not right? thanks for ANY advice and comments!
I personally use bluegill around structure for flathead. Skipjack are great but sometimes hard to come by, gizzard and threadfin shad are # 2 on the list but usually a little easier to catch. clickers are fine but just remember if using a big piece of bait let them run with it for a while before you set the hook. It sound like you guy's found a mess of gar which will do exactly what you said was happening.....Move. Where about are you guy's fishing ,deep holes or near a dam? Lots a good guy's on this site, Hope this helps. Welcome aboard. ChuckI have just recently gotten interested in big cats on the Ohio. 2 questions... The first question has to do with different baits. I have been using live and dead bluegill. Not much luck and the only luck I have is by using the smaller bluegill? Are Skipjack a neccesity or is there another option? The second question is about hook-ups. We had 7 fish take off with out baits (dead and alive) leaving the clicker screaming but when we picked up there was no fish on the line. Is a clicker just not a good idea on the river when fishing for cats? or is there something else that is not right? thanks for ANY advice and comments!