Ohio River Report

[Roadhunter]

Has anyone been fishing the Ohio River for saugers yet?

[Tom]

what part of the ohio you talking about?


Tom

[Roadhunter]

Between Louisville and Cincinnatti. I have never been there before so I am looking for ideas.

[Tom]

i,d love to help but i have never fished it that far south before, i fish the ohio where it meetes the allegheny and the mon, we,er catching fish up here but no real numbers or size yet, hopefully that will change soon, good luck.


Tom

[CJHughes@Norstan.com]

I have fished the Ohio River the last two weekends . The first weekend I fished the mouth of Straight Creek , Redoak , Whiteoak and the mouth of Three Mile all good sauger spots . I didn't catch a fish nor did I see any saugers caught. Last weekend I fished Greenup locks which is east past Porstmouth , Ohio . I caught two small saugers and saw three other small ones caught . The water temp was 57 degrees which is just about right . The local guys I talked to said that there was a huge fish kill at Greenup this summer . They were trying to kill the zebra mussel in the power plants intake . They told me they saw alot of dead drum and flatheads , some flatheads over 70 lbs . Also you can no longer fish the wall at Greenup they have moved the signs and markers because of the ragheads . I have not been to Meldal yet nor have I talked to anyone who has hopefully the fish kill hasn't hurt that part of the river . This is the first year in many that I haven't seen alot of boats at the mouths of the creeks listed above , mostly locals , so maybe it is true about the fish kill or maybe the fish just haven't turned on yet . I am going to try again Sunday . I will report back.

[GW]

Thanks for the infor CJ.

How about below the Markland dam. I have not fished the river before because I am new to the area. I am looking for suggestions.

Thanks

Gregg Wollner

[skipjack]

been fishing the ohio between pike island and cumberland lock and dam we got good #s below cumberland dam but no size yet water temp was 54 sun.we got an tourn.here sat.with cold nites temp should drop into the 50s maybe even high 40s.hope so the action will pick up.
later