Catfish: Ohio River

[onemorecast56]

tell you what if you want i can take you down and show you around,,,where to take your boat and where not too...i know FEW PLACES TO GET YOU STARTED...

[peter]

tell you what if you want i can take you down and show you around,,,where to take your boat and where not too...i know FEW PLACES TO GET YOU STARTED...

Yeah..Onemore can show you where all his old lower units are. Bring a metal detector if you want the exact locations. Haha couldn't help myself.

I went through a lot of aluminum props down there learning some of it and it wasn't even the hard part. Bought a stainless and never had that problem again.

[onemorecast56]

you know come to think of it,,,i`ve never busted a prop down there....and ask anybody that has gone with me i`m not scared to get into places with boats i shoulod be in there with,,,lol

[Tyme2fish]

I dinged up my stainless prop pretty good at the New Albany ramp several years ago with low water levels.

TUCKER'S LANDING to the rescue. Not a free rescue but he does good work.

[cpsniper05]

Yeah..Onemore can show you where all his old lower units are. Bring a metal detector if you want the exact locations. Haha couldn't help myself.

I went through a lot of aluminum props down there learning some of it and it wasn't even the hard part. Bought a stainless and never had that problem again.

Man, I would love to start fishing the river but this really makes me worried about taking my boat there. Is it pretty easy to tear a prop up out there? I turned one into a paper weight last year and don't want to do that again.

[HURRICANEBOB]

Man, I would love to start fishing the river but this really makes me worried about taking my boat there. Is it pretty easy to tear a prop up out there? I turned one into a paper weight last year and don't want to do that again.

On and off I've fished the river since 1994 and have never torn up a prop. Yes, you can, up close to the dam, or working up into the fossil beds. But if your are fishing the river as a whole you will be fine. Yep...there are in high water periods logs floating but that's no different than in most lakes after heavy rains.

The river deserves respect because of the current, but not fear. To get started and get used to the river, wait till Jul-October cause the current is way down. In September and October, the river can be darn calm, glassey, with pretty clear blue water. Practice on the river in the calm conditions, and slowly graduate to the more high current days. It's awlays fun, for one reason or another.