Quote Originally Posted by sweetwater View Post
The fossil beds of the Ohio around Clarksville and Jeff are one of my favorite places in the area to visit. Never fished there but I usually wind up talking to someone that is there fishing and more times than not they are catching something (including the occasional bass) and most of the guys and gals that are fishing doesn't seem to mind sharing a little information. The only thing they do seem to mind is when someone comes in and sets up a little too close to them. I can dig that.
You never know what you're going to catch down there....walleye, sauger, striper, hybrid, smallie, lmbass......catfish, drum,......LOTS, and LOTS of stuff.

I cut my teeth at the fossil beds for many years before I got a boat.

Pay attention to the water levels, and when/where the water is up. also, be CAREFUL. the current down there, when it is rocking is deadly if you go in.

I've never had much problem though, just a word of warning.

LLook for eddy breaks and places fish can hide and ambush. You can find them all up and down teh locks. If you pay attention, and REALLY are careful, you can usually walk way, way out up by the dam and get across the fossil beds, and find some good areas that have current. Those areas can be fantastic for fish. I have caught a hundred wipers and striped bass there in a good day.......

HAVE FUN.

Later,

Geo