Sauger

[jfw]

I am predicting an awesome year on the Ohio River for Sauger .We are already cathing some nice sauger this early in the year !!!!

[wags]

I Agree..this Year Should Be Great Sauger Fishin. Last Year Was A Wash Due To Very Poor River Conditions. Where Are You Catching Sauger Now?

[DavidPT40]

What are you catching them on? I've never caught a sauger before. At the Falls of the Ohio, there is a sign that says that if you catch a sauger with a tag, and send the tag in, you will get a reward. The dept of Fish and Wildlife must be doing a study on them.

[know1]

I know they also stocked them in some pools of the KY river last year. Has anyone figured out how to catch them there? I'd sure be interested in attempting to catch a few.

[wags]

There Are A Number Of Ways To Catch Sauger.they Can Be Caught On Hairjigs,beetlespins,vertical Jigging From A Boat, Or The Method I Use A Lot Is Putting A Sinker On The End Of Your Line And Putting The Hook About A Foot Above The Sinker And Baiting With A Minnow And Casting It Out Into The River And Let It Hit The Bottom And Retrieve Slowly.work As You Would Worm Fish For Bass. While Retrieving If You Feel Something Holding On The Line It Is Probably A Sauger So Jerk .
Good Luck

[PatientlyWading24]

I am not extremely knowledgable when it comes to sauger either. But have this to add... Having family on the Ohio i have fished it some. Fishing a cut off of the river with a 4" worm for bass caught one that went 15" years ago. It was the only fish that day and the only Sauger i have ever seen. My great great uncle fishes 5 days a week year round on the river. He catches a lot of Sauger around the dams in the cooler months. he uses a lot of smaller spoons on lighter spinning tackle, silver buddys work great there too. That is where they were made and obviously are used there a lot with a lot of succes, year round for multiple species.

As far as the kentucky river, i have heard lots of reports of people catching an occasional sauger while bass fishing on any of your average baits. Anything from jigs, worms, and crankbaits. Although most of these fish being caught are few and still smaller, hopefully they will get bigger and reproduce and add a little more spice to the rivers.

[jfw]

Jig and mister twister tipped with minnows when the water gets colder a minnow really helps ,we have been catching them while strper fishing on rattling rouges ,right off the spillway ....stripers have been running in the 6-8 lb with an occasional 10lber ,catching them at McAlpine

[jfw]

I have caught sauger with tags from West Va.also a 4lb walleye was caught last week end right off the boat ramp !!!

[RoadToad]

Here's the URL for the KDFWR web site on the sauger stocking in the Kentucky: http://fw.ky.gov/060806b.asp
They also had a bumper crop of hybrids last year, and stocked extra in the KY and the Ohio. So I'm working on getting familiar with the KY's locks and dams, since right below them seems to be the best fishing. We went out Thursday but put in just above #2 (Lockport). My girlfriend caught one tiny catfish, so it wasn't a shutout. But who cares, idling out across that river with the mist streaming up from the surface was an amazing experience. I can't wait to go back, and will keep going if I never catch a fish, it's just sooo cool being out there. Next time, though, we'll put in by #3. From what i can tell from the maps and Google Earth, it looks like you can put in not far below the dam there?