I guess when you do this the Corp doesn't say anything or try to run you out of the area? Today with all the talk of terrorists I'm surprise that the corp allows any boats to be that close to the dam or the locks. Remember the USS Cole?

A neighbor of mine stopped me the other day and we talked for a good while about fishing. He likes to fish the river for big cat fish. I've never really fished the Ohio River much at all. My boat's not that big and when the River is up there is no way in Hell you would get me out on that river in my little 16 ft boat. Now if I had a bigger boat I would be more inclined to fish the river. But I'm not going near the dam.

The hydrolytic affect are very powerful and can swamp even a bigger boat easily.

I guess that the area you guys are talking about is pretty calm this time of the year if the river is down to summer pool. I do realize that the big cats can stack up in the slack water below the dams.

But I'm not really into catching big cat fish. Although I've read about it in some fishing magazines and it looks like it might be fun. I was reading one of the latest issues of In-Fisherman Magazine and it had some ideas about terminal tackle to use for catfish. But I gave that copy to my next door neighbor. He's thinking about taking his little son fishing and I gave it to him for some ideas on fishing tackle. They won't be fishing the River but may fish the bank of a lake in the near future.

I'm not so sure about fishing in the Ohio River myself. Any catfish that I'd catch I'd never eat.

Quote Originally Posted by bassmanic1 View Post
Fishing with my father-in-law below John T Meyers dam he would use rubber bungee cords - find a good crack in lockwall and jam s hook into it , front and back . Homemade boat bumpers protected the boat . Caught a 68lb blue 2nd time I fished with him doing this .