Ohio River info

fishing the ohio river... heard all the storys about dirty & bad water... call dnr its not so... it is safe to fish & ski... it is the only place close to all of us that has 3lb crappie, & a lot of 14", 15" crappie... the bite can be great one day & very slow the next like any place you fish... there is a lot of creeks in all 3 states O.K.I. you sometimes don't see a boat in the creek you are fishing . if you don't try the ohio river you are missing something special...there is a lot of creeks to fish, and they all have good crappies, not sure were to fish no need to leave Tanners creek... it is over 10 miles long with more standing timber, more stumps & lay downs then you fish in a life time... it has good water for trolling... PS. as you come in the lot there is 2 sets of ramps, use the one on your right...the ones on the left very little to no water...

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydro...iln&gage=ccno1

i hope this help good luck...

My son and I get on the ohio and hit the creeks and always pull out some nice crappie.

Shhhhhh........

crappie fishing should only get better there, since the idiot commercial guys are exterminating all the cats. for now.

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Originally Posted by river scum

crappie fishing should only get better there, since the idiot commercial guys are exterminating all the cats. for now.

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sad, aint it...

Attachment 165555And you never know what you're going to catch!

I like fishing any river for that reason...surpise,,,surprise! This year has really been a downer cause of all the rain and muddy flow of the river. As of this weekend we can finally fish the East Fork of the White river as its finally cleaning up..missed the entire spawn except for the end of the channel cats going on now or almost totally over. What a year!

I have always wondered about the Ohio and how the crappie fishing was.

Do you guys keep and eat what you are catching in the creeks?

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Originally Posted by filletfetish

Attachment 165555And you never know what you're going to catch!

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Sweet Paddelfish!!!

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Originally Posted by DaveBuckeye01

Do you guys keep and eat what you are catching in the creeks?

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I know the Ohio is just as clean as Patoka is, or Patoka is as dirty as the Ohio is now days. Just depends on how you want to look at it. Regardless they have cleaned the river up a lot in the last couple of decades, and it and Patoka basically holds the same fish eating guidelines. Neither are going to kill you or make you grow a third eye or an extra limb unless you eat fish from the waters for every meal on a continuous basis over a prolonged period.

If I had it my way it would be where spend most of my time crappie fishing - less wind etc...

I really liked fishing Hannah and one of the other rivers over by Lawrenceburg but I'm lost as to how to determine if the water is to muddy, or flowing to much to make it worth my while to head over that way from Fairfield. Especially this year!

Any tricks, info, advice?

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Originally Posted by DaveBuckeye01

I have always wondered about the Ohio and how the crappie fishing was.

Do you guys keep and eat what you are catching in the creeks?

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The Ohio River Fish Consumption Advisory web site lists many species in the river. From the looks of it, crappie are ok to eat 1x per week along the Indiana section.
http://216.68.102.178/comm/fishconsumption/default.asp

I have never craappie fished on the river, only bass tourneys. About the only time the river gets really nasty is with the heavy spring rains. Then you have to watch what state is receiving the most rain, and how muddy the actual river is. If KY is getting the most rain, Ky creeks will rise and be more muddy than Indiana waters, and the fish scatter up in the brush and you cant get back to them.. If the river is muddy, the mud will flow into the mouth of the Indiana creeks because of the lower water level, or vice versa per state. In the spring I have locked thru to the upper pool and when they opened the doors and the entire approach lane was solid full of logs, your partner had to move them while you idled thru. A true nightmare. I know the main river holds a lot of crappie, I have seen them on the electronics. About the worst things of fishing the river is the drive both ways and the fuel you can burn. The last classic I fished on the river, my fuel bill was more than the motel bill, and I was there for a week with three days of competition. Its a blast to fish though.

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Originally Posted by Bouncer

Neither are going to kill you or make you grow a third eye or an extra limb unless you eat fish from the waters for every meal on a continuous basis over a prolonged period.

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wow i can grow a third eye! that would be cool, because the vision in the ones i have are failing. lol but, is it the belly meat or the lateral line meat that grows the eyes? i really dont need another limb.