Ohio River - Madison - 1/23/09

Myself, Roy and Andy went down to the Ohio River near Madison to do some catfishing. Bait was kinda tough as the usual hole was ICED OVER!!! Ugh....but we ended up getting enough for the day and got some nice cutter shad. Fished deep holes near current and ledges and we ended up with a few nice fish. The biggest fish were around 23lbs. All fish were caught on shad. Weather was nice too and the company was excellent.
Water Level: 421ft (Clifty Creek Gage)
Water Temp: 35-38 degrees
Bait: Cut shad and drum
Air Temp: 31 at start to 61 in the afternoon. Sunny
Here are some pics:

Ohio River - Madison Indiana

Fished the Ohio river yesterday near Madison Indiana with Roy and and Kevin, a fella from another board. Launched about 8AM or so, cast netted some nice shad and headed off. Fished about 4 different areas before we found the fish. Where we finally found then was a deep hole fed by a creek that offered them some slack water as the river was up and crankin. Kevin started off the day with an 18lb blue, then Jetdoc caught a 33lb (his new Ohio River personal best), and then he caught a fish that went around 15lbs or so. All fish were released. I was skunked, but didnt care...good day to be out. We DID get to see a 12 year boy reel in a 65 - 70lb blue cat. They were fishing out of a boat on the other side of the hole from us. You should have seen the little guy going nuts!!!! I wish I would have had a video camera to catch that reaction. Here are the particulars:
Where: Ohio River - Madison
When: 8AM-4PM
River Level: 24foot and falling (Muddy and lots of debris)
Bait: Fresh shad and frozen skipjack
Water Temp: 39-41 degrees
Areas fished: Deep holes out of the current and drop offs and ledges

Here are a few pics:
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Peace y'all...

Clearview Lake - May 20th

Fished Clearview Lake. Water temps in the mid-60's. Small front came through. Total of 11 fish. Largest was 37lbs. Smallest was 12lbs. All fish came on goldfish and bluegill.

White River - Indy - 4/29/08

Fished at the Tuesday Night Blowout in front of Westside Bait & Tackle. Everyone caught some carp with Roy catching the biggest at 14.5lbs. All came on corn. Also caught a nice crappie, a tint flathead, tons of gills, and some smallmouth bass. Water temps were in the low-mid 60's.

Mill Race Park - Columbus Indiana April 8, 2008

Fished the back pond at Mill Race Park in Columbus today. Caught 0 carp, but ended up with 6 crappie and 3 bass. The crappie were going nuts.

Conditions - Breezy
Air Temp: 68 degrees
water Temp: Low-mid 50's
Baits used: Corn, dough, and jigs

Summit Lake Carp - April 6, 2008

Joe and I headed to Summit Lake in eastern Indiana to fish for some monster carp. While we didnt catch any monsters, we landed a few around 14-15 lbs.

Conditions: Night, lake calm
Water depth: 5-10 foot near weeds
Bait: Corn, boilies, doughballs
Water Temp: 46-50 degrees

Santee Cooper, South Carolina Days 1 & 2

Day 1 at Lake Marion: 60 MPH winds kept us off the boat. We (Doug, Jim, Penny and Tim) fished the banks near John C. LandIII landing. I missed once nice catfish and a couple of small fish on a jig/pig.
Water Temp: 60 degrees
Air Temp: 46 degrees (20MPH wind with gusts to 60)
Water Depths: Shallow - 15 foot
Baits Used: Skipjack, mullet, and jig/pig

Day 2: Fished around Wyboo today in the boat. Weather was much better and Dougs boat ran well. Water Temp: 61-63 degrees
Air temp: Low 60's
Water Depth: 3-22 foot
Fish caught: 3 blues (20, 15, 13) and Jim missed a nice flattie on live bait.
Baits Used: Skipjack, bream, and white perch