Falls of the Ohio

[artcarney_agr]

About all I take is two spinning rods and couple packs of curly tails and some small swim baits, both of which are made by Storm. That's really all you need! I'll throw the curly tails on 10lb line or less and usually catch sauger and white bass. I'll use 20lb. for the swim baits because that's what gets the bigger fish.

My buddy Eric has used a jig with some success on smallmouth a little bit farther down out of the heavy current, but that was in late summer. The thing about the falls is that you never know what you might catch!

[riverrat12]

Blue grasser' yes there is a guy down there that fly fishes for striper on a regular basis .some at the upper dam and some down by the hydros he does pretty well when the bites on top .I'm ussally throwing a spook or superspook when there on top.The only problem is since the flood in the late 90's I think it was 98 the top water bite has been off for big stripes!I don't know if it was the flood or the work there doing on the locks but it hasn't been the same.I now throw a big 1oz white rooster tail right up in the boils of the turbines and let it sink15 to 20ft at summer pool its approx 23 to25ft deep right behind turbines oyou need a boat for that and I suggest going with someone that nows that area some very turbulent water there lifejacket forsure.If you don't have a boat.and want to fly fish try going to the upper dam after spring floods when running about 2 or3 ft at dam you can catch anything from there down to the museum. And best bite at dawn or dusk for top water...hope this helps...good luck..RR12

[riverrat12]

Horsefly, if your jigging I suggest gold hooks they bend easy and are easier to sharpen you will get snagged being this is one of the largest sedimentary rock formations in the world...and I would avoid throwing up stream increases chances of snagg.Bring plenty, lots of people get discouraged and never come back. funny thing years ago the first time I was in the paper over my 80+ pd flathead that next week it was elbow to elbow down there as I watched in dissmay I thought I,ll never tell people where I fish again..then I noticed 90% of the fishermen where hanging up constantly.The next week half where gone ,in three weeks it right back to the regulars.so don,t give up I feel were sitting right close to one of the best fishin holes in the state and then some..good luck ..RR12

[KYHorseflys]

Thanks for the info RR12... very helpful for sure! Like I said, I'll probably head down there a couple times and hang out and see what's going on, and get a little fishin' in! Can't believe something so close and I've never gone... jeez, shame on me.

[Roostertail]

Be careful, everytime I've been down there someone in a boat looses their lower unit.