Ditto!
I don't have a scientific contribution for you but I agree.


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I like fishing foam during the spring and summer when the water is warm. I like to drop a floating Rapala right on top that stuff. The fish are blind to what they're hitting, but they're gonna hit it and they're not likely to change their mind at the last second... I fished the dam at Griggs first time late April/early May last year with a friend who's a highly skilled angler. Conditions were excellent. After three hours, he caught one small crappie and I got skunked. I haven't been back since. Not saying it's not a good spot, however...

 

in spiliways the foam usually covers the slack water/backswirl areas which are many times the best spots for fish to lay in. Yes foam is gross and stinky but you need to fish it. Sometimes the eyes or bass will get right under the foam and hunt all the minnows that are hanging under it so retreive your lure just under the foam. This is especially true for whitebass from what I have seen.

 

Last summer a large tree fell across the entire width of the BD (miles south of Harrisburg)and created a pocket of foam that was about five feet at it's widest point and maybe twenty feet long. That area under the foam produced for weeks (big fish, too) until the tree was removed...

 

The foam is just suspended sediment (mud) in the water that has been aerosolized as it comes over the Dam. It will decrease as the water begins to clear. That said it should come as no surprise that fishing isn't the greatest when the river is foaming because it's more then likely chocolate milk.

Joshy is right on with slackwater/eddie areas hiding under standing foam, However I rarely have seen S-eye come from those holes, usually white bass or Crappie. Those eyes tend to stick to current.

If you want to meet with success on any of the Scioto's 5 Spillways you will need two things: Dedication and BRAID! You will loose your mind throwing mono, watched a guy throwing mono last night literally loose $30 in sticks in an hour because he kept breaking off. I lost a big fat 0.

The Spillways on the Scioto aren't like Alum/Hoover/Deercreek, rarely can you just show up there for the 1st time and get fish. You have to figure them out, which takes alot of dedication and tends to cost alot of money (lure wise). The good news is once you figure them out they can produce some amazing fish.

As far as muddy water goes, those fish have to eat, especially here in the next few months when everything goes into spawning mode. Yea, the bite is best when the Scioto is sexy green, but you can still get fish when she's dirty, just arrive a little earlier in the day, and throw something bright.

 

The foam is just suspended sediment (mud) in the water that has been aerosolized as it comes over the Dam. It will decrease as the water begins to clear. That said it should come as no surprise that fishing isn't the greatest when the river is foaming because it's more then likely chocolate milk.

Joshy is right on with slackwater/eddie areas hiding under standing foam, However I rarely have seen S-eye come from those holes, usually white bass or Crappie. Those eyes tend to stick to current.

If you want to meet with success on any of the Scioto's 5 Spillways you will need two things: Dedication and BRAID! You will loose your mind throwing mono, watched a guy throwing mono last night literally loose $30 in sticks in an hour because he kept breaking off. I lost a big fat 0.

The Spillways on the Scioto aren't like Alum/Hoover/Deercreek, rarely can you just show up there for the 1st time and get fish. You have to figure them out, which takes alot of dedication and tends to cost alot of money (lure wise). The good news is once you figure them out they can produce some amazing fish.

As far as muddy water goes, those fish have to eat, especially here in the next few months when everything goes into spawning mode. Yea, the bite is best when the Scioto is sexy green, but you can still get fish when she's dirty, just arrive a little earlier in the day, and throw something bright.

A.J. is absolutely right about needing to get to know the area, and braid!!!!

 

yeah and braid

 

Do you use a leader with the braid? And if so what do you use? Mono? What strength?

Thank-you

 

Do you use a leader with the braid? And if so what do you use? Mono? What strength?

Thank-you

10lb Seguar Floro, about $22 a spool. Best leader money can buy IMO.

 

We fish with cheap jigs, grubs, and other plastics at the spillways, stuff that's no big deal to lose. 1/16th oz jig heads and chartreuse grubs work well at Griggs...

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We fish with cheap jigs, grubs, and other plastics at the spillways, stuff that's no big deal to lose. 1/16th oz jig heads and chartreuse grubs work well at Griggs...

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Do you ever carolina rig you grub to keep in near the bottom like they do for the Maumee Walleye run?

 

10lb Seguar Floro, about $22 a spool. Best leader money can buy IMO.

At the Hoover fishing seminar a few weeks ago they were saying to use 30 lb braid to catch crappie in the brush. Shouldn't I use a leader which is also 30 lb?

 

It goes by diameter of line most of the 30 lbs braid is the same diameter of 10 lbs mono of floro

 

It goes by diameter of line most of the 30 lbs braid is the same diameter of 10 lbs mono of floro

Ah, OK. Thanks. Floro sinks, right? So I should use mono to suspend? Is 10 lb mono the same diameter as 10 lb floro?

 

I used braid last year for the first time and had a nightmare with it below spillways and along rip rap. To me it seemed as if it would get cut by rocks and break off more easily than mono. This is probably because mono will stretch as you add or release tension on the line so you are not constantly grinding the same area.

I actually started using the extra 30 lb braid from the spool as a leader off 25 lb mono when catfishing below Griggs and Oshay. When I would get hung up the braid would get cut and I would lose a hook rather than my whole rig. This little technique was so effective for me that I boasted to my buddy that I had used the same 2oz sinker for over two months.

I think it all comes down to personal preference. I will take braid over mono any day of the week if fishing brush or trolling, but tend to favor mono in rocky areas. Try both and pick the one that works best for you.

 

Do you ever carolina rig you grub to keep in near the bottom like they do for the Maumee Walleye run?

Not in spillways, only because of the snags. I try to keep it somewhere in the water column. I need to incorporate more Carolina rigging into my approach as I try to ween myself away (somewhat but not completely) from spinnerbaits this year. I realize that I'm missing a lot of potential hits by not switching to a slower technique once the smallies get wise to my rooster tails and Joe's spinners...