Shavers Fork

Well, what can I say. Fishing sucked. But the weather was perfect. I was with family and friends. So, it was a perfect camping trip. It was beautiful this time of year. I can't express how vibrant the colors of the tree leaves were. So much beauty.....The Monongahela National Forest is Gods country..........I say go fish and have fun. Get outside, travel. Have an adventure. Take a camera....

Ludlow Falls and The Still Water River

Wow, what a day. Got up early this morning to go fishing. The phone rang at almost 6am. My fishing buddy was actually awake and ready to go. So off we went after a good breakfast. ....First stop, the gas station, have to get more coffee and a few protein bars for the road......then off to Ludlow Falls....good thing we headed up that way...cause we got into them pretty good. ...Went down to the falls, started casting crankbaits into the waterfall, and the small mouth were there waiting. I caught two nice smallmouths, and a third that was a bit small. But they hit like freight trains. I thought I was stuck on a rock the first one I hit. It was awesome, My buddy hit 4 and I hit 3. Not bad for a quick stop. ....we then headed up to the stillwater river up in Pleasent Hills Ohio.....Was beautifull, but the fishing sucked. Should have been better. I just couldn't figure out what they wanted. But it was such a good day just to get out.....Was skunked out on the mad last night, pissed me off. that river is almost impossible to figure out. .....but at least today was a good day.

Mad River

Yes, I went out today to hit the smallies. thought it would be a perfect day. I was right, and wrong. It was perfect because I got up at 5am and headed out the door fishing. But the bite was very slow today. I had to work very hard for 5 fish. 2 Spotted bass, 2 smallies, and 1 chub. I had to work very hard to get all those. I did however see many deer, more than I can count. A bunch of bucks and does. It was awesome. I saw a red fox, a beaver, two skunks on the bike path to the river and a few rabbits. ....The day was over cast, should have been a better bite. But the Mad River just isn't all that. I started at the Damn, and headed south, not much good fishable water. Not the kind I wanted at least. Most the water is slack till you hit the spillway south of the damn, below it there were a couple of pockets and that was about it.....found a couple of pockets on the north side of the damn......fished till 12pm.......hard day on the water.

Not Much Action

Well, it's been a slow week for fishing. I have hit three different areas this week, Shawnee Lake, Ceasers Creek, and the Little Miami River. All have been slow. Will try and get a little more serious this Sunday, maybe get out by myself, hit the Mad river..........Hopefully I can get a day thta's overcast, and cloudy. That would help. This week it's been blue bird skies, great for the pool or the beach, not so good for fishing.....yesterday I found out I was not allowed to fish Clifton Gorge, it's a "Nature Preserve"....just that section of the Little Miami(I made a few casts anyway, caught a little smallmouth).....guess they don't want anyone to slay them big ole bass swimming around in there.

Little Miami river - July 5th, 2009

I went on a canoe trip down the Little Miami River on Sunday. We went to Rivers Edge to rent a canoe, Me, My gilrl friend, and my 4 year old. It was awesome, I took a few Rods with me, I figured I could yank a few small mouth outta there. Boy was I right. That stretch down by Ceasers creek is so pretty. The fishing was awesome. I caught many smalllouth, although smalln on my ultralight they were all fun. Very hard to fish from the back of the canoe, while keeping control of the thing. So I had to beach it a few times to fish a few holes the right way......went on a four hour trip that turned into 6 hours cause I had to beach it a lot to fish. Was a great day, and I say to anyone who wants to know, hit the little miami for a fun day of canoeing and fishing, you won't be let down. Just take pleanty of spinners and jigs........go fish.

Clifton Gorge - yellow Springs, Ohio

Went out today. Awesome. Caught many small mouth bass. Using a spinner with a white grub. What can I say. It was beautiful.

Cranberry River, West Virginia

I just got back from a Trout Fishing Adventure last week. A friend and I went to WV, to fish the Cranberry River. It was awesome. We hiked into the Back country of the Monongahela National Forest. 10 miles in, that was how far we hiked to camp, sort of. We took bikes this time. So we hiked and peddled our selves in there. We stayed for three days. Camped on the river. Watched all the wild life. Most of all we caught many fish. The trout fishing was the best I have ever experienced anywhere. We slayed them. ....will post more about this trip later.

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6/10/2009 Here is the bass. One hog!!!!!

Biggest Bass 6/10/2009

OK, Here is the scoop. Last night, in Richmond, Indiana, I went out to a pond, trespassing, for a little night bass fishing. This pond is about 3 acres and was beautiful. Perfect night, moon was out giving just enough light to see the water. 3 of us went, they were pitching soft plstics, I started with w jig and pig combo. Then switched to top water, I just had a feeling, so I tied on a jitterbug. Well, I began to slay them. But I also hit a hog. One big pig, awesome at night. Storm was moving in and there was a slight breeze. Them, she hit, I pulled in a huge pregnant female, had to be 6lbs. or more. Probably 23 or 24 inches long, a trophy in this neck of the woods. All at 1:40am 6lbs test. Holy Cow. Check out the pics. next post.

Middle Fork Resevoir 5/24/2009

....Well, I came to visit family and friends for the Memorial day holiday. While I was in town a one of my old fishing buddies wanted to know if I wanted to go fishing.....Well to be honest I called him and said " Let's get'em ", to wich he responded, " OK, Catfish or bass?", I said, " Whatever you think is best.".....This was gonna be a night bassing trip to the local watering hole here in Richmond, Indiana. We didn't head out till after 10pm on his Ranger. Fishing was slow, bass are on the beds, females are deep, still recovering. But the night was perfect, no wind, cool breeze. I caught a few that night, nothing big, threw a crank at them, a beaver bait(reaction innovation), a tube bait, and a skirted twin tail grub on a jig head, all fish hit the jigs. 3 bass by 2am, very slow night, but what the hell it was fun, and I hit the bass and my buddy walked away skunked.......gonna go hit' em again this weekend.