Ohio river News and Pics

[FlatheadMan]

Just wanted to get something up here for the guys down on the ohio to post there pics and any news.

[catchinghogs]

First off a special thank you to Mike Miller for taking me out on his boat to fish the Ohio river. Went out last night and caught my best flathead of the year a 36 pound monster.Caught the fish on a dead sucker that was on hook for 2 and a half hours.We had a very good night landing about nine flatheads between 5 and ten pounds and a 8 pound channel.Let me add a thank you to the BOC also for without I would never have been able to meet Mike to fish with. Here is some pics.

[catchinghogs]

Here is a couple more pics and one pic of my last trip with Mike his son with a nice flatty.

[Gone fishin 4 kittys]

Mark,

Congrads on the fish!

That area up there produces some big fish!


Josh

[kycatman01]

great fish! those are also some nice pics.

[ibohunter]

Great fish and pictures

[bigcat_chaser]

Hey congratulations those are some real dandy's keep posting if I aint a catching any it does my heart good to see someone else catching some nice ones.

[gmhudak]

wow congrats guys! Those are real beauties!
Geoff

[tbartek]

Beautiful cat Mark congrats! I'm still waiting for my first big one of the year:sad2:

[teaysvalleyguy]

Very nice fish man, congrats on the catches.

[laidbck111]

nice fish thanks for the pics

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Go Mark! Yet another awesome Flathead for "catchinghogs"! Your flirting with the state record again!:smile2: Thanks for posting the pictures!:0a31: Guess we will be seeing your name in the Pa. Angler & Boater Magazine for the big fish of 2006!:big_smile:

[socex]

Great fish guys, Mike has himself some really good spots. He's been catching some really nice cats there this year. Good luck for the rest of the year.

[wolfman]

Great catch, thanks for sharing, what river pool of the Ohio are you all fishing? Also is this the same area where the Beaver river is?

[FishMan]

Dandy...I tell you what...that's a dandy catch...just dandy...congrats

[Gone fishin 4 kittys]

Great catch, thanks for sharing, what river pool of the Ohio are you all fishing? Also is this the same area where the Beaver river is?


Walt,

that whole area rodchester,bridgewater, monaca, freedom. It extremely good for flatheads.

I think the name of the pool is dashields but I could be wrong and yes it's where the beaver comes in. The beaver is a very small river and up by the first dam in becomes very shallow and dangerous. My grandfather tour up a prop up there.

The dashields pool is pretty big and produces some nice looking Flatheads. Eric said that there was a 47lber taken out of the beaver but it was for a tourtament down in WV and he didn't know it was the record and released it.

Josh

PS if you have google earth use it to check it out. Go over the pittsburgh area and search for dashields pool

[wolfman]

Thanks Josh, sure would like to get up that way sometime

[FlatheadMan]

Well ,Past two nights have been ugly cant get a decent run to save my life fishing has been real slow been pulling out all the tricks with some of the best bait all year in the best holes with no luck catching a few 10lbers but nothing big.

[RiverKing]

Nice fish the Ohio has been giving up some nice fish this year..Congrats

[FlatheadMan]

Went out last night on the ohio no hits this heat or the water being low is killing the fishing

[socex]

I went out the other night and as everyone else, didn't even come close to catching fish like I was the past 2 months. I noticed the shad have started to run. Maybe that has something to do with it. I also think the low water levels are hurting things as well.

[Baitkiller]

Congrats Guys!!

I too fish the Ohio River very near the PA line. Just wanted to try to help a bit with the two links below that give the water temps & levels for those that may not have them saved.

http://www.lrd-wc.usace.army.mil/navtemp.html

http://newweb.erh.noaa.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=pbz&view=1,1,1,1,1,1

:0a26:

[FlatheadMan]

Thanks Info Steve

[gmhudak]

hey, i just read these posts and realized you guys are in my neck of the woods! If anyone comes up this way, shoot me a pm, i'd love to fish with any fellow members. I have a couple spots around here. None of them produced substantial size yet, but i know they are there. Look forward to meetin ya, Geoff

[young catfisherman]

those r some nice fish

[catfishn72]

sounds like a good night, nice fish

[FlatheadMan]

Went out lastnight for about 5hrs and caught one flatty about 10lbs things are not good right now three times out one fish!!!!

[jdstraka]

Hay Guys them are some real NICE fish! Sorta Makes Me wonder what I'm doing here in IOWA.LOL :tounge_out:

[FlatheadMan]

Out last night for about 2hrs and caught a 12lb,18lb and 3lber first fish I caught in 2weeks

[Gone fishin 4 kittys]

Out last night for about 2hrs and caught a 12lb,18lb and 3lber first fish I caught in 2weeks

Congrads on the fish

Mike I have feeling that it's gonna pick up pretty soon. Gonna probally fish for bait tonight or hit the allgheny river.


