Post by Woody Williams on Jun 24, 2007 13:15:41 GMT -5
Fish still on the hook
By Steve Ford
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Fishing's changing with the season, but plenty of fish are still being caught throughout the Tri-State.
The Ohio River has settled into pool and is giving up a wide variety including catfish, gamefish and rough fish. Catfish anglers are catfish fish on a variety of baits from the natural to the prepared. Standard baits like shad, gut, sides and whole shad are producing fish as well as worms and crawfish.
The Tuesday bass tournament out of Dogtown Boat Ramp reports plenty of short bass but few 12-inch keepers.
"The winners of Tuesday's tournament caught a lot of short fish, but just three keepers," said tournament chairman Fred Santiago. "The odd things is they had a largemouth, a spotted bass and a smallmouth. We've been seeing a lot of smallmouth."
Fishing in area lakes and ponds has also remained strong for bluegill as they prepare for a second pawn this summer. Females are staging in stickups in 5- to 6-feet of water and feeding heavily.
Try natural baits including worms and crickets under bobbers set first to 18 inches and then work your way down to a depth that's working. Efforts for largemouth bass should be concentrated early and late in the day.
The largemouth bass bite at Kentucky Lake has moved into a summer pattern, according to guide Dave Stewart. Concentrate efforts on deep-water structure with Carolina-rigged creature baits and deep-diving crankbaits. White bass are feeding aggressive over river channel edges and starting to push bait to the surface in jump in the bays.
By Steve Ford
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Fishing's changing with the season, but plenty of fish are still being caught throughout the Tri-State.
The Ohio River has settled into pool and is giving up a wide variety including catfish, gamefish and rough fish. Catfish anglers are catfish fish on a variety of baits from the natural to the prepared. Standard baits like shad, gut, sides and whole shad are producing fish as well as worms and crawfish.
The Tuesday bass tournament out of Dogtown Boat Ramp reports plenty of short bass but few 12-inch keepers.
"The winners of Tuesday's tournament caught a lot of short fish, but just three keepers," said tournament chairman Fred Santiago. "The odd things is they had a largemouth, a spotted bass and a smallmouth. We've been seeing a lot of smallmouth."
Fishing in area lakes and ponds has also remained strong for bluegill as they prepare for a second pawn this summer. Females are staging in stickups in 5- to 6-feet of water and feeding heavily.
Try natural baits including worms and crickets under bobbers set first to 18 inches and then work your way down to a depth that's working. Efforts for largemouth bass should be concentrated early and late in the day.
The largemouth bass bite at Kentucky Lake has moved into a summer pattern, according to guide Dave Stewart. Concentrate efforts on deep-water structure with Carolina-rigged creature baits and deep-diving crankbaits. White bass are feeding aggressive over river channel edges and starting to push bait to the surface in jump in the bays.