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where are the skip jack?

bowtechbuck22 — Fri, 24 May 2013 03:26:59 GMT

Anybody seen or been catching skip jack I'm out and I need one last run!

Looking for a ram mount for my terrova

walleye wacker724 — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:34:33 GMT

Let me know what you got thanks!

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Biggest catch today

Ant — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:29:14 GMT

biggest today
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Hunting cabin

Erieye — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:01:40 GMT

Would anyone be interested in a hunting cabin i own in New Matamoris, right in the Wayne national Forest? Rough, sits on acres. Great for deer and turkey. Pm me and i can get you more info. Asking 22k. About 30 minutes from Marrietta, and 3 minutes to the Ohio river.

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Fish ID

Alex_Combs — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:48:30 GMT

When I caught this little guy, I thought him to be a Stripper.
But the more I look at the pictures, the more I doubt it.
Is this a hybrid?
I don't think it was a White Bass because I've seen those in person and they have more of a wider body.
Where as this one was more slender/long bodied.

The sound of a train not running

oldstinkyguy — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:28:15 GMT

This one's a couple days old. It was special and I wanted time to post it right...

Another long day at work. Too long but at least with a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. For tonight the schedule was gloriously free. Warm, muggy, it felt more like one of the first days of summer rather than one of the last days of spring. In the pack I threw the first things I could come up with, a peanut butter sandwich and a pop top can of pineapples, some water and ran for the door. Twenty minutes later I'm parked at the Fork. Todd's Fork? Anderson Fork? Flat Fork? East Fork? North Fork? Theres a dozen "forks" on the Little Miami and that's as close as I'm coming to saying where I was. Some of you will recognise it from the pictures, please don't tell the whole world about it... You cross the fork on a two lane blacktop then park on the other side next to an old railroad overpass. All that remains is the two stone structures made with a craftmanship that insures they will be there long after I'm gone. The old railbed is just a gravely hump overgrown into a thicket cutting across a big bend in the fork to hit it again a mile or so upstream. A small path cuts down the bank beside the road bridge to the waters edge. Here I wade in. The fishing no good here but it's easier walking up the streambed than on the banks. Upstream in the bend was deeper water but the sun was still hot. A fish halfheartedly slashed at my rebel minnow but I didn't hook it. A great blue heron lifted off with a "Kronk" and flew upstream. I'd flush it twice more before it had enough and left. There was a small island held it place mostly by the gnarled roots of an old sycamore. I love the old trees and never tire of looking at the twisted puzzles made by the contorted, tortile roots. It was shallow on each side of the little island but just upstream everything came back togethor in a deep riffle pourinng out of a long hole. A big turtle plops off a log into some slack water on the left side. Way upstream I hear the manic laughter of a kingfisher as it swoops down from an overhanging sycamore branch to grab a minnow. This long hole has several of these long branches overhanging the stream. Besides being the perfect perch for a hunting kingfisher they were the kind of place my grandfather used to look for to hang a "jingle line" for catfish. Fishing with jingle lines seems to be a lost art. You would hang a baitfish on a stout line and a big hook from a long springy branch so the bait would struggle just under the surface. On a still summer night it's sometimes deadly on good sized catfish.
I caught a couple small smallmouth bass from the riffle on an inline spinner then tied back on my rebel minnow. Throwing over into the slack water by the turtles log, I twitched the lure once. Splash, a nice strike. It turned out to be a nice spotted bass, maybe 13 or 14 inches long. After admiring the fish I began to wade op the hole. It was a long flat bottomed hole anywhere from waist deep to mid thigh. The best fish I caught out of the next hundred yards was a big rock bass that hammered the minnow plug by a jumble of woody debris. Now in the distance I could see my destination, the old railroad bridge crossing the stream. The bridge crossed on two high banks and was maybe forty feet above the fork. I dont know if I'd have liked walking it when new but that was out of the question now, about halfway thru a big section of ties was missing. It was a beautiful old bridge. Underneath one side was a small sandbar, while on the other, the stream, blocked by the stone structure had dug a deep hole. Deep and full of possibility. On the sandbar another old sycamore leaned back away from the stream, its trunk creating a perfect backrest with a soft sandy seat. I sat there a long time eating my sandwich and draining my can of pineapple. I noticed several swallows flitting in and out of crevices on the stone bridge abutments. And in a tree next to me a robin eyed me nervously with a worm dangling from its beak for its hungry chicks somewhere nearby. I read somewhere that the average robin family eats something in the neighborhood of 14 feet of worms a day. That's alot of work. It was still early and I leaned back against my tree and closed my eyes. When I opened them again it was much later. Long shadows hung over the water. I sat there a while watching the swallows swoop over the pool and flit in and out of their holes , no doubt also feeding hungry little ones too. Finally I got up and tied on a jig and began to fish the deep water. I caught two small fish about ten inches long and another maybe seven inches long a bit upstream. Then upstream in the next riffle I caught three that were from 10 to 14 inches long. Now it was getting late and the sound of frogs trilling filled the calm air. I pulled a sweatshirt out of my pack and slipped it on. I switched spools on my reel. From light six pound test to heavy braid and tied on a lipless crankbait and waded back down to the deep hole by the bridge. Nothing hit. Overhead the last of the swallows were replaced by the flittering of bats as they worked upstream and down in big ovals hunting insects. I probably stayed too long but the scene was so peacefull the last thing I wanted to do was go. Then, in the middle of a cast I was no longer paying much attention to, the line stopped dead. Then it began to move off slowly upstream, the rod bending double. The fish bore upstream almost out of the hole, then slowly swam back down stream past me. I followed. Several minutes later and quite a bit down the long flat hole I finally beached the big shovelhead on a small gravel bank. I snapped a few photos then held it upright for a momment by the tail till it could swim off again. I waded back downstream towards the truck. I turned on my headlamp but found I could see better without it and switched it off again, wading slowly into the coming night. Finally back at the truck I heard the hooting of a barred owl way back upstream as I climbed in and headed regretfully back to world of people...