Josh

[FlatheadMan]

Josh let me know how ya did bro

[socex]

Went out for 2 hours last night. I used creek chubs instead of blue gill for the first time. (special thanx to Mike Miller for the help in catching them) Caught 1 15#, 1 12# and had a ton of runs. Next time I'm going to use a two hook rig on them to hopefully hook-up better with such large bait. It seems the slow spell might be over.

[FlatheadMan]

Heres a couple from friday night some 20lbers



http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/shedaddict/HPIM0215.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/shedaddict/HPIM0213.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/shedaddict/HPIM0211.jpg

[Gone fishin 4 kittys]

Mike I didn't go and haven't gone all weekend got into a fight with my mom. I'll probally be out next weekend out by rodchester I'm not sure though.


Josh

[FlatheadMan]

Josh let me know if your down this way will hook up down in rochester

[FlatheadMan]

Hooked up with couple last night 25# and 21#




http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/shedaddict/HPIM0223.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/shedaddict/HPIM0227.jpg

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Nice Flatheads Mike! Congrats on the catch! How is the water on the Ohio? The Allegheny is still high & muddy.

[FlatheadMan]

Not real high but fast and muddy

[buddah]

Those r some big ol' catties ya got there! Betcha had a hoot! :big_smile:
Was ya using those chub for bait?

[FlatheadMan]

Nope had some real nice shad figured out how to keep them alive up till we go fishing.

[FlatheadMan]

Took this guy out from philly last night here are a couple pics ended up with about 16 flattys most in the 10lb range and one 25# 40in



http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/shedaddict/HPIM0235.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/shedaddict/HPIM0229.jpg

[catchinghogs]

Sounds like you guys had a great night Mike.

[wei1]

are most of these fish being released or are they being kept

[FlatheadMan]

Dave I let everything I catch go CPR

[FlatheadMan]

Just a heads up surface temp on the ohio the past week 66.5 and the fish are hitting landed about 30 flattys the past two nights

[Baitkiller]

Thanks fer the heads up.

Just now headin out the door to the the "other side" of the Ohio River!!

http://www.lrd-wc.usace.army.mil/navtemp.html

http://newweb.erh.noaa.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=pbz&view=1,1,1,1,1,1

:beauty:

[FlatheadMan]

Another good night on the ohio ended up with 15 flattys the biggest was 20# avg fish was 10# we ran out of bait or would still be catching fish oh! one turtle also

[catfisher43]

cant see it getting any better than that.nice pictures.thx.

[FlatheadMan]

Here a couple pics of my kids from last night


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/shedaddict/HPIM0238.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/shedaddict/HPIM0237.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/shedaddict/HPIM0236.jpg

[FlatheadMan]

Well another good night on the ohio we ended up with 11 fish three best were 23# 40in,15#,and a 9#30in channel we had taken a guy from Erie,Pa out with us said he wanted check out the hype with these big cats well Ill say this he probably wont be fishing for steelhead anymore!!!!!!

[socex]

Went down to the New Brighton fish park on the Beaver River on Friday and caught alot of catfish 4 flattys and 7 channels. The biggest flatty weighed 20# on the button according to my analog scale. The channel cats were really agressive. I had huge bluegill for bait and they were attacking. Not sure how some of them even got the gills down their throat.

[Nightprowler]

Went down to the New Brighton fish park on the Beaver River on Friday and caught alot of catfish 4 flattys and 7 channels. The biggest flatty weighed 20# on the button according to my analog scale. The channel cats were really agressive. I had huge bluegill for bait and they were attacking. Not sure how some of them even got the gills down their throat.Nice Fish Jason,fishing is picking up now that fall has arrived.

[ibohunter]

great fish and pictures

[FlatheadMan]

Went out for a few hours last night not as good as it has been but did get another 30lber 43in and a couple 5lbers.

[FlatheadMan]

Heres one I caught last night 30lb 40+in



http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/shedaddict/HPIM0248.jpg

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Nice fish Mike! Your having a real good year on the Flatheads!:worship: :worship: :worship: Thanks for posting the pics!

[ka_c4_boom]

thats a good flatty

[FlatheadMan]

Well we were at it again last night ended up with a 31# and a 25# and two in the 10# range Ill get the pics up later tonight dont seem to be catching as many but we are getting some better fish

[BigCat72]

great fish and nice pics

[ibohunter]

Great, can't wait to see the pictures

[usmc0208]

Those are some nice fish

[FlatheadMan]

Did Pretty well on the ohio friday night ended up with about 13 biggest one around 10lb some nice channels also.

