Sunday, January 18 2009

Cold and Sleet

    Man was the weather man wrong today or I was just cold.  The current was about 5 mph, the water was full of trash and leaves with sleet falling all morning. We fished near Newburgh with little caught  while watching the river fall at the rate of .2 per hr.  That quick of a fall usually spells disaster but, you don't know till' you go. This coming weekend (Jan 24th & 25th) should set-up to be good fishing for both catfish and sauger with the river finally coming down.  Sauger trips going fast this week so call early!

Saturday, January 3 2009

Wind & Rain

I'm on the Ohio River below Henderson with the idea it's going to be a great day.  Wow was I way off.  The river is 24.39 on the Evansville guage with over 110' of water on the dam at Newburgh with Jt. Myers below us with what had to be the gates out of the water.  The river is nothing but mud and we were fishing with 16+ oz weight.  Nevertheless, I gave it a good go for about 2 hrs over 50' of water that I had marked fish in.  Caught 6 with the biggest one 15lbs.  I probably would have stuck it out a little longer if the weather man had been correct about the temp and the timing of that cold  poooring down rain.  Keep fishin'

Friday, January 2 2009

My Very First Fishing Report

This is my very first entry into what I hope will be years of archived reports for me and you to refer to.  The Ohio River near Cannelton was 21.82 on the lower guage with 90' on the dam (7.5' on each gate with 12 gates). It was 50 degrees with high pressure and a 5-10 mph S.E. wind.  My fishing partner today is here holding one of 11 blues with one nearing the 50lb  mark.  I hope to see you return soon to my new website and good luck fishing.