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Wills Creek Flathead.

6.3K views 16 replies 13 participants last post by  Codeman  
#1 ·
Caught this ol' girl camping on a section of Wills Creek between Cambridge and Kimbolton. Water was very low and when that occurs my expectations are low too but we caught 3 other flattys and one channel before she hit at 3 A.M. Caught her with a live 6" bluegill under using a very small leader to minimize hangups. Overall, this makes up for a slow night. More to come this year! I caught the fish while I was changing into my pants for bed. Yes, I caught it in my boxers.

Keep a line wet,

Greg Roberts

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#12 ·
I bet that fish would be great on the grill
No, it wouldnt actually. Unless you like your fish with heavy pollutants, contaminants and your kids to come out with mutations. Read up on your local water quality, fish that size have soaked up every contaminant in the waterway. That's a good spawner that the river needs so our kids can get on em too someday.
 
#15 ·
What are you using as bait? Are you fishing closer to Salt Fork or the dam?
I'm using live shad if I can keep em alive or just bluegills live. I have holes from all the years fishing there. Sometimes in the heart of Cambridge I can get into some biggins to be honest, but closer to kimboloton can produce from time to time. Go to the old bridge thats out there. I don't fish it anymore but might during the spawn. Bring a **** ton of tackle and bobbers. More snags than any other place i have fished.
 
#17 ·
I'm using live shad if I can keep em alive or just bluegills live. I have holes from all the years fishing there. Sometimes in the heart of Cambridge I can get into some biggins to be honest, but closer to kimboloton can produce from time to time. Go to the old bridge thats out there. I don't fish it anymore but might during the spawn. Bring a **** ton of tackle and bobbers. More snags than any other place i have fished.

I was just curious. I'm not super familiar with the Cambridge area. I pretty much fish some public land here in Coshocton County. I'm mainly fishing in the Walhonding, Muskimgum right at the beginning and the Killbuck Creek. I have fished a couple times at Willscreek dam, but man is that place is a snag haven. Biggest fish so far was a 7lb Channel.