Indian Memorial Day Weekend

fear_no_fish — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:26:17 GMT

Was wondering if anyone had any heads up on any tournament activity on Indian this weekend?
I have plans to rip some gator lip but want to pick the best time, I know it will be a busy weekend period.
What is the current water condition?

Vermilion ?

stacman — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:51:28 GMT

Looking to take my 13 year old daughter out on Saturday. How's the walleye bite in Vermilion? First trip of the year, and she is excited.(myself also) Or is this blow gonna screw up our plans?

Pike Island pier spoons

Recondo37 — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:41:05 GMT

I am almost out of 1 -1/2 to 2 ounce spoons. Looking for a seller, and maybe some 1-1/2 oz white bucktails....Since the Yorkville bait shop closed, I need a fix...hahahah message me with prices. I plan on being there Saturday morning by 7 if all goes well....be good/good fishing

Tedeschi trucks band

boatnut — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:39:57 GMT

Man I just love this group!!!

Tedeschi Trucks Band - Bound for Glory - Live from Atlanta - YouTube

Huge carp out of alum

delaware*fish*freak — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:15:47 GMT

Caught this hog on chicken liver on an ultra lite with 6 pound test. Best 20 minute fight I've had. Sorry for the bad pic. I didn't weigh it, wondering what people thought on how much it weighsAttachment 75762

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true trips?

mtkjay8869 — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:08:27 GMT

Just bought a few true trips #40 and woundering if they will pull behind the small church planner boards, and also the package says they have a deeper dive curve than "other divers" I assumed that they would be comparable to the jet divers #40 does any one know?

Update on TVA dam access

Salmonid — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:39:21 GMT

I just got this email: Hope it all works out and it looks like it will, this is great news for all fishermen nationwide who enjoy fishing below dams, weather big or small...
Salmonid
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THE STANDOFF IS OVER - ALEXANDER'S TAILWATERS BILL PASSES

Legislation ensures that world-class tailwater fisheries will remain open

We've got good news to report!

