Fishing Report for Week Ending July 9th
This Spring has been full of surprises with historical high water and unfishable conditions for almost 90 days. Just a month ago fish were feeding in corn fields 20 miles from the river channel and when they returned it was time for them to go in a hole to spawn. Just in the last week fish are really starting to turn on and healed up from their time spent guarding eggs and fighting one another. Most of the Cat's I have been catching have moved to their deep water haunts and have came primarily on "fresh" Skipjack and large Shad heads. With a surface temp of 80 deg and rising you can bet deep water will be where you will find the largest of Blue's for the next several months. For you fisherman chasing Hybrid's, this Summer should be really good. They have harrassed my Skipjack rig's and wrecked them just about everytime out chasing bait lately. As you can see in some of the pic's the fishing "junkie" in me had to catch a few too. There must have been a huge Shad spawn left from last yr and many more spawned this spring in the backwater because it has been yrs since I've seen them so plentiful. The same goes for Emerald Shiner minnow's (common river minnow's), Blue Cats and Channel Cats. One precise throw with a net lately has produced almost more Shad than I can use in a day's trip, especially used in conjunction with Skipjack. Check out our Facebook page and hit that LIKE button after viewing some our latest catches. See you on the water Soon!
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Tuesday, December 21 2010
"Winter Classes"
"New" for this winter until March I will be doing one on one/two (in continuation of the "River familiarization and Tournament preparation guided trips) person classes for new river anglers. This class will include how to modify your approach to weather (cold front) conditions and adjusting to water level variables, preplanning to eliminate unproductive water using resources available, rig tying, cast nets, bait preparation/cutting and a Q & A session so you are able to discuss what you need. Everyone knows their strong points and weaknesses and this gives you a chance to brush up in those areas (including myself). I can remember when pieces of the puzzle were missing and someone shared some valuable info with me. Hopefully we will have what you need to make it "click". This will be held at John James Audubon State Park in Henderson Ky in their Learning Center. I will schedule these classes at your convenience Mon-Sat. Call or e-mail for pricing and availabilty because this will only be available for a short time.
Thursday, November 11 2010
"Searching for Skip Jack"
While on a bait run for upcoming trips Capt Paul noticed conditions favorable to produce some good sized Blue Cat's. The first couple fresh cut Skip Jack's produced 40 + lb Blue Cats. A local fisherman Capt Paul knew was nearby so he even called him over to battle what would be his personal best Catfish of 48 lbs.
Tuesday, May 18 2010
Fishing Report Week Ending May 22
The water is up and muddy but numbers of nice fish were still caught this past weekend on the Camo Fish boat. We were using 8 - 12 oz sinker's, Tangling With Catfish Rods (www.tanglingwithcatfish.com), Monster Rod Holders (www.monsterrodholders.com), Mustad # 39951BLN Demon Circle Hook's (www.mustad.no), Power Pro 80 lb braid fishing line , Cut Skipjack for bait and Shakespeare Tidewater reels (www.shakespeare-fishing.com).
The White Bass and Hybrid's have been biting pretty well around the dam's on small live shad and artificial bait's including Little George's, curly tail grub's and spoon's. They are spawning in most area's and look for the bite to slow a little after they move out to deeper water. It will not be long before the Striped Bass (Rockfish) start moving up to the dam's and can be caught pretty well with some cooperation from river level's.
The Channel Cat's are absolutely tearing it up eating anything they can get in their mouth's right now. Nightcrawler's, Shad Gut's, Dip Bait, Cut Shad/Skipjack and Chicken Liver are all producing number's of fish. They can be targeted on rip rap(rock), tree tops, lay down tree's, barge's, grain elevator's and just about anything they can get behind. They are just about to spawn and are the only catfish species that can be caught better when spawning unlike Blue's and Flathead's that go in a hole and won't eat (much) when on the bed's.
