Brookville Lake

Monday June 21st, 2010 - A buddy and i went out the other day to see what was going on at the lake. We had been getting a lot of rain lately, and it has been muggy, humid, and very hot. Not the best circumstances for fishing, but the water was calling, so off we went. Barometer had been steady, and water temps had been up, so we thought the Small Mouth would be really active, but the action was kinda slow. I had a small amount of success, but nothing worth bragging about.

This lake is north of Cincinnati by about 30 miles. It gets a lot of boating traffic. Lots of recreational boaters. Also a fair amount of anglers as well. I have always found this lake a hard lake to figure out. But as with any body of water, if you spend enough time on this lake you will find out her secrets. I am still looking for those secrets. So more research on the water is needed.....

Mad River

We have had so much rain around here, I can't believe I even thought about hitting a river today....

So I pulled up to the Mad River, here in Fairborn, Ohio. Now as soon as I got out of the car and saw the river i knew I was screwed. Talk about swollen, this river was so full of water, that I almost(keyword: almost) got my but back in the car and said hell with it. That is what any normal man would have done. But no not me, I was there and had an hour to waist so why not. It was so muddy, and was spilling over the banks. About 90 degrees, and humid. Bad humid, hard to breathe humid. Why was I out in that crap. Knowing I could not catch a smallmouth in that kinda environment, I tied on a chartreuse spinner with a double blade on it. Hoping for the best, knowing the outcome was not gonna be good. But here is the kicker, while I was pulling on my waders, my cell phone rang. Guess who it was? It was Marshall, the other RiverHunter, calling from Virginia just to say he had video of himself pulling a 19inch smallmouth from the Little New River down there.....yep I knew I wasn't gonna catch a darn thing.....and I didn't.

Water is way to high to do any good. To muddy to say the least. To hot for any sane individual....and as I sit here and write this story, it is raining out, lightning, thundering, and adding even more water to the river that I scouted out today. Just to waste an hour of my time or so( A part of me thinks I didn't waste anytime, as this was a scouting trip, like they all are)....better luck next time.

Tight Lines.

Peak Fishing Times & Lunar Phases

Below you will find a link to Junes Lunar Phases and info on best fishing times for the month. Sorry I have to add a link, soon I will be posting the calendars on my page so you won't have to jump to another page.

http://www.lake-link.com/moon/

Hometown Fishing

Sometimes I drive by a stream and wonder why no one ever fished it. I grew up in Richmond, Indiana. Just a small Indiana town, sleepy, not much going on. But, if you like to fish it's a great place to be. One reason I say this is because the East Fork of The Whitewater River flows right thru Richmond. When I was a kid, most people, if they wanted to fish it would just through a worm and bobber and hope for the best. Hope for a catfish or maybe a big ole carp. But the truth of it is, that this part of the river is full of smallmouth. I only know of a few people who ever wade that part of the river, and I guess it's a good thing, because if there were a lot of anglers targeting that part of the river it probably would not be that good. ....Here's the scoop, the East Fork of The Whitewater River has good fishing above and below the resevoir. Period. But it does get a lot of pressure down by Liberty. The West Fork is a better fishery than the East fork, but gets more pressure. In my opinion, south of Richmond all the way thru Abington, is a great stretch. Worth hitting.

I had some time and did just that over the memorial day weekend. I caught 5 smallmouth and a very short amount of time on a very short stretch of the river. Not big ones, but fun stream smallmouth. Check out my short video below.