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Post by mikem on Nov 7, 2010 10:34:28 GMT -5
I wonder what would be the impact on smallmouth bass fishing caused by such a construction? I would assume if they're building a ww park there, it already has some rock and gradient, probably a pretty good fishing spot already. Would anglers have to worry about losing their hole?
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Post by mikem on Nov 7, 2010 10:28:29 GMT -5
wow that sounds like a great trip eugene. those are the same lures you guys were catching bass on up at erie, right? got to get my fingers on some more of them.
Glad you've got a couple female fishermen there. Sounds like they gave you a run for your money:)
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Post by mikem on Nov 7, 2010 10:23:36 GMT -5
we had a pretty good time as the club filled two boats for the charter! unfortunately the fishing was really slow after the first hour! Everybody caughe at least one and I boated about four smallies, but we were really expecting a larger catch. Fish were mostly shallow, holding in 6-12 feet of water, and came on 1/2 ounce plus jigheads stuffed inside big 4" tubes, or on drop shot rigs tipped with live minnows or venom and berkley lookalikes.
There has been some discussion of going with a professional smallmouth charter for our next trip. Al B has some contact with some guys up there who can really put us on the fish. However, the price will probably be up above $200 per head.
I will probably not be interested due to saving for a house next year, but want to put that out there for discussion for our members and friends.
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Post by mikem on May 1, 2010 10:52:51 GMT -5
Not good. Not good at all... Still, I hope they don't try to "correct" the problem by introducing something else into the system to eat those gobies. That kind of management can have worse consequences sometimes.
Really I hope they can improve the habitat in that area maybe that will create some good holdover spots until the gobies are in check?
I wonder what will happen if and when Asian carp get in there?
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Post by mikem on May 1, 2010 10:37:07 GMT -5
Thanks Critter for such good info! I will tell anybody who wants to know about the trip to just get on this forum and check out your post.
I will DEFINITELY be down I am so looking forward to it! I would like to take Friday off work and get down there for Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights. God willing and time permitting, of course.
Really looking forward to fishing with some of you guys. See ya soon!
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Post by mikem on May 1, 2010 10:32:33 GMT -5
Well my buddy SciotoRiverAngler wasn't available for a float but I did go on down for some scouting. I started scouting at Laurelville and followed the creek all the way down to Route 50. The creek looks really, really good, although it was down, with holes few and far between in the upper section. Down around Dixie Mills Road/ 674 it looked really good, although yes the creek was still down and spots deep enough for big fish were still some distance apart. My next trip, unless after a significant rain, will be from Dixie Mills or even Route 50 south towards Vigo/Richmondale. Along Dixie Mills Road I got out and went down to the river. Unfortunately I was pinned up at a deep bend in the river. Have you ever stumbled into a new spot and suddenly realized you're standing right where the fish are? That was my situation Well I waded down a bit and managed to get across the river, walked upstream for about 1/2 mile until a good rain started. I headed back to my original location and hit the hole really good from the sandy beach on the other side. A bass magnet crankbait in crawdad pattern produced 3 rock bass, then 2 spotted bass, then finally 2 smallmouth. None of them would have broke a 12" ruler but considering the downpour I caught them in I wasn't complaining.
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Post by mikem on Jan 7, 2010 14:48:59 GMT -5
One float I was really hoping to take but didn't in 2009 was Salt Creek, located in Ross/Vinton counties. Eco Angler had told me enough about this smallmouth/muskie stream that I really wanted to see it for myself. Unfortunately time got away during early summer and I didn't make it down.
This past weekend I was deer hunting down in the Tar Hollow area and got several nice glances at Salt Creek during some pre-hunt scouting. The creek runs just east of the state park through some land owned mostly by Mead Paper Company and a few farmers. The creek looks good. It is small, for sure, probably running about 50cfs on the day I was there. But it runs through rugged country and had some decent rock in it through the sections I was looking at. I started thinking about a float - fish - hunt possibility thru there as well.
Add to this that a Columbus Dispatch article in maybe October said Salt Creek one of the most pristine and pollution-free waters in the state, and let's just say I'm hooked! Has anybody out there been on the Salt? More importantly, anybody else want to scope it with me this spring???
Ok cya later. Hope I do get my chance. Dreamin' of spring,
~mike
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Post by mikem on May 2, 2009 22:23:29 GMT -5
Dams are DOWN - well, mostly. There's still a pretty nice drop at each spot where they went out. I tried fishing below the nelson park dam earlier this spring, it was funny, the silt was gone in the center of the stream channel, but all the rocks on the bank were still covered! Made for some pretty slick wading for a guy w/a sore knee... There was a cleanup and float trip last weekend through there but I missed it.
