[mdspoula]

I tried to fish the mouth of the vermillion river last night with no luck. I got bites but they were all from mosquitos. Is there a trick to this River fishing like not going until night time or putting the bait by log jams etc. I went around 7:00 and quit close to 9:00 with no hits or anything. I used one 4-5 inch perch and one 4-5 inch bluegill with about 2 feet of leader off a bank sinker. The last time I caught anything river fishing it was at the tubes by tuttle and took 4 hours before I got a good size channel. I threw the bait where the water was swirling from the two rivers meeting.
Thanks,

 

[tmramrod91]

Seems like a pretty textbook setup/location/bait to me. This time of year I usually go out about sunset and fish into the night.

Depending on what your lookin for (flatty or channel) you may want to spot hop a little more. With channels if I dont get a bite within about 30-45 min of being in a spot I'll go try another, flatties you just gotta be patient.

Try some cover (log jams, etc) and you'll get a bite or two I would guess.

 

[arkrivercatman]

You cant go one time and expect to catch somethin.:wink::laugh:

 

[mdspoula]

I didn't expect to but I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything wrong. It looks like I have to spot hop the river more if looking for channels. Yeah I have never caught a large flathead so that is really what I am after. I guess that I have to have a whole night in order to wait for them. That must be why so many people do set lines for them. I'll never go out without bug spray from now on either. The bugs are out in force.

 

[Dsage]

That is a great text book spot aal the right features and all. Just to give you some info about that area. 4 of us fished it last sunday night from roughly 7:30pm to I think it was just after 3am. So with 7 poles out total in the area from the highway to the mouth I had 2 bites and I was just north of the RR bridge tossing into the log jam and under the bridge. The old man had a few bites fishing the main current of the river using Sonny's and Sudden Impact. JJ, his boy and I was using cut bait live bait and frogs. My only bites came on cut shad. Neither were great bites one hit it a few times I set the hook had it for about 20 ft and then the line went slack and nothing. The other ran the clicker for a few seconds then the line started moving in. I brought in the slack and had one little pull then nothing. My best advise is put you time in and work at it. River fishing does not come easy but it is fun times.

 

[n2fishn]

I watch the In-Fishermen guys all the time pull up ahead of a log jam and with-in 2min they have a
40lb cat on.In the 30 min show they have caught 5000lbs of cats from a river that is 20' wide..
So I been thinking all you river guys catch fish like they do...Hummmmmm!!!!

Must be all in the boat control.....

This is the kind of action I'm looking for....Dang them guys are good!!:wink:

 

[unclebuncle]

I watch the In-Fishermen guys all the time pull up ahead of a log jam and with-in 2min they have a
40lb cat on.In the 30 min show they have caught 5000lbs of cats from a river that is 20' wide..
So I been thinking all you river guys catch fish like they do...Hummmmmm!!!!

I've been fishing the neosho river for over fifty years and I'm still looking for one of those spots.

 

[n2fishn]

I watch the In-Fishermen guys all the time pull up ahead of a log jam and with-in 2min they have a
40lb cat on.In the 30 min show they have caught 5000lbs of cats from a river that is 20' wide..
So I been thinking all you river guys catch fish like they do...Hummmmmm!!!!

I've been fishing the neosho river for over fifty years and I'm still looking for one of those spots.

Maybe we need to invite Doug to come fish with us some day.....

 

[Catman66086]

Sometimes it comes down to what the cats in that specific area are accustomed to eating. I sat on a great snag all night on the Marais Des Cyne river one night to bag one flathead. Shortly after sunrise, an old man came walking up river dragging about 10 flats from 3 to 10 lbs.

He asked how I did over night and commented that he loves fishing the snag I was saddled up to. I showed him my one lowly cat and he said I must have been using the wrong bait.

Sure enough, I was using goldfish and he had been using creek chubs and native redfin minnows. He told me to bring a seine net going forward if I wanted to catch fish.

Stick with it Matt. You'll get them figured out.

 

[Circlehook Jester]

Matt river fishing is sometimes hard work. But the benefit to it is having the chance of catching a trophy fish. There is no tellin what's in a river. A guy has to deal with rising/falling water, shifting of structure, etc. And as said above, using all natural baits. But more than anything, it's time spent out there doing it. Heck I do more scouting then fishing lots of the time in search of that GIANT FLATHEAD!!! LOL I go home on several occasions without a fish, but man when it all comes together on that one night, it makes everything you do worth it. Just ask Kyle and Seth! LOL :act-up::umbrella::wink:

 

[Tuttlecat]

There is not a lot going on right now on the river around there.

Tuttle just reduced out flow yesterday and that of course makes the river drop.

Catch it on a slight rise, and float a big slip float set about 4' deep there next to the wood and you will have better luck. A 6" green sunfish is perfect.

The gar are THICK in the Vermillion and they will bite anything but leeches and dip bait

 

[PHLIPS4BIGKATS]

A guy I work with was out there last weekend and had about the same luck. He ended up with 4 sturgen and 1 bite on live 4in crawdad. You might try and use smaller cut bait and down size your perch. One thing also would be trying some crawlers down there. It is a nice little area but it is fish alot, so this might be the reason for the slow bite.

 

[River Outlaw]

Dan & his Dad, Leeland & me went there last week with no luck had a good time talkin baseball though, lol

 

[n2fishn]

Glad to see your spreading your bad luck around a little bit JJ........:laugh:

 

[River Outlaw]

bluejay, mdspoula & unclebuncle..... why'd y'all have to thank him for THAT post ?? :laugh:​

 

[unclebuncle]

Just kinda tickled my funny bone for some reason.

 

[bluejay]

Hee hee!!

 

[mdspoula]

I thank everyone for their posts. It means they are trying to help others. I guess I will have to not thank the wisecracks from now on. Sorry.

 

[n2fishn]

I thank everyone for their posts. It means they are trying to help others. I guess I will have to not thank the wisecracks from now on. Sorry.

Quote JJ
Jay, im gonna have to hire ya to take me out on Milford. them last guy that took me (coughcoughtomcough) didnt know how to spell fish let alone catch or put me on one for cryin out loud, i should of known when i got in the boat and seen a shoelace tied to an old gym sock i was in trouble. i know im a river guy but even i can tell ya THAT aint no driftsock

Just showing a little reason why I posted what I did on JJ.....Its called pay back..:wink::laugh::laugh:

 

[CatAttack08]

" i should of known when i got in the boat and seen a shoelace tied to an old gym sock i was in trouble. i know im a river guy but even i can tell ya THAT aint no driftsock "

~HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!:rotfl: