So decided to go hit some of the ohio river tribs today.................................... wanted to fish eagle, straight, 3 mile, white oak. Go to put boat in at eagle creek (govt owned but leased). Mind you, its been open every winter for fisherman to use for as long as I can remember. Cable ran across access road with sign saids closed from dec1 through march..... No prob put in at public boat ramp in ripley. Trees jammed up on ramp 5ft tall (nobodys fault just the way it goes) . Head to straight creek which was a long shot because there normally closed in winter, wasnt opened (not sure if this is a govt ramp). Then down to white oak creek (another government owned ramp leased out) and gates are padlocked........... That pretty much put me out for fishing the creeks i wanted to fish because the next nearest ramp was just above meldahl and that was gonna be a heck of a run especially with swells on the river........

Govt boat ramps shouldnt be able to be CLOSED for winter........ Went to EF and dealt with wind. tribs were good shape and would have been easy tuck out of wind........... THANK GOODNESS FOR NP 1/8OZ JIGHEADS!!!!! Prolly wouldnt have caught fish without them in the wind today. I would suggest everyone have some of these for those windy days. Really worked well today with winds over 20 today!!!