Quote Originally Posted by twise7 View Post
I bass fish that stretch quite a bit - there's a fueling place on the In side just south of the Westport ramp that you can access on the water. Not sure of the name of it but it's easy to spot during the day. As far as creeks and such, right at Westport is 18 mile creek, there's a small creek that emptys in the OH on the KY side of 18 mile island - that island might be a good spot to camp. I'm sure someone on here will let us know if it's legal or not. There are a bunch of small creeks on both the KY and IN side all the way down to Louisville - one of the largest creeks is 14 mile creek on the IN side. There are a couple of restaurants on the KY side of 14 mile creek that I believe are water accessable but not possitive. Again, someone on here will be able to give you more details about that, I haven't actually gone to them. As far as catfishing, I'm not going to be much help - the only catfish I catch are by accident on my bass lures. I do see quite a few people drift fishing the main river channel and jug fishing the flats downstream from creeks. Hope this helps!
I am a quite experienced cat-fisherman. River bass, stripper, and crappie have always been far too elusive in the past. We do a lot of crappie and bass fishing at rough, I know crappie like to hold up on fallen timber and structure, same is true for bass. I have had zero luck with these species on the river, I can locate them in the creeks on a consistent basis, typically short fish. Question is, where do these fish hold in a big river setting?