Any Cincinnati or Kentucky anglers on here?

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billabongboy

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Just curious if there are any anglers on here from Kentucky or southwest Ohio. Looking for some tips on fishing the Ohio River and any other good spots in the area.
 
im from indy and interested in this information as well... itching to get down after those big cats. The only member from that area that posts sometimes is MasterB.
 
The only spot I knew of that was pretty consistent on the river was near Meldahl dam, which is up the river from Cincinnati. But they've since ruined that spot when they started redoing the dam, and eliminating the spot you could fish from next to the dam
 
Head down to McApline near Lousiville. The fishing there can be EXCELLENT. Check out fishin.com its a fishing website based out of Louisville focusing on fishing in the region.
 
Yea Meldahl Dam was awesome back in the day, my favorite spot was the corner all the way up next to the wall. I used 6lb test back then with a green grub and 3/4oz jig and caught all sorts of fish. Sometimes there would be a whirlpool that if you casted into it, it would take you around the corner into the rough stuff, that killed your line sometimes because the wall tore it up but lots of fish were caught out there. When it rained heavy, you could on the wall and on both sides, the water level would almost be the same, looked like a lake, thats when we usually caught a ton of big drum.

Markland is good as well but I dont have that much experience with it. I fished it a few years ago with my ex and we caught some fish, it was always packed. My buddy caught an 89lb blue there 2 years ago now which is now in his lake and was caught last year.

I usually just fish the subdivison ponds/lakes, lot of people dont know it but they can hold some big fish. I fish most of the fishable creeks in NKY such as Gunpowder, Eagle, 12 mile, Whoolper, and a few others. Best fishing for me is a tie between a small farm pond and creek fishing.

The past two years I have been fishing Ohio a lot, mainly Little Miami and Great Miami, havent had the best of luck there. What I use in the creeks of KY doesnt seem to work so well just over the river. We started hitting the smaller creeks that feed off or into the two rivers and have been doing much better.
 
I never really tried creek fishing here in NKY. What kind of fish do you mainly catch in the creeks? Gunpowder isn't very far from me at all and I'm hoping to go check it out probably in the next few weeks. Unfortunately, it's the end of the semester for me and I have plenty of exams to worry about right now, so fishing is on hold until mid-december.
 
I target smallies but theres everything in there. The closer you get to Trixies, the bigger the fish.

Here are some photos from 12 Mile

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I'll definitely have to go check out gunpowder, I've been looking for a good spot to find some small mouths. Looking at it on google maps makes me really wish I wasn't a broke college student who had a boat lol.
 
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