SDF Ohio river is hot

[birdstrike]

Just came off the river by Harrison Ave ramp. If you like catching fish on every other cast, now is the time to go Throw a white curly tail jig and let it sink to the bottom with a very slow retrieve = sauger, drag it in as fast as you can = hybrid. Biggest sauger was 2lb, 9 ounces, hybrids were +/- 5 lbs. Man it was a fun afternoon, if only they could all be like that.

Steve

Ps. Also got to watch DNR drag a mini-van out of the river at the ramp. Be carefull.

[Fisher_McFly]

Good report. Were you fishing from the bank or from a boat?

Thx!

Fisher McFly

[birdstrike]

I was in a boat (kayak) just across from the ramp on the Ky side. White twisty tail grubs on 1/8 ounce jig was doing it for the sauger, any type of shallow diving crankbait tossed into the frothy white-water was doing it for the bass. I heard that bank fishermen were catching sauger at the Falls.

Here is the funny part. I thought I would sweeten the grub a little bit with a nightcrawler and couldn't get a bite. Lost the crawler and was back in business. That's a first.

[birdstrike]

Correction: 1/4 ounce jig

[FlyLie]

Just came off the river by Harrison Ave ramp. If you like catching fish on every other cast, now is the time to go Throw a white curly tail jig and let it sink to the bottom with a very slow retrieve = sauger, drag it in as fast as you can = hybrid. Biggest sauger was 2lb, 9 ounces, hybrids were +/- 5 lbs. Man it was a fun afternoon, if only they could all be like that.

Steve

Ps. Also got to watch DNR drag a mini-van out of the river at the ramp. Be carefull.

Nice Sauger. Thanks for the report.
Gary

[birdstrike]

I put some pictures in the photo area of this boad.

http://www.fishin.com/forums2/showthread.php?t=63651

[SKIPJACK]

Nice fish! Thanks for the report. The Hybrids and Skipjack are also very active at the hot water discharges. The catfishing was slow to fair today. We finshed second in a small torney out of Madison today with 5 fish at 54.4 lbs.