Falls report

Went for awhile Sunday and managed only two sauger. They were nice ones though, one 17 inch and another close to 18 inches. The only thing was the pressure, good Lord man. I caught one and was decended upon like buzzards after a dead cow. I had 4 people in my kitchen and I mean fast, lol. Second fish caught and it actually got worse. I moved, I can't stand that paylake feel, too crowed for me. In one area I counted over 40 people and 16 boats within a 200 yard radius. Yes this was where the sauger were too, almost made me feel sorry for the fish, lol. A poor sauger doesn't have a chance down there, lol. I did meet and talk to a couple of nice fellas from this site though. Nice to meet a couple of fella fishin.com'er's. If you go take lots of leadheads with curly tail grubs in white and chartruese. Oh and plenty of patience, LOL. Do you remember in the original Jaws movie where all the locals went out to catch the shark....... Well there you go, there is your mental image of the Falls sauger run.

Back in the 80's, I went to Toledo, Ohio to fish the walleye run in the Maumee River. I got there at daybreak and there were about 10 guys there already in this one section of the river. Within 30 minutes, the bank was lined shoulder to shoulder. If you caught a fish, and it crossed the guy beside you, he would "torch" your line. Everyone were smoking so they could burn your line. It wasn't hard to catch your limit because you could kick fish when you took a step. The banks were lined with inforcement guys so you had to make sure you didn't snag one. Most of these fish went from 15" to 20", but it wasn't much fun under these circustances.

My father-in-law and I came down as well. Quite a spectacle...it wasn't hard to tell where the sauger were. We went downstream a couple hundred yards from the crowd, but didn't do any good. We rode over to the locks to see if we had any chance of getting on to Shippingport Island. In the words of the security guard, "That's all a thing of the past now." Either way, it was a nice day to get out of the house for a while and enjoy the sun.

[QUOTE=wcmatn01;314333]My father-in-law and I came down as well. Quite a spectacle...it wasn't hard to tell where the sauger were. We went downstream a couple hundred yards from the crowd, but didn't do any good. We rode over to the locks to see if we had any chance of getting on to Shippingport Island. In the words of the security guard, "That's all a thing of the past now." Either way, it was a nice day to get out of the house for a while and enjoy the sun.[/QUOTE]

Yea, I caught my two right on the outer fringe edge of the massive crowd. However after I caught those two, I got some quick company. lol.

[QUOTE=mhall;314338]Yea, I caught my two right on the outer fringe edge of the massive crowd. However after I caught those two, I got some quick company. lol.[/QUOTE]

I was afraid of that Mark, That's why I'm in the boat Fri. and the main reason I don't go on the weekends. Kinda liken it in the 20's, I only saw a handfull a people last Fri...Chuck

[QUOTE=riverrat12;314344]I was afraid of that Mark, That's why I'm in the boat Fri. and the main reason I don't go on the weekends. Kinda liken it in the 20's, I only saw a handfull a people last Fri...Chuck[/QUOTE]

I'll call ya Chuck, it was still fun to be out and at least I managed a couple, beats a goose egg I guess.

This is exactly why I love fishing during the week, and I try to stay away on the weekends. It gets crazy sometimes at the dams on the weekends. Cannelton isn't too bad sometimes, but I hate people that see you catching fish and get right up beside you.