Greenup dam, Ohio River 4/10/07 report w/pics
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Greenup dam, Ohio River 4/10/07 report w/pics
Been anticipating catching the water in good shape here for over a month now, water was finally down around 19ft this trip, if you seen my first Ohio river trip report, the water was 49ft then, thats right it was 30' lower today. I had heard reports that the hybrid bass bite had been picking up so I decided to give it a try today after a week long stretch of winter with temps in the teens and 20's and 2 inches of fresh snow.
Air temp today.. 57
Water Temp around 50
Sunny skies light wind
Water level 19'
Murky
Pic looking towards Kentucky from Ohio.... Swift water, lots of current!
Started out the day with a Abu 5600 Gloomis 7'3" rod and a 1oz rattle trap. The rattle trap was chrome and blue, thought it was going to do the trick. I caught 2 hybrids with in the first 10 casts. First fish I caught weighed 6lb 15oz. Within the next few minutes I hooked into a 3lb 8oz hybrid that swallowed the bait, I tried to remove it but couldn't so I put it on the stringer to take home and remove the lure later. BAD MISTAKE! only lure I had of that type, casted for the next 90 minutes and nada... one hit on a grub. thats it
Decided to go ahead and retreive my bait, finally got it out and put it on again, immediately hooked up with a 6lb 8oz hybrid. A little while later I hooked into a hybrid that I didn't get in, I would estimate it at over 12#. A real PIG!!!!!!! All in all it was a good day. I took some pics of the fish to share.
This pic was taken in my driveway....
A pic of one of my bigger fish.....
This is a pic of my 2 big ones on the day!!!
Air temp today.. 57
Water Temp around 50
Sunny skies light wind
Water level 19'
Murky
Pic looking towards Kentucky from Ohio.... Swift water, lots of current!
Started out the day with a Abu 5600 Gloomis 7'3" rod and a 1oz rattle trap. The rattle trap was chrome and blue, thought it was going to do the trick. I caught 2 hybrids with in the first 10 casts. First fish I caught weighed 6lb 15oz. Within the next few minutes I hooked into a 3lb 8oz hybrid that swallowed the bait, I tried to remove it but couldn't so I put it on the stringer to take home and remove the lure later. BAD MISTAKE! only lure I had of that type, casted for the next 90 minutes and nada... one hit on a grub. thats it
Decided to go ahead and retreive my bait, finally got it out and put it on again, immediately hooked up with a 6lb 8oz hybrid. A little while later I hooked into a hybrid that I didn't get in, I would estimate it at over 12#. A real PIG!!!!!!! All in all it was a good day. I took some pics of the fish to share.
This pic was taken in my driveway....
A pic of one of my bigger fish.....
This is a pic of my 2 big ones on the day!!!
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Nice Fish
Are you up river of Cincy, I guess.
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I don't know much about cooking as some of you know, I did fix these hybrids the other day and they are delicious. I ain't much on different spices and stuff but I'll tell ya what I done and it was very good. It probably wouldn't have won a prize for being pretty but oh well.
I took some nice boneless filets and soaked them in milk for several hours. Took the filets out and rolled them in flour, and fried them in deep oil. Turned out great! Only thing I used was a touch of salt.
My wife fixed her own in some kind of batter she buys at wally world. lol
I took some nice boneless filets and soaked them in milk for several hours. Took the filets out and rolled them in flour, and fried them in deep oil. Turned out great! Only thing I used was a touch of salt.
My wife fixed her own in some kind of batter she buys at wally world. lol
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Sounds simple and delicious, KY !kyfisherman wrote:I don't know much about cooking as some of you know, I did fix these hybrids the other day and they are delicious. I ain't much on different spices and stuff but I'll tell ya what I done and it was very good. It probably wouldn't have won a prize for being pretty but oh well.
I took some nice boneless filets and soaked them in milk for several hours. Took the filets out and rolled them in flour, and fried them in deep oil. Turned out great! Only thing I used was a touch of salt.
My wife fixed her own in some kind of batter she buys at wally world. lol
Nice fish BTW !
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Nice fish. Thanks for the pics.
Geography 101-South Florida is flat-we call our dams Spillways-check the posts-lots of fish caught at spillways-big fish too.
North Florida has dams-huge stripers off Lake Talquin dam-60 lbs for the biggest I've heard. Anyone in that area on the forum?
That's a 550 one way trip from sunny So Fla. Not a casual trip. lol
Thanks for your always excellent reports.
Geography 101-South Florida is flat-we call our dams Spillways-check the posts-lots of fish caught at spillways-big fish too.
North Florida has dams-huge stripers off Lake Talquin dam-60 lbs for the biggest I've heard. Anyone in that area on the forum?
That's a 550 one way trip from sunny So Fla. Not a casual trip. lol
Thanks for your always excellent reports.
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We ain't left yet?
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We ain't left yet?
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your welcome, yeah i've been all over south florida, no big dams like that for sure, the ohio river has a lot of big dams like that, just so happens that one is 30 minutes from my house, some great fishing there, i'm just learning the ropes down there and it looks like it could be at least another week before i get to go back, rained a lot here today, will have some soon
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Re: Greenup dam, Ohio River 4/10/07 report w/pics
those are nice fish! Never fished in that area, how is the fishing?kyfisherman wrote:Been anticipating catching the water in good shape here for over a month now, water was finally down around 19ft this trip, if you seen my first Ohio river trip report, the water was 49ft then, thats right it was 30' lower today. I had heard reports that the hybrid bass bite had been picking up so I decided to give it a try today after a week long stretch of winter with temps in the teens and 20's and 2 inches of fresh snow.
Air temp today.. 57
Water Temp around 50
Sunny skies light wind
Water level 19'
Murky
Pic looking towards Kentucky from Ohio.... Swift water, lots of current!
Started out the day with a Abu 5600 Gloomis 7'3" rod and a 1oz rattle trap. The rattle trap was chrome and blue, thought it was going to do the trick. I caught 2 hybrids with in the first 10 casts. First fish I caught weighed 6lb 15oz. Within the next few minutes I hooked into a 3lb 8oz hybrid that swallowed the bait, I tried to remove it but couldn't so I put it on the stringer to take home and remove the lure later. BAD MISTAKE! only lure I had of that type, casted for the next 90 minutes and nada... one hit on a grub. thats it
Decided to go ahead and retreive my bait, finally got it out and put it on again, immediately hooked up with a 6lb 8oz hybrid. A little while later I hooked into a hybrid that I didn't get in, I would estimate it at over 12#. A real PIG!!!!!!! All in all it was a good day. I took some pics of the fish to share.
This pic was taken in my driveway....
A pic of one of my bigger fish.....
This is a pic of my 2 big ones on the day!!!
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