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A pools map for those that don't fish the river.
Nothing wrong with that. I'd like to have a judge by my bedside. Great home intruder weapon.
I like this thread. I would love it to stay active. I too live in a river town. Portsmouth, OH. I have never really fished the Ohio for crappie. I always have to drive to Rocky Fork for my "local lake". I would love any spots/tips close to Portsmouth. I think I am going to head towards Brush Creek and put in there for my first attempt. Looking at some of the size of these river crappie has peaked my interest! I will definitely contribute once I get my boat in the water to this thread.
Brush creek can be great but the gate is locked now. Unless you have another place to launch.
I bought a key from him before he closed for the season. Stupid b!?@$ at eagle creek should take notes on how to take care of customers. Pretty sure that stretch of river is done for on Ohio side now. Ridley ramps a mess on all gov owned ramps are closed by the ones leasing them now. It's either Aberdeen or bullskin. Nothing in between now
Aberdeen or Augusta for me.
Fished one the river creeks yesterday afternoon for about 3 hours. 1 crappie in that whole time.
Tried the places where we caught many nice ones 3 weeks before but nothing.
The water did not look really muddy. A little high. But... I was surprised by the water temps. I thought after all this rain and warm weather in late December that the water would be warmer. It was 38.5 degrees. There were thin sheets of ice through the creek.
We fished slow and threw everything at them. Obviously the water temps are slowing them down but it must have been an off day. Probably won't get to try again for several weeks.
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