[jetboy]

Fished the Beaver River Friday night. Caught 4 flatheads ranging 5-10 pounds and a channel cat around 23". The bite was pretty fast after sundown and ended pretty quick. Lots of fishing pressure around Friday night.

[FlatheadMan]

Catching some good fish last couple times out hook a 26lber last night

[catchinghogs]

Good to here Mike we been getting some nice ones also alot in the teens.

[FlatheadMan]

Thursday night was a good night we put 15 fish in the boat biggest fish 17lbs the rest were all in the 5-10lb range.Friday night not very good we only caught 4 no good fish.

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Mike - Thanks for the reports! Keep 'em coming! Where's the camera?:smile2:

[socex]

Took my father-in-law out Saturday evening, and we were busy all night long. We brought around 10 fish in the boat and had plenty of runs and misses in between. We were using 7-12 inch trout for bait, and the flattys love em. I got pics of the two big ones. Soory for the poor quality:angry:. I found out we are not good photographers in the dark with a camera with dying batteries.

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Jason - Those look like some big Flattys!:cool2:Maybe back off on the zoom next time and you should be good to go on the pics!:ooooh:! I'm sending Rep for those fish:big_smile:!

[catchinghogs]

Those are some real nice flattys Jason.Trout is filegt mignon to those big ole flattys.

[Baitkiller]

Jason, very nice going guy!!

:smile2:

[Catsfurducks]

Brother Cataholics,
I have been lurking here for some time. Started Catfishing for shovelheads in the eastern part of Pa, specifically the Schuylkill River, but moved to central PA about a year ago. Decided I would hit the big rivers out west and see what it's all about.

Last night was the best night to date. From about 9:00pm to 1:00 am had continual action, boated 17 flatheads and one 7 1/2 pound channel cat. All were caught on sunfish and rockbass, live.

Set my personal best record, a 38 pound 42 1/2 inch long, 26 inch girth, monster flattie. That was my biggest one ever. The previous best was 14 pounds. The fish took a rock bass, in about 15 feet of water, was fishing the Neville Island area, near the dam. I use circle hooks exclusivly and once the hook was set, I thought I was snagged. The brute put up a heck of a fight. The fish was caught around 1000 pm.

While the I was tending to the big one, my other bait alarm went off, I couldn't get to my rod, so my fishing buddy took the rod, he pulled in a 21 pounder. That was the original goal for the summer, shortly after that he caught a 15 1/2 pound flattie. It was fast and furious all night long, the only reason we came home was we ran out of bait. Great night all around.

The water in the Ohio is fairly low. Temperature at the surface was 73 degrees. You guys who live close should tear it up! I wish it wasn't a 3 hour drive away, otherwise I would be back at it again tonight. Good luck! Keep us posted.

[FlatheadMan]

Yep we fish that stretch all the time some great fishing here.

[catfishjohn]

Cool pics & thanks for sharing!!!

[catchinghogs]

Yep we fish that stretch all the time some great fishing here.

Got my biggest there last year once again thanks again Mike.

[FlatheadMan]

We been doing pretty well the past two weeks ill try to get some pics up soon

[FlatheadMan]

Slow last night with that cold front only got 4 in the boat nothing nice.

[catchinghogs]

Mike it will just be a matter of time before you get a hog you got some real nice holes up there.

[FlatheadMan]

Was out lastnight for a few hours only managed 3 small ones getting real slow

[catchinghogs]

Just a matter of time before it gets good again Mike. I have been taking it easy for about a week now. Trying to save my energy for when the bite gets good again.

[BAMA_CAT]

Thanks for sharing the pic Man that a nice fish!!!

[FlatheadMan]

we still been doing decent the pass few nights it is slower but we put 5 fish in the boat the past three nights all over 15lbs

[BassTrackerMac]

Good Day All - My name is Mark and I live in Upstate SC. Am coming up to your neck of the woods on 6-25-07 to work an engineering project in Mt. Pleasant. May I ask my fellow BOC'ers out there what bodies of water (lakes, rivers) are close (30-40 min. drive) to me? I've been a Basser for about 12 yrs., but am not new to catfishing.

Personal best is a 20# Blue (by accident:tounge_out:)from Lake Keowee caught on a drop-shot rig using a small minnow on 6# test (was fishing for Crappie) in 30' of water. Took a little over 3 hrs. to get her to the surface. Have caught quite a few channels and a few small flattys, but that's about it.

It'll probably be a couple weeks until I can get my job under my belt, but would really like some basic direction to go:wink:. I don't mind sitting on the bank, but would also be glad to share expenses with anyone kind enough to invite me out on a boat or even fishing from the bank.

I saw a post that mentioned the PA Angler & Boater Mag. How might I pick up a copy or subscription?

Looks like there is a pretty close-knit bunch of Catters in the area and am impressed with the numbers of fish you folks are finding.