Blue Cat's and Flathead's are putting on the feedbag right now with Fresh Skipjack my bait of choice. They are also feeding on Shad Head's and Shad gut pocket's (if you can find em'). We've caught Blue's lately on Skipjack as big as 12" and you would be surprised how small of a fish will eat a bait of that size. If they can choke it in they'll eat it. There is really no depth range you will find them in better than another with report's of fish being caught in 6-65' of water, mainly dependent on time of day you are fishing. This time of yr they will move up shallow to feed at night before heading to deep water during the day. They are also getting ready to head for area's they intend to spawn in .
Best Wishes for Big Fishes!
Sunday, April 25 2010
Ohio River Fishing Report For Week Ending May1
Again, congratulation's to Farrow and Cline in this past weekends Cabela's King Kat Tournament win here in Henderson and most of all everyone made it in safely. The fish have been on fire here lately with large numbers of fish being caught including some giant's. There has been several fish over 40 lbs caught this past wk on the Camo boat and the Spring bite is just getting cranked up. We've got a good solid month before the big female's will be going to the spawning bed's and with fish spawning at different time's they can still be caught in good number's even then.
The river stages this week: Upriver at Cannelton Lock and Dam on the lower guage it was 13.86' at 11:00 p.m. on 4/25 and will rise to 16.4' at 11:00 p.m Wed 4/28. At Newburgh Lock and Dam it was 17.04' on the lower guage at 10:00 p.m. Sunday 4/25 and will rise to 19.6' by 7:00 p.m. on Thursday 4/29. Then it is predicted to fall to 16' by Sun May 2, depending on how much more rain we get upriver. Sunday 4/25 at 10:00 p.m. at J.T Myers/Uniontown Dam 17.0' was observed on the lower guage and is expected to rise over 4' in 4 days to 21.3' by Thursday 4/29. It is then predicted to fall 3.5' by May 2nd.
The White Bass and Hybrid's have been biting pretty well around the dam's on small live shad and artificial bait's including Little George's, curly tail grub's and spoon's. They are spawning in most area's and look for the bite to slow a little after they move out to deeper water. It will not be long before the Striped Bass (Rockfish) start moving up to the dam's and can be caught pretty well with some cooperation from river level's.
The Channel Cat's are absolutely tearing it up eating anything they can get in their mouth's right now. Nightcrawler's, Shad Gut's, Dip Bait, Cut Shad/Skipjack and Chicken Liver are all producing number's of fish. They can be targeted on rip rap(rock), tree tops, lay down tree's, barge's, grain elevator's and just about anything they can get behind. They are just about to spawn and are the only catfish species that can be caught better when spawning unlike Blue's and Flathead's that go in a hole and won't eat (much) when on the bed's.
Blue Cat's and Flathead's are putting on the feedbag right now with Fresh Skipjack my bait of choice. They are also feeding on Shad Head's and Shad gut pocket's (if you can find em'). We've caught Blue's lately on Skipjack as big as 12" and you would be surprised how small of a fish will eat a bait of that size. If they can choke it in they'll eat it. There is really no depth range you will find them in better than another with report's of fish being caught in 6-65' of water, mainly dependent on time of day you are fishing. This time of yr they will move up shallow to feed at night before heading to deep water during the day. They are also getting ready to head for area's they intend to spawn in .
Best Wishes for Big Fishes!
Friday, January 8 2010
Monster Rod Holder's, Tangling With Catfish Rods,Mustad
Well, so far 2010 on the Ohio River has been virtually unfishable by boat in the Henderson Ky area. Starting about Jan 12th the temps are going to rise and the fish are going to turn on. We had a little snow here and covered over the ramps but the water has fell and is going to get good. Last yr at this time we caught several gaints over 50 lbs with one pushing 80. I also wanted to thank my new Sponsors for 2010 which are going to be a great asset to Camo Fish Guide Service: Monster Rod Holder's , Tangling With Catfish Rods and Mustad. Best Wishes for Big Fishes!
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