Quote Originally Posted by fishassasin View Post
If the commercial fisherman keep raping the ohio river of cats youll be lucky to catch a good catfish of size in this life time. They sell them to paylakes that cant handle fish of that size for a long time.
Amen to that. Size has really fallen off in the last 5 years. I would like to see Ky add regs similiar to West Virginia. The fishery needs some closer management.

As to anchor rope, I only use it below the dams to sit on/over a specific hole. Up around 12 and 18-mile Islands, I would free-drift the flats around the channel. A good way to cover a lot of water is to jug-fish instead of using rods. The sunken barges around 12-mile Island are a good flathead spot, but rig up heavy as they tend to run back into the barges when hooked.

Shoot me a pm sometime and I will give you some more specifics.

Have you caught that 2# redear yet? Still looking for mine!

Joe