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Taking Your Dog Fishing I am and always will be
a dog person. Having a dog as a pet is one of the most
rewarding relationships that an angler can have. I have
had days when I fished for over twelve hours. Very few of
my friends would sit there that long and wait. My wife
would try but after six hours she would be saying let
start wrapping it up. Gypsy however can sit along that
uncomfortable rocky bank for a week as long as I was
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keeping your minnows, shiners, and other live bait alive
longer Now that the dog days of Summer are upon
us, one recurring question kept coming to mind. How can I
keep minnows, shiners, and other live bait alive longer.
It seems that as each degree of temperature rose every
time I opened the lid to my old trusty styrofoam I would
see more and more dead bait. |
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The Ohio River Fishing Experience The Ohio River
System serves the Ohio Valley some of the best fishing
opportunities in the country. No matter where you are
located in the region, you are a short drive away from
incredible Blue, Channel, and Shovelhead Catfish. The Ohio
River also delivers trophy sized freshwater striper,
white, and wiper bass. Even when the temperatures drive
the average angler indoors the Ohio River will amaze you
with Sauger, Walleye and Saugeye. |
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Bullock Pen Lake Crittendon,KY Grant County Kentucky
Fishing. Another feature that contributes to
great fishing at Bullock Pen Lake is the old creek channel
that provides great habitat for huge blue cats and channel
catfish. Try fishing with skipjack, bluegills, or other
baitfish to catch these monsters
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Meldahl Lock and Dam (Gallatin County) Growing
up in the Cincinnati area this is one of the first "Big
Water Spots" I fished. Meldahl Lock and Dam is located
30-40 minutes East of Cincinnati, OH and when you fish at
Meldahl bring your deepest casting rod and reel combo as
well as some extra tackle.
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Locust Creek (Gallatin County)
Kentucky Fishing
Locust Creek is a scenic
waterway that empties into the Ohio River located
approximately 49 miles East on Route 8 from downtown
Cincinnati on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River near
Wellsburg, KY.
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A.J. Jolly Park Lake Campbell County Park A.J.
Jolly Lake is a quickly improving watershed in the
Northern Kentucky area. The state of Kentcuky has stocked
the lake significantly with channel catfish and in the
past largemouth bass. The lake also has a nice population
of crappie for the taking.
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C.J.
Brown Reservoir and Buck Creek Popular among
boaters and anglers, CJ Brown Reservoir offers very good
fishing opportunities for walleye that generally measure
13 to 20 inches and white bass that measure 10 to 13
inches. Fishing opportunities are rated good for bluegill,
crappie and channel catfish.
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caesar creek (Waynesville, OH Warren County)
In the past I have heard a lot of positive things
about the fishing in Caesar Creek. The biggest topic in
the past has always been the quality of crappie that come
out of this lake that is convenient to Cincinnati, Dayton
and Columbus.
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Lake
Norris ( Lake City, TN) Norris is known for its
winter smallmouth fishing. The best fishing is from
November to April. There were an estimated 26,675
smallmouth caught by anglers in 2003 at an averaged weight
of 3.2 lbs. There is a lot more to Norris than just
smallies though.
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Douglas Lake Reservoir and Dam Anglers flock to
Douglas Lake for catches of largemouth bass, crappie,
bluegill, and catfish (channel, blue, and flathead). Late
winter and early spring also provide excellent fishing for
sauger, walleye, and white bass when they make their
spawning runs to the reservoir's headwaters
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Summersville Lake (Nicholas County, W. VA.)
West Virginia Fishing
Anglers have long
known of Summersville's outstanding walleye and smallmouth
bass fisheries. Few, however, ever dreamed that one day
the lake would feature a thriving flathead catfish
population as well.
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Willow Island Lock and Dam (Willow Island,
WV) West Virginia Fishing
Willow
Island is famous for its early spring sauger and hybrid
striped bass fishing, anglers do not be surprised if you
also land a fat catfish or walleyes as well. Will Island
offers a variety of species of fish and with the easy
comforts of bank fishing there is no reason not to visit
this spot.
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The Channel Catfish Facts and Information Page
Channel catfish are easily distinguished from all others,
except blue catfish, by their deeply forked tail
fin.Channel cat fishing has a following all it's own in
the Ohio Valley Region. Anglers fish for them in rivers,
lakes, ponds, and are often the main fish in pay lakes. |
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Blue Catfish Facts and Information Page Giant
Blue cats are incredible specimens that rule their
habitat. They can and will eat any fish it can put in
it's large powerful mouth. They are the "big ones" that
you hear about when someone is talking about a seventy
plus lb catfish |
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Shovelhead Catfish Facts and information page
Inhabiting deep pools, lakes, and large slow-moving
rivers, flathead catfish are popular among anglers; their
flesh is widely regarded as the tastiest of the catfishes.
Shovelhead catfish can attain a size of over 100 pounds
also known as the Flathead Cat. |
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The Big mouth Buffalo fish Facts and Information Page
The bigmouth buffalo is native to Ohio, and found in both
the Ohio River and Lake Erie drainage. It is typically
found in large rivers including the Ohio River and others
such as the, Scioto River, Muskingum River, Maumee River,
and Sandusky River. It is also found in the marshes of
Sandusky Bay and other similar backwater areas of the
Western basin of Lake Erie. |
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Sauger fish Facts and Information Page Sauger
are easy to find in numerous spots along the Tennessee,
Cumberland and Ohio river systems. The lock and dam
structures on these waterways still are the hottest spots
for sauger. |
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Largemouth bass Largemouth bass seek
protective cover such as logs, rock ledges, vegetation,
and man-made structures. They prefer clear quiet water,
but will survive quite well in a variety of habitats. |
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smallmouth bass fish Facts and Information Page
Pound for pound, smallmouth bass are considered one of the
hardest fighting freshwater fish. One of the most
popular sport fishes in eastern North America, this
species takes a variety of live bait, minnows, and
crayfishes, as well as artificial lures. The Smallmouth
Bass spawns earlier than other sunfishes in the same
areas. |
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Striped Bass fish facts and information page
The striped bass can live in both freshwater and saltwater
environments. In coastal populations, individuals may
ascend streams and travel as much as 100 miles inland to
spawn. Stripers are voracious feeders and consume
any kind of small fish and a variety of invertebrates.
Preferred foods for adults mainly consist of gizzard and
threadfin shad, golden shiners and minnows |
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White crappie and black crappie The black
crappie prefers deeper, cooler, clearer water than the
white crappie does. Both travel in schools and feed on
small fish and aquatic insects. White Crappie and
Black Crappie are very similar and very popular among
anglers. White and black crappie are often found schooling
together. |
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Licking River Fishing The lower river is
considered to be a rare example of a native muskie stream.
Throughout the Licking River white perch, white bass,
largemouth and smallmouth bass, spotted bass, sauger and
over 100 other different species can be caught. Unique
fish such as the oddball paddlefish, or rare redside
dace, mimic shiner, streamline chub, slender madtom, blue
sucker, and eastern sand call the river home. The catfish
in Licking River is also an incredible experience.
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