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cannot legally restrict fishing below dams in Tennessee, according to a two-year ban that passed Congress yesterday.

Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander has led the effort to persuade the Corps to be reasonable on this issue, but it finally took passage of his bill in the Senate and the House to ensure that the areas below Corps dams would not be closed off to fishing boats.

"When the president signs this legislation, this will end the discussion," Alexander said yesterday. "Both chambers of the United States Congress have now told the Corps to immediately abandon its unreasonable efforts to restrict fishing and work with state agencies on a sensible policy to address safety concerns, instead of wasting taxpayer dollars and ignoring elected officials who are standing up for fishermen."

Thanks largely to your support and vocal outreach, the Tennessee Wildlife Federation was able to help convince our elected officials that the Corps' plan was a bad one. Beyond the threat to the freedom of all Tennesseans to fish in public waters, there were hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars attached to these wonderful tailwater fisheries at risk.

Without you, we would not have been successful.

Please be sure to thank Sens. Alexander and Corker and the rest of the Tennessee delegation for their leadership and support. Also, read the fascinating interview with Sen. Alexander in our new issue of Tennessee Out-Of-Doors magazine.

Sincerely,

The Tennessee Wildlife Federation

The Past Couple of Weeks in a Nutshell...

BassAddict83 — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:29:27 GMT

It's been a while since I've been able to take some time to write up a report. Between work, family, and actual fishing I really haven't had an opportunity to sit down and type anything up. So I figured I'd do a little condensed version of my past couple of weeks of fishing...

Spring time has really put us through the ringer with all of the rain and the couple cold fronts we had. Every day on the water is different from the last. The pattern that worked yesterday isn't doing a darn thing today. Needless to say mother nature has put my fishing abilities to the test this spring.

The rivers have been up and muddy. And just when they come down to a nice fishable level with decent clarity it starts raining again and up they go again. Sooo.... I've spent a couple of my days taking the kayak out to different lakes around the NKY area. I've been doing ok with the largemouth and have also hit a few crappie and even channel cats. Some lakes have been easier to figure out than others. A jig in a rocky area on one lake might be the ticket but the next day at a different lake, a fluke around weeds is the only thing they will bite. Sometimes I figured out the pattern pretty quickly and kept busy all morning long reeling in fish. And other days... I'd spend 2 hours trying anything I could think of and then finally with only 30-45 mins left figure out something that actually worked. Dont ya just love it when that happens?

Here are a couple of the lake fish I fooled into biting a piece of plastic...

During the fishable days on the river I did make it out a few times. Sometimes with a just a pair of waders... sometimes in the yak. The river fish were almost as confusing as the lake fish. One day I would find them in the current and was able to get them to bite on some sort of baitfish imitation wether it be a fluke, curly tail grub, or crankbait. Other days they wouldn't be anywhere near moving water, such as one day when I met up with fellow OGFer HOUSE and we had to seek out major structure and jig soft plastics in front of their faces in order for them to bite. It's been a really weird and inconsintent past couple of weeks. Thats spring fishing for ya though...

Here are some of the river fish that also bit the plastic only to find a hook in their face...

And last but certainly not least I have been getting the fly rod out more and more lately. I told myself this would be the year of the fly for me but I've gotten side tracked with the kayak and new spin fishing tactics. There's just not enough time for me to fish all the ways I'd like to fish haha. But I have set the hook into some really nice bluegill and even a couple bass here and there. More river fish are soon to come!

Ooohhh..... I almost forgot!!!

The last time I was at my mother's house I talked to her about OldStinkyGuy. She seemed interested in him so I decided to log onto OGF and show her a picture of him. One look at that mug and she said...

AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Favorite plugs

piscator — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:25:12 GMT

What are your favorite plugs for lake Erie walleye. Looking to use cranks more and have always run spinners. In the interest of sharing info, our best blade over the last 10 years has been the number 5 northland holographic ones in golden shiner with green and orange beads...and I mean best by a lot.

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