Lower Mcalpine results 8/19/2013

We had a nice afternoon on the river. First of all, it was difficult to get bait. Tossed out my cast-net and only caught one 6" shad in it. Tossed the net again and the net got snagged on something on the bottom and pulled it all out of shape. I then tied on my Sabiki rig and tossed it out with no success. Went to another bait hole and caught nothing.

We then motored up river to where I wanted to drift fish for catfish. I was selfish and used the one shad I caught and rigged it on my hook. In less than 3 minutes I was reeling in a 20# blue cat. OK, I'm now out of bait so I had to resort to chicken liver. I placed a good sized glob on the hook and in under 4 minutes reeled in another nice blue, again about 20 pounds. Both of those fish were released. Both were caught in 35 feet depth.

That was all that Knute(The Heathen) needed to see. He was sitting in the back of the boat with a Pop'R tied on his rod waiting for the whites to jump. He quickly grabbed another rod and tied on the same type of terminal tackle that I was using.

We made a multitude of drifts throughout the sun drenched day and took a short break to hydrate. (Just water and cola: no alcohol on my boat on the river).

Some of the "eating" size fish I kept and they are on ice now chilling their fins till I can regain my energy and clean them in the morning.

The boat was back in the barn shortly after sunset and Mrs.Tyme was kind enough to have a fine dinner ready for this sun soaked,chicken liver coated, smelly old fisherman.

nice report tyme ...soon it will be Hybrid time

I enjoy reading your reports.....way to go Tyme and Knute, ''The Heathen''

[QUOTE=jfw;519602]nice report tyme ...soon it will be Hybrid time[/QUOTE]

When will this start up? I fish below Meldahl up above Cincy and would like to get in on some hybrids.
Thanks,
Bassky

Tyme bait was the problem last week big time. I knew if I could get back up Pee creek I could get some but there is this person that blocks the whole area off with his bobber, fishing for little whites. He's been down there the last 3 times I've been there....he knows what he's doing.Got a big wide brim hat and speaks no engla...GGGRRR. Thanks for the report, I'm going to try and be there Fri. Chuck

[QUOTE=riverrat12;519609]Tyme bait was the problem last week big time. I knew if I could get back up Pee creek I could get some but there is this person that blocks the whole area off with his bobber, fishing for little whites. He's been down there the last 3 times I've been there....he knows what he's doing.Got a big wide brim hat and speaks no engla...GGGRRR. Thanks for the report, I'm going to try and be there Fri. Chuck[/QUOTE]

Hey Chuckster I just sent you a pm and a text................:)

[QUOTE=mhall;519611]Hey Chuckster I just sent you a pm and a text................:)[/QUOTE]

Gotcha bro...

[QUOTE=riverrat12;519609]Tyme bait was the problem last week big time. I knew if I could get back up Pee creek I could get some but there is this person that blocks the whole area off with his bobber, fishing for little whites. He's been down there the last 3 times I've been there....he knows what he's doing.Got a big wide brim hat and speaks no engla...GGGRRR. Thanks for the report, I'm going to try and be there Fri. Chuck[/QUOTE]


He might have been there yesterday. He was fishing just upstream from the creek so I just scooted on in there and threw my net. I didn't bother to hable with him.

My cast net had about a 3 to 4 feet tear right along the weight line. A gazillion square knots later and it's almost good as new. I made a practice throw in the yard and it turned out to be one of my better openings. Almost a perfect circle which is rare for me.:cool:

[QUOTE=Bassky;519604]When will this start up? I fish below Meldahl up above Cincy and would like to get in on some hybrids.
Thanks,
Bassky[/QUOTE]

They get more active when the temp starts to come down. But you can catch them year around. If you want hybrids find any discharge that has water coming out even a small amount. Toss out a spro aruku shad jr in blue and crome right where the water comes out. Larger size rattletraps just don't work as well imo. I don't fish up that way but that's what we do around evansville on the ohio. Your best time will be 30 minutes before sun up til about 3 hours after. Or 1.5 hours before dark til 30 minutes after dark. We also have more success (by a lot) using light weight gear. I use a 7:1 reel on a crankbait rod with 12lb flouro. Its a fun fight. Really fun if you get in the 10lb+ range or a true striper. Once its really cold out, find a warm water discharge and repeat. If you need anymore help feel free to ask. If you need to find a discharge try google maps. Also catfish sites will usually tell you where they are. (They mostly use them for bait catching)

[QUOTE=Tyme2fish;519601]We had a nice afternoon on the river. First of all, it was difficult to get bait. Tossed out my cast-net and only caught one 6" shad in it. Tossed the net again and the net got snagged on something on the bottom and pulled it all out of shape. I then tied on my Sabiki rig and tossed it out with no success. Went to another bait hole and caught nothing.

We then motored up river to where I wanted to drift fish for catfish. I was selfish and used the one shad I caught and rigged it on my hook. In less than 3 minutes I was reeling in a 20# blue cat. OK, I'm now out of bait so I had to resort to chicken liver. I placed a good sized glob on the hook and in under 4 minutes reeled in another nice blue, again about 20 pounds. Both of those fish were released. Both were caught in 35 feet depth.

That was all that Knute(The Heathen) needed to see. He was sitting in the back of the boat with a Pop'R tied on his rod waiting for the whites to jump. He quickly grabbed another rod and tied on the same type of terminal tackle that I was using.

We made a multitude of drifts throughout the sun drenched day and took a short break to hydrate. (Just water and cola: no alcohol on my boat on the river).

Some of the "eating" size fish I kept and they are on ice now chilling their fins till I can regain my energy and clean them in the morning.

The boat was back in the barn shortly after sunset and Mrs.Tyme was kind enough to have a fine dinner ready for this sun soaked,chicken liver coated, smelly old fisherman.[/QUOTE]
Hey when me and my friends can't net shad we throw on a rooster tail and catch skipjack and use them they love rooster tails

[QUOTE=fisherman14;519689]Hey when me and my friends can't net shad we throw on a rooster tail and catch skipjack and use them they love rooster tails[/QUOTE]

Thanks,fisherman14. I've also used small blade baits or casting spoons, crappie jigs, and sabiki rigs for the skipjack. But the skipjack have been difficult for me to locate this year. We used to catch them all the time, but they have been elusive for me recently.