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...