Below Meldahl

Water is graphing 67 degrees, and this is from 10-10, fished the end of the lock wall and it was giving up a few white bass not a whole lot just enough to to keep you there for a little bit. I trolled and was jigging the long lock wall to see if the sauger or any has made its presence and nothing. Went to bear creek jigging and throwing cranks and nothing. moved on down the river and found the green carp in indian creek and caught a few nothing major. So I took another run down by Beckjourde power plant and fished another creek with a deep hole and nothing. So then I packed it up and headed home. Once the weather cools the water alittle more it will be time to get the glass jug out and start trapping the minners.

Hey ezgo good to hear from you. Ky river is giving up some fish but you have to put alot of time in to catch um. Nice report on the Ohio. How is the construction going below the dam? Can you fish close to the discharge? Also how clear is the water? Sorry for all the questions just like to know what's going on. Thanks.

Nice report ezgo. I drove along the Ohio river last night from Cincy to Chilo. The water look good and the river was calm. It would have been a good evening to be out.

The water was alittle stained as the river was on the rise. The hydro is in phase 2 of the project and they are blasting now, the bouys or some are still in the same place as last year. The fishing access is in the same place, so that means we cant get legally to the good fishing on the ky side from boat or on land. So what pool do you fish in the ky river, I usually fish pool 2.

Most of the time I fish below lock 10 and 11.

good luck hope you find them

EZGO,
Myself and 2 other buddies in boats fished below Meldahl, Friday am in the wind. We had a drum tx. I won 4.11lbs. We caught 4 nice smallmouth, cb, 2 drum cb, 10 gar, 10 nice hybrids and 10 whitebass and one sauger. Hybrids were 2-4lbs on bladebaits, silver buddies.
Bassky

Yeah this cool weather forecsted for thid week gets me in the sauger mood.

Hey anyone going out keep the thread moving. I would like to go but when the wind gust clime above 25 I usually tie jigs or do something else. Also you guys keep your eye on the river levels this time of year it is going to go up and down so people can plan there trip right. look at these sites, National Weather Service — Ohio River Forecast Center and The Weather Authority for Cincinnati weather, hour by hour forecasts, and doppler radar for Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and the entire tri-state area - :: Cincinnati news story :: LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV in Cincinnati I know some travel a long way to fish the dam and there is nothing worse than getting there and being supprised by a bad bite or strong wind or high water conditions. If anyone goes out in there boat when the river is on the rise just be aware of the drift that will be flowing down river. Also if for some reason you can get on the net and you want to know about the water conditions and the drift wood coming threw just give the dam a call they are always real nice. Just tell them you need the lower gauge 513-876-2921.

As a side note; PLEASE move when the barges are on their approach to the lock or they are getting ready to let one out. I hate the people that stay on the wall till the last minute. It only takes one to ruin it for everyone.

Was fishing below the dam on 10/23 and the water is graping 59 and trolled and jigged both locks and not a single hit. So I went to bear creek and fished the current break and caught a hybrid and a drum. We are almost there and it should be getting good soon. Bad thing was the river was dropping so that could have hurt the bite today. I used all artificial lures today and know live bait. Like I said its getting close and things should start to pick up.

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Originally Posted by ezgo

Was fishing below the dam on 10/23 and the water is graping 59 and trolled and jigged both locks and not a single hit. So I went to bear creek and fished the current break and caught a hybrid and a drum. We are almost there and it should be getting good soon. Bad thing was the river was dropping so that could have hurt the bite today. I used all artificial lures today and know live bait. Like I said its getting close and things should start to pick up.

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EZGO, you mean for sauger or just fishing as a whole is bout to get good down there?

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Originally Posted by CrappieCrazed

EZGO, you mean for sauger or just fishing as a whole is bout to get good down there?

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sauger

Thanks for the report. When it gets to 55 I'll be there for sure. I'll be in a Lowe Rough Neck 1960 with a Honda 90 on the back. Anybody sees me come on up and say hello.

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Originally Posted by shorebound1

Thanks for the report. When it gets to 55 I'll be there for sure. I'll be in a Lowe Rough Neck 1960 with a Honda 90 on the back. Anybody sees me come on up and say hello.

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Last year I saw that you had a save phace and was wondering does it really work to keep the cold off of your forehead, I would say it works to keep the cold off of your eyes and to keep them from watering.

yeah. It works great. I wish I had gotten one sooner.

fished 10-3 and struck out water temp is graphing 53-54. It is a day by day thing now. Ramps look good no mud or muck on them. With the river up and down and you beach your boat on the side of the ramp all I can say is bring some extra shoes if you dont want mud in the boat. Good luck to all.

Thanks for the report. I am going to try and get down there this weekend. Hope to see you down there.

wait a couple days and let the water settle they will go crazy

Hey guys if anyone goes let me know how you did, sorry couldnt make it to look at the ramps bunch of overtime thrown our way and just cant pass it up. I checked the core of engineers site and it is showing on there temp graph around 43-42 so if anyone goes take some minners with ya, sometimes tipping your jig or just a minner can make for a good trip. Last time I was out in the locks I was tipping a orange curly tale with a large store bought minnow and doing pretty good. But that was quite awhile ago. Good luck

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Originally Posted by shorebound1

As a side note; PLEASE move when the barges are on their approach to the lock or they are getting ready to let one out. I hate the people that stay on the wall till the last minute. It only takes one to ruin it for everyone.

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I am a towboat pilot & I second that! :)

I went Friday and got skunked. Water temp 44 and water level 23' below the dam. Tried eveything I had with minnows. Other boats (4) I talked to hadn't caught any either. Not sure if the falling water had something to do with it or not. Water color wass stained-green. If anybody went this weekend please post your success or failure.
P.S. ramp had mud but it was soupy enough to not cause a problem.