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Post by mikem on Mar 11, 2009 19:13:55 GMT -5
Ended up picking up a pfleuger supreme spinning reel for $75, it looks nice and is very smooth altho it does have some winding noise. We'll see what comes of it after some hard time on the water. I'll use it with 8lb flouro and 20lb braid.
Going to experiment this year with tube craws made by Yum. You put a 1/8oz jighead inside and they are almost weedless. Also I got 2 bottles of spike-it worm paint in orange/chartreuse, a little secret that "tubes rule" Al B. turned me on to.
Still looking for that perfect "searching" bait for those long, gliding sections that I think don't have too many fish but you never know. Something other than a super fluke.
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Post by mikem on Feb 24, 2009 22:55:38 GMT -5
I think my 2nd favorite is probably rock bass. Just like the way they fight for their size, they take most of the baits I already have for smallies, and they are readily available! Although I would admit I have never owned a larger lake fishing boat so really haven't given all that kind of fishing a try yet. This spring God willing I will give the crappies up at Hoover a try after the third week of April.
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Post by mikem on Feb 18, 2009 22:45:07 GMT -5
The new bass pro shop up in Perrysburg/Toledo. Loves baseball and I found it to be better organized and just easier to navigate than the fishing section at Cabelas. If you happen to go that way it's worth the detour! Actually I do need a new reel for my 6'6 med spin rod, something that sounds less like a coffee grinder. Seeing ecoangler and kokofisherman both like the Diawa exceller makes me want to consider it. Otherwise I would really like to dig deep into my tackle box and catch some fish on those baits I already have but rarely use. that would make my day
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Post by mikem on May 26, 2008 13:59:45 GMT -5
I like to retrieve w/both hands. On the longer trips w/alot of underhand castin I think my power arm can start to get wore out, I start making bad casts. So I use weak arm for the open water work to save the strong arm for the finer stuff. Also i used to have a problem w/setting the hook too early on fish, used to pull the bait out of their mouths before they bit good. I switched to my weak arm to quit that habit and it seemed to work pretty well.
If I have two spinning rods I'll have one facing either direction. Wish somebody would make a baitcaster w/ability to switch the handles, o well guess that might not be possible design-wise.
Baitcaster is definitely nice when working the larger spinnerbaits and cranks in current, until I backlash it of course...which seems to happen a couple times a trip.
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Post by mikem on Apr 26, 2008 10:12:27 GMT -5
Here's my take on a couple common lines.
Cheapest on the powerpro still seems to be walmart, sometimes they have it marked down pretty well. I use it on one spinning rod, mostly for places where I think I'm probably going to hang up.
I use 8lb even in clear water still, so 2 years ago I switched to a Berkley Vanish fluorocarbon as my main line. The Vanish is yellow, supposed to be invisible underwater. Don't know if that really works cause I'm not a fish...The line is stiff, but I had very little problem cause I use a reel with a pretty wide spool. It's really tough line.
clear/blue stren I also used to use all the time but the Vanish is a little tougher.
I don't like the Cajun Red line. It seems to break too easy in lower lb test.
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Post by mikem on Feb 15, 2008 17:39:01 GMT -5
I usually have thrown the flukes with a large gamagatsu hook they called a "superline" hook. Extra heavy metal, I think it was a 4/0 size, tex rigged. The heavy hook keeps the bait from turning over too much when I jerk it.
This is a real good lure when fishing pools 1-5 feet deep and for making really long casts. I'd like to give the case stuff a try. One thing I've noticed with flukes is that after being in the bag for a while the tail can get bent, which I don't like. My favorite color is a green one called Baby Bass
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Post by mikem on Feb 25, 2008 22:37:16 GMT -5
I'm with Ohio Yaker on this one. I've thrown spinnerbaits off and on in streams... for some reason I have struck out with them. I do ok with them in lakes and really well in ponds, but not so well in typical smallmouth holes. I'm wondering if they work better in holes with some wood and backwater areas. It seems like nothing will hit it in the open water...
Jig and safety pin "beatle spins" and especially roostertails are my bad day standby. Probably because I can catch a lot of dinks on them, although my biggest river smallie is on a roostertail. I like the beatles in "catalpa" black w/yellow stripe, and the roosters with black and gold or green and gold, 1/8 oz or so size.
Knowing some of you have done ok with them gives me a reason to try again this next year.
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