I really appreciate any help or direction. I catch & release, but like to keep a few smaller channels for a few meals. Many thanks for your time and consideration....Hope to be able to meet a couple of you catchasers. By the way, I'm leaving my 17' Bass Tracker @ home, but have a truck w/ hitch if I could help pull a boat or something:smile2:.

Good Luck to all and thanks for your kindness.:cool2:

[greatthosu]

Nice job thanks for the pic.

[mikepgh]

I am going to go hit up the Ohio river tomorrow afternoon, down off ohio river blvd.

I hope to catch something, prob will not fish for cats there though.

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Good Day All - My name is Mark and I live in Upstate SC. Am coming up to your neck of the woods on 6-25-07 to work an engineering project in Mt. Pleasant. May I ask my fellow BOC'ers out there what bodies of water (lakes, rivers) are close (30-40 min. drive) to me? I've been a Basser for about 12 yrs., but am not new to catfishing.

Personal best is a 20# Blue (by accident:tounge_out:)from Lake Keowee caught on a drop-shot rig using a small minnow on 6# test (was fishing for Crappie) in 30' of water. Took a little over 3 hrs. to get her to the surface. Have caught quite a few channels and a few small flattys, but that's about it.

It'll probably be a couple weeks until I can get my job under my belt, but would really like some basic direction to go:wink:. I don't mind sitting on the bank, but would also be glad to share expenses with anyone kind enough to invite me out on a boat or even fishing from the bank.

I saw a post that mentioned the PA Angler & Boater Mag. How might I pick up a copy or subscription?

Looks like there is a pretty close-knit bunch of Catters in the area and am impressed with the numbers of fish you folks are finding.

I really appreciate any help or direction. I catch & release, but like to keep a few smaller channels for a few meals. Many thanks for your time and consideration....Hope to be able to meet a couple of you catchasers. By the way, I'm leaving my 17' Bass Tracker @ home, but have a truck w/ hitch if I could help pull a boat or something:smile2:.

Good Luck to all and thanks for your kindness.:cool2:

Mark - Welcome to the B.O.C! I hope you enjoy your visit to Pa.!:smile2:Since you will be in Mt. Pleasant and want to find a spot within 30 - 40 mins I would say the Mon. River would be your best bet. Try the areas below any of the Lock & Dams and you should find Cats. We have Flatheads, Channels & Bullheads available in W.Pa.. I am a good ways away from where you will be or I would offer to take you out. The Pa. Angler is sold at newstands or go to the fish commissions website to subscribe www.fish.state.pa.us Good luck and let us know how you do!

[FlatheadMan]

went out last night for about two hour we put three fish in the boat 20,25, lbers the biggest.

[channelkatman]

them were some nice fish

[catfish chaser]

Nice Fish Mike, Seems like the bite is starting to come back on the Ohio:haha:

[blackburnian]

I went out on the Ohio River Tuesday night close to a dam with decent flathead bait and got nothing. Fished about 2.5 daylight hours and 4 night hours.
Anyone want to go night fishing for flatheads anywhere in southwest PA on Monday night? I will be camping and panfishing on Sunday and Monday and would like to hit a river hard on Monday night.

[FLATHEAD LBER]

anyone know if there is a boat ramp on neville island?

[BobberHead]

What's your schedule this weekend ?

I have a need to drown bluegills!!

[FLATHEAD LBER]

im going to quadfest fri,sat,comin home sunday afternoon i can fish sun night and monday night.call me mark if you wanna go call me up.

[4/0setter]

Thats good stuff. I'll be heading down to fish the Ohio river this coming weekend. It's nice to know that your'e catching fish! I have never fished the river and am very excited..

[PhillyCatcatcher4]

Welcome to the BOC Jason.Good luck on your 1st trip to the Ohio River.:0a23:

[catfish chaser]

Welcome to the B.O.C. Jason:0a25:

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Jason - Welcome to the B.O.C.! :0a25::0a23:

[bohntrpa]

There is no ramp on Neville, but there is a rampover the viaduct where the walmart is supposed to go along rt65. It is called the Kilbuck PFBC Access.

[catfish chaser]

Fished the Ohio tonight for a little while, Fished at the Montgomery dam, Ended up catching a couple small Channel cats onto they opened a different lock and pushed all the stuff floating in the water right at me and it just sat there spinning in circles. Ruined the night:sad2:

[blackburnian]

I fished the Ohio River in Allegheny County this morning and did pretty well. Got two Flatheads around 23-24", two Channels around 17", bluegills, lots of fingerling Smallmouths and one Skipjack Herring. With four or five rods I could have caught more bait, more Channels, and possibly more Flatheads. Limiting myself to two didn't allow good bait coverage.