are you fishing for bass? and what pool are you fishing?
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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.
are you fishing for bass? and what pool are you fishing?
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
It took 16lbs to win the Salamoides tx out of tanners creek sat.:eek
How did you do?
Me too. how did you do?