This time of the year, all of our waters get pretty funky-looking, with the algae bloom, some worse than others. Some look okay, like Hoover & Alum, others don't look so good, as we peer into them, scum in the rapids, or one look at Buckeye, Indian or Grand Lake Saint Mary's will make you wonder how anything could survive.
If you gut a catfish out of the previous 3 mentioned, the smell will overcome you, during the hot months. You'd never eat it. I personally wouldn't eat any fish caught from those 3 lakes after the algae bloom has taken over, and I'd give it serious thought year-round. The bottom on those lakes is a muck that you hate to get on you, it feels awful, & it holds years of pollution waiting to get stirred up. It gets stirred up by storms, but more by the big powerboats that roil it up every year.
Housing developments along the shoreline of the public lakes put massive amounts of lawn fertilizer runoff into the waters, & it feeds the algae. Waters on the Scioto are getting hammered. At least the Scioto is a river, it cleanses itself, so-to-speak, when we have heavy rains, but it all runs downstream.
When I want to catch fish to eat, I fish Hoover, or Big Walnut Creek. No guarantees that there aren't any pollutants, Hell, that's everywhere. But I don't see any brown foam in the rapids on Big Walnut, or any condoms floating by, and Hoover Reservoir seems pretty pristine to me, I've been fishing it for over 30 years.
Sheepshead? They are actually great to eat. Not as much meat as you'd think, but a good size sheepshead will filet a nice piece of meat. Hey, you Lake Erie fishermen, keep a sheepshead & clean it, don't tell the party. I did it once, nobody could tell it from the walleye! True!
Sheepshead aren't a "dirty" fish, they'll hit lures just like a smallmouth. They're just not a very meaty fish like a walleye, that's why they're unliked. I've cleaned a ton of them, they're like white bass, bloody, and they need to be put on ice quick to keep the meat firm.
I see people eating fish out of all our rivers & reservoirs, during all seasons, I might not do it, but I don't see a bunch of people with tumors popping up, & I've seen this for 30 years.
When you buy fish from the grocery store, do
you think it's contaminant-free? I beg to differ. That is impossible, unless it was raised in an aquariam.
We have polluted our waters, But look at how some species have adapted, survived, & thrived!
Wade Big Walnut Creek with me when the water is normal, or low, from the Broad Street Bridge to Hamilton Road, over the Summer. You need nothing but a rod & reel. I make my own buzz baits, I'll supply the lures, it's the only lure you'll need. I use top-notch parts. You'll catch more smallmouth bass than you could imagine, I guarantee it. The water can't be muddy, & the lower the better.
Take me up on the offer, I'm ready now...861-3849, ask for Ed
If you gut a catfish out of the previous 3 mentioned, the smell will overcome you, during the hot months. You'd never eat it. I personally wouldn't eat any fish caught from those 3 lakes after the algae bloom has taken over, and I'd give it serious thought year-round. The bottom on those lakes is a muck that you hate to get on you, it feels awful, & it holds years of pollution waiting to get stirred up. It gets stirred up by storms, but more by the big powerboats that roil it up every year.
Housing developments along the shoreline of the public lakes put massive amounts of lawn fertilizer runoff into the waters, & it feeds the algae. Waters on the Scioto are getting hammered. At least the Scioto is a river, it cleanses itself, so-to-speak, when we have heavy rains, but it all runs downstream.
When I want to catch fish to eat, I fish Hoover, or Big Walnut Creek. No guarantees that there aren't any pollutants, Hell, that's everywhere. But I don't see any brown foam in the rapids on Big Walnut, or any condoms floating by, and Hoover Reservoir seems pretty pristine to me, I've been fishing it for over 30 years.
Sheepshead? They are actually great to eat. Not as much meat as you'd think, but a good size sheepshead will filet a nice piece of meat. Hey, you Lake Erie fishermen, keep a sheepshead & clean it, don't tell the party. I did it once, nobody could tell it from the walleye! True!
Sheepshead aren't a "dirty" fish, they'll hit lures just like a smallmouth. They're just not a very meaty fish like a walleye, that's why they're unliked. I've cleaned a ton of them, they're like white bass, bloody, and they need to be put on ice quick to keep the meat firm.
I see people eating fish out of all our rivers & reservoirs, during all seasons, I might not do it, but I don't see a bunch of people with tumors popping up, & I've seen this for 30 years.
When you buy fish from the grocery store, do
you think it's contaminant-free? I beg to differ. That is impossible, unless it was raised in an aquariam.
We have polluted our waters, But look at how some species have adapted, survived, & thrived!
Wade Big Walnut Creek with me when the water is normal, or low, from the Broad Street Bridge to Hamilton Road, over the Summer. You need nothing but a rod & reel. I make my own buzz baits, I'll supply the lures, it's the only lure you'll need. I use top-notch parts. You'll catch more smallmouth bass than you could imagine, I guarantee it. The water can't be muddy, & the lower the better.
Take me up on the offer, I'm ready now...861-3849, ask for Ed
