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    Tips for Ohio River Fishing this Weekend

    I looking for any tips on fishing the Ohio River this weekend. I've never fished a river before. I'm a co-angler. I'd appreciate any tips or ideas. Thanks in advance.

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    Re: Tips for Ohio River Fishing this Weekend

    are you fishing for bass? and what pool are you fishing?

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    Re: Tips for Ohio River Fishing this Weekend

    As far as know nobody is fishing the Ohio. The water level is too high and is riseing again. The Markland pool is going up to 40ft by thursday. There hasn't been a tourney on the river all spring. But when it does get down what area are you fishing I've covered from Moscow to Big Bone. A good map is a must if you go on the river as a co-angler I'd say jigs, tubes,shakey heads, firetiger crankbaits. Depends on the water clarity as to colors but usually cloudy to muddy. Good luck if you go this weekend and wear a vest!!!

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    Re: Tips for Ohio River Fishing this Weekend

    Quote Originally Posted by jpm537 View Post
    I looking for any tips on fishing the Ohio River this weekend. I've never fished a river before. I'm a co-angler. I'd appreciate any tips or ideas. Thanks in advance.
    Check Artcarney's report about Harrods creek in the Lou. area for bass...the same goes for about every other feeder creek, or small river that flows into the Ohio... I like where the clear water meets the mud personally for all speices even further back in the clear for bass.

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    Re: Tips for Ohio River Fishing this Weekend

    The Black Bass Tourny is out of Craigs Creek in Warsaw. It looks like that is the Markland Pool. Thanks for the advice so far and don't worry, I'll definitely be wearing my vest the entire trip, from dock to dock.
    Last edited by jpm537; 05-17-2011 at 03:28 AM.

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    Re: Tips for Ohio River Fishing this Weekend

    I fished a two day tournament that went out of Rocky Point Marina down around Tell City, Indiana. River was a rolling milk choc., with 2ft swells..got back up in the creeks and thru a single Colorado blade white 1/4 oz. spinnerbait and flat out wore the fish out. The thing was both fishermen in the boat were usu=ing the same lure, but the co-angler was catching more fish due to the first guy was basically getting the fish's attention that a meal just swam by...The co-angler then threw his lure into the strike zone and the fish hit almost immediately. So I'd be throwing some sort of spinner bait or a small crank bait that has some sort of rattle in it. These fish are in a pre-spawn mode and wanting to eat up b 4 they start spawning.

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    Re: Tips for Ohio River Fishing this Weekend

    I fished the river friday morning. Casted everything in my tackle box and no luck. Dont waste your time going. The conditions arent in our favor just yet.

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    Re: Tips for Ohio River Fishing this Weekend

    Quote Originally Posted by jpm537 View Post
    The Black Bass Tourny is out of Craigs Creek in Warsaw. It looks like that is the Markland Pool. Thanks for the advice so far and don't worry, I'll definitely be wearing my vest the entire trip, from dock to dock.
    You're just upstream from the Markland Dam - pretty close to the Belterra casino area.

    The bass are biting in the feeder creeks, and you'll have a lot more creeks to choose from than what I do down in Louisville. The river is supposed to come up, which isn't always a bad thing...usually just have to go a little farther into the feeder creeks to find better water color.

    Those fish still have to eat, and try to spawn, high water or not!

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    Re: Tips for Ohio River Fishing this Weekend

    Stay in Craigs Creek fish from the ramp all the way down the right bank. Fish shallow, right on the bank on any little stick, stump or cover. Throw small spinnerbait, tubes, black worms, shallow cranks. Buzzbait may work too.
    Bassky

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    Re: Tips for Ohio River Fishing this Weekend

    It took 16lbs to win the Salamoides tx out of tanners creek sat.:eek

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    Re: Tips for Ohio River Fishing this Weekend

    How did you do?

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    Re: Tips for Ohio River Fishing this Weekend

    Me too. how did you do?

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