[Joey6500]

So I was playin around in the Licking river in Hebron,tryin to cast net suckers and I caught a 10 inch quillback. Anybody ever use them for bait? If so how hardy of a bait are they?

 

[tbird]

I think they are great bait but I only seem to catch one now and then by accident. Caught one of my biggest blues on a live one. Wish I could get a bunch of them, they seem pretty hardy.

 

[pendog66]

i get them all the time in the stillwater and gmr but i have had issues keeping them alive. And when i do they absolutely scream my clicker because of how active they are. But i have caught nice flatties when i cut them up in large sections. Good luck

 

[flathunter]

The scioto is full of them, I have a place where I can catch dozens of them in my castnet.

I have tried them many times both live and cut, never caught a fish on them.

 

[Joey6500]

Thanks guys. I was just curious cuz it was a perfect live bait size,but I noticed it smelled kinda like a shad or drum so I didnt know how well they stayed alive. Ive been castnetting all kinds of different rough fish out of the licking this year. Its been neat. 4 different kinds of suckers,quillbacks,carp,shad

 

[Fisherman 3234]

Quillback's do work pretty good, especially larger ones. I had gotten a nice big quillback last year in the cast net and within 5 minutes of hooking him on, the clicker was screaming and the reward was a nice 24 lb flathead.

 

[kyelkhunter3006]

It's not the Licking River. It enters the Ohio between Covington and Newport. It doesn't flow out by Hebron, KY. Dumb question, are you sure it's Hebron?

 

[pendog66]

this is from the other night, i caught a 14 lb flat on a sucker but this was in its throat. Looks like a quillback to me:wink:

 

[Netmanjack]

It's not the Licking River. It enters the Ohio between Covington and Newport. It doesn't flow out by Hebron, KY. Dumb question, are you sure it's Hebron?

:time-out:Chris, this particular river is in Ohio and flows through Licking county,hence the Licking river. Funny how many place names are the same through out the country. lol :smile1:

 

[Joey6500]

It's not the Licking River. It enters the Ohio between Covington and Newport. It doesn't flow out by Hebron, KY. Dumb question, are you sure it's Hebron?

I live in Hebron Ohio,Licking County. And yes Im sure it runs thru Hebron:Happy:
just not Hebron Kentucky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licking_River_(Ohio)

 

[kyelkhunter3006]

Too funny! Man, I read that post and thought "Damn, does the river branch off somewhere that I don't know about and that's not on any maps?"

Being in NKY, I automatically thought about the river in KY and Hebron, KY.

 

[Joey6500]

Too funny! Man, I read that post and thought "Damn, does the river branch off somewhere that I don't know about and that's not on any maps?"

Being in NKY, I automatically thought about the river in KY and Hebron, KY.

Lol...I aint that hard up to have to drive all the way to KY to castnet suckers.Not yet at least:bulgy-eyes:

 

[kyelkhunter3006]

Who knows? I know a TON of people that drive 200 miles from NKY to the Cumberland River in TN to get skipjack.

 

[Joey6500]

Who knows? I know a TON of people that drive 200 miles from NKY to the Cumberland River in TN to get skipjack.

Skipjack is a different story

 

[fishdealer04]

I have never used them live but I have heard of friends having decent luck with them alive. I catch a lot of channels on them when I cut them up. I used one this past winter and caught a lot of nice channels on them. They did not want the frozen shad...they wanted the fresh meat and the quillback is what I had....haha I tend to get at least 1 everytime I go for shad. You will usually find them on the shallow mud banks and flats.