Sauger Fishing

Has anyone been sauger fishing or going this weekend. Looks like Saturday will be pretty nice.

May try to go Saturday. Haven't heard of anyone on this end fishing for them.

I imagine that I'll be there Saturday trying them out but I'm still undecided on where to go.

how did you guys do sauger fishin' today?

I went to Meldahl dam on the Ohio river and the fish were scattered all over but not much being caught, a few here a few there, I went on the ohio side in the locks and most of the boats were drifting around, but on the end of the first lock aproach were boats stacked on top of each other fishing in about 30 feet of water, catching most of the sauger on the end of the wall in a breakline or eddy of water. In the afternoon the water was graphing 34.5 up here. I caught one nice sauger and some whitebass in a creek mouth, but it was nice to get out.

Biting good below the dam

35 to 50 fow 3/8 jig head and minnows

30 to 55 ft. below Markland dam.....Jigs and minnows...

Went today below Barkley Dam, fished about an hour no bites and didn't mark any fish.
That north wind was hammering right up the river.

Hey Guys:
I fished KY Dam Sunday from noon until about five and had my limit long before then. The fish would turn on and then off just as fast as they started. I caught a lot of short fish but ended up with six nice ones.
My jigs of preference were 1 1/2 ounce Chart. head/ chart. tail. Lost all of those and fininshed with 1 1/2 ounce orange head/ chart. tail, all tipped with minnows.

Very small fish and slow bite, Falls of Ohio/Louisville area. Has not been a great year sauger fishing so far for me.

went to meldahl on Sunday and caught several nice fish in deep water. Had to move a lot and cover a lot of water.

the sauger bite here right now is very slow...killed um over the summer pulling crank baits tho...i hope it will pick up in the next few weeks below carlyle dam

I went to Meldahl dam on the Ohio river 1/18/10
Fished with fatkid, Tbone was there with Troy & PaPa Allen... we were in two boat, we had well over 100 sauger, all the fish came in 22-32 fow... kid said it was a slow bite ? it was a good time. kid keep 20 fish...

Yates. What is your best caught of sauger. I have mostly fished in the morning. Is fishing in the evening very productive?

Does it matter how many gates are open below the Ohio River dams as far as how well they will bite? I have never caught one of these rascals and would like to try since our crappie lakes are full of hard water right now.

Thanks

I'ts not that they won't bite but it would be very hard to fish with that much current. I'ts better when a few gates are closed.And it's a whole lot safer.
Hope that helps ya.