SAUGER AT MCALPINE

[jfw]

The sauger are running at the lower spillway ,hydro area ,taking white grubs .Anglers are getting limits very quickly .The early bite has been the best

Make sure you stop at Chucks Bait house on Stansifer Ave in old Clarksville In....it is located 1 mile from I-65 his cell no is (502)533-1733 He has all the hot color grubs and lively minnows at great .

Get some sauger & walleye before they change the water level

[jfw]

we went this morning ....the small white bass were so thick you couldn't catch anything but them we only got 1 sauger but we only fished 2 hours ....we caught a LOT of whites and a few hybrids but no big hybrids the biggest was 2.5 lbs

[Tyme2fish]

>we went this morning ....the small
>white bass were so thick
>you couldn't catch anything but
>them we only got 1
>sauger but we only fished
>2 hours ....we caught a
>LOT of whites and a
>few hybrids but no big
>hybrids the biggest was 2.5
>lbs

I use a double jig rig on an ultralight outfit and still have fun catching the small bass two at a time. Go light, enjoy the fight.

[darealbigcatman]

I'm new to the area.Can any of these spots be fished from shore?

[kc]

There is good fishing at times at the Falls of the Ohio on the Indiana side of the river just below the upper dam. Most of what these guys are reffering to is fishing the lower dam which pretty much requires a boat these days. You used to be able to get in below the hydro on the lower dam from the KY side but if I heard right since they are working on the locks that is not accessible any more. But the falls can be an interesting place to fish from the bank.

kc

[GeoFisher]

Are they still towing vehicles that park on the grass at Harrison ramp.
That was a HUGE issue a few years ago.

Also, if Harrison is full, how save/easy is it to use New Albany ramp, and get to the lower dam that way?

Thanks,

Geo

[Tyme2fish]

>Are they still towing vehicles that
>park on the grass at
>Harrison ramp.
>That was a HUGE issue a
>few years ago.
>
>Also, if Harrison is full, how
>save/easy is it to use
>New Albany ramp, and get
>to the lower dam that
>way?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Geo


New Albany is very safe. Just unload where the yellow markers are. There's a rod located just under the water on the left of the ramp as you stand on the ramp and look at the river. Also be careful when running up thru the "shoots" upriver from the locks. It gets real shallow real quick there. Just take it slow.

[jfw]

yes be careful running the chute with the water level as low as it has been

[catmaster]

I have always wanted to put my boat in at the Harrison Ave. ramp,but several people have told me not to put in there unless I've got somebody with me that knows the area.They said there are shallow rocky ledges that will rip your lower unit off! Can anyone give me a description on where to go or where not to go? Or,if someone that knows the area would like to go with me and show me I would really appreciate it! I would just like to fish the lower spillway and hydro, I'm not worried about going up into the falls.

[spaz]

there's an big island just below the hydros that has a wall going from it's upstream end to the indiana shore. there is a pile of concrete and rubble toward the indiana shore where this is. going just left of the pile is about the only place i've got through but i've been in a jon boat that doesn't need a lot of water. i do know if you hear the siren, get out of the way quick. they don't give much warning before opening the gates.

[jfw]

If you wanna go down stream you have to use the chute that takes you towards the lock channel ....

If you put in at New Albany this is the way you get to the hydro;they are running 8 ft of dam now at the lower ...this makes if a little tough putting the boat back on the trailer ,The lower is projected to reach 14ft by thursday ...so using the Harrsion Ave ramp will be tricky ....New Albany is your best bet

I have put in @ Harrison ave ,had them open the gates up ,then my partner had to take the trailer to New Albany to get the boat out ,thats why it is better to use New Albany when the gates are open over 10 ft

we went today but couldn't find the sauger I didn't try below the hydro ,just fished the spillway ,all we caught were white perch (drum)

[birdstrike]

I put in at Harison and fished the turbines today. There were a couple of other boats out there but I was the only one foolish enough to use this ramp. I caught a 10 lb. striper on the fist cast, and then got nothing but little whites the rest of the day. Was tuff fighting the currents and keeping the boat where I wanted it. Not that I even know where to fish??? When you're looking for Sauger, where are you finding them? Right near the discharge or down stream? Close to the bank or out a ways and do you anchor off or just drift?

Getting the boat on the trailor was a little tricky in that stiff current. DNR saw me heading for the ramp and stopped to offer a hand. For the first time I can say THANK YOU DNR!