Thread: Ohio River Tribs 10-27-17

Made it out again Friday as it looked to be the best weather for at least the next week or so. Beautiful warm day and the fish were biting. Caught a little of everything including large mouth & small mouth bass, white bass, bluegill, channel cats & crappie. Mostly whites but the big ones today were black crappie. Along with one small blacknose. Throwed back numerous dinks and 11" bass. Searched several spots in each of 3 different creeks before finally finding a couple of spots where the good ones were hiding. The river was up at least a foot & a half from the previous trip and the water was really clear if you went up any of the creeks any distance at all. The pattern seemed to be stay close to the river & make sure you were in green/somewhat murky water. Water temps were anywhere from 58 to 63 & I was using slip cork/minnow rigs as usual. Ended up cleaning 14 crappie & 3 big bluegills. Biggest fish was a 14" black who was missing the bottom portion of it's tail. Great day on the water. I love Fall fishing.

Hey... Thought I'd jump on this thread if you don't mind.

I went to my go-to Ohio River trib up in Union, KY. Ironically, I started out doing what worked for you - fishing the water closer to the river. I caught a few small ones. Then, I headed up creek to where it was muddy and fished the brush in 5-10' of water. I ended up doing awesome in those couple hours before I had to leave. Caught a bunch, nearly all over 10". Several around 12". I caught one giant, shown below. Probably a hair over 15". A 13" followed immediately after. They loved the Bobby Garland Mo Glow Baby Shad with a nibblet.

I saw not a single other fisherman the entire time I was out. It was cold and rainy but fishing made up for it. Fall fishing is great in these creeks!