C-river Fishing Report

[DJD]

Lol! I got caught years ago down stream from the ramp wading before I realized the water was comng up. Nothing scary but it sucked getting wet above my waders. The water was so cold that I ended up with an inney instead of an outey! I learned to have a landmark on the bank to watch as you wade. I never fly fished down there but it sure sounds fun! We always threw small 1/8oz spinners.

[birdstrike]

I put a tent up on one of the "islands" my first trip down. Never have packed up so fast as that day when they turned the water back on on my island became a submarine in a few minutes!

[PRO V LE]

For all you guy's on the river fishing the shoals and wading I hope you understand that when a boat comes thru that it cannot just idle past or move away from you. There is only a very narrow "section" that a boat can get past. I always slow down when passing fisherman, but please understand that in certain areas it cannot be done. I will do my best to quickly get out of you're fishing water. I have had no problems with anyone just felt that it need'ed to be explained.

[RVogler]

For all you guy's on the river fishing the shoals and wading I hope you understand that when a boat comes thru that it cannot just idle past or move away from you. There is only a very narrow "section" that a boat can get past. I always slow down when passing fisherman, but please understand that in certain areas it cannot be done. I will do my best to quickly get out of you're fishing water. I have had no problems with anyone just felt that it need'ed to be explained.

Absolutely true. Tried to wing it in to my launch area for pickup and fisherman getting in the way. Try to keep the motor slow and be respectful, but he was just walking in my path. After I was heading in the direction I had to pick up some momentum (current) and still was walking in my direction. By that time I had to gun it or I was going into others' fishing area. I would also recomend you where a bright cap too. Some people are in a hurry on that small river and don't see the waders.

[Chubminnow]

Excellent info being shared here when it comes to River Boaters verses River Waders. I'll tell ya'll what though...I've been standing in waist high water when a boat came through and it didn't make any difference at all as far as catching is concerned...for right when that boat past me I was reeling in just after he passed and I hooked into one. I have read in magazine articles that in the major rivers like the Ohio and Mississippi that a good place to try is behind the path of a barge because they tend to stir up all kinds of stuff and the fish know it and become a little more aggressive. I guess this same train of thought holds true for any river big or small.

[birdstrike]

A boat running through inches of water will get the fish going all right! Stirs up all those tasty things hiding on the bottom

[troutcrazy]

Excellent info being shared here when it comes to River Boaters verses River Waders. I'll tell ya'll what though...I've been standing in waist high water when a boat came through and it didn't make any difference at all as far as catching is concerned...for right when that boat past me I was reeling in just after he passed and I hooked into one. I have read in magazine articles that in the major rivers like the Ohio and Mississippi that a good place to try is behind the path of a barge because they tend to stir up all kinds of stuff and the fish know it and become a little more aggressive. I guess this same train of thought holds true for any river big or small.

Good to know I'm not crazy! I've told my buddies that same thing for years. I always catch fish after a boat motors thru...they said I was nuts. That may be true, but at least I got this one right!

Hope to see some of you down there this week...going Sunday after church and Thursday as well!