This fishing report was compiled for the week of Nov 11, 2013
Editor’s note: While the fishing on most lakes remains good during this time of the year, a word of caution is in order. You can be shocked into hyperthermia 10 minutes when water temperatures reach 50 degrees. Be careful to take a fishing buddy and keep floatation devices on when out on the water. Did you harvest a deer, turkey or catch a big fish? Send us your pictures!
Cave Run Lake: The lake continues to fall. It is down about 4.5 feet below summer pool. The water temperature has also dropped to 59-62 degrees. Musky: The muskie fishing slowed a little this week. Baits that saw action were buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, jerkbaits, gliders and swimbaits. For the last few weeks, big blade inline spinners have been the big producer. We continue to receive reports of muskie being caught in the river system on black buzzbaits. Largemouth Bass: Little has changed this week, lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits and other shad baits continue to produce in the channel trees. Crappie: The crappie fishing was good this past week using live bait in treetops near channel bends. Jigs also produced using a bouncing motion and fishing standing channel trees. Reports put the fish at about 10 to 15 feet of water. Catfish: Slow this week, as nights cool we expect to see more reports of good catches using jugs and limb lines.
Grayson Lake: The lake has been falling this week with lake levels three feet below summer pool. Upper areas of the river continue to produce. However, you must be aware of low water levels so you don’t get stuck in too low areas, which can normally be passed over. The water temperature has been 58 degrees. Bass: Slow this week. We had reports of only a few catches in the wind-protected coves. The prime time has been midday, fishing old roadbeds and rocky points. Use crankbaits small spinners and lipless Rattletrap type lures. Crappie: Fair to good fishing swim jigs around down timber and brush piles. Catfish: Good, fishing live bait from the heads of coves near discharge areas.
Greenbo Lake: This lake reported good fishing this week. It is clear and stable with water temperatures falling into the low 60s. Topwater action remains good while the water is slick in the hours just after dawn. Crankbaits, blade baits and jigs continued to produce this week. Bass: Improving using the methods above. Trout: Greenbo was stocked on Friday, Oct. 25 with 5,000 rainbow trout. Fishing is reported as good using Powerbait and fishing from the bank in the boat dock area as well as trolling near the dam using small spinnerbaits and Rapala floating crankbaits. Catfish: We didn’t get any reports this week on catfish. Bluegill: We got a few reports of success fishing crickets, mill worms and live nightcrawlers.
Ohio River: The Ohio River has been in good shape this week with water temperatures in the high 50s. Largemouth Bass: Small spinnerbaits continue to be the most productive fishing points and structure around discharge areas. Crankbaits have also produced fishing the same areas. Below the Dam: Twin tail grubs on ¼ oz. ball jigs are still the best producers of Sauger and Walleye using slow bump the bottom retrieves. Running a two-jig setup has been producing better strikes. One of the two baits needs to be a little off of the bottom. White Bass: Slow with few reported catches. Bass: We are looking for some new reports on the bass fishing above the dam. If you get on the water help us out! Catfish: Slow this week with reports of some catches in backwater areas along with feeder creeks. Use live bait.
Yatesville Lake: Yatesville reports fair catches of bass, crappie and catfish. The temperatures fall, and the fishing begins to slow. The water has been clear and stable at 59 degrees. Bass: With water temperatures falling, the middle of the day has been the prime-time hours. Crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and jigs have produced fair catches. Crappie: Good. Fish the edges of flats in channel bends and old fish attractors using 1/32 oz. white crappie jigs or live bait. We have seen some anglers improving their odds drifting across fish attractors using both live bait and jigs. Catfish: The catfish have been active this week. We got reports of fair catches on live bait and Berkley catfish bait.
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