Native Ohio Fishing

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oddball_freak

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I live in Ohio, and I have a native tank setup. I have a bullhead cat, 2 silver crappie, and 2 sunfish. I want more aggressive fish. What do you suggest to use to catch the "cool" natives? i.e. Sauger, Saugeye, Walleye, Muskie, that sort of thing. I don't have room for say a 26" walleye, but my 125 will suffice for anything smaller. How do I catch adolescent/ semi-adult fish??

I was fishing a local lakes spillway last week and a 9 or 10 yr old was fishing w/ his family across the stream from us. He caught a 10" or so saugeye. I offered the kid 10 bucks for it. Greedy lil B****** wanted 30. I probably would have givin it to him, but I only had a 10 on me. and an atm wasn't close enouogh to be an option. Oh yeah. That nice pretty saugeye was eaten by the kid that night. Hope it was tasty kid.....
 
I would suggest leaving the tank as is. Crappie are some of the largest growing sunfish and depending on the species of bullhead and sunfish you got they are likely to reach a large size as well. What species are they?
 
sandtiger;896153; said:
I would suggest leaving the tank as is. Crappie are some of the largest growing sunfish and depending on the species of bullhead and sunfish you got they are likely to reach a large size as well. What species are they?
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I know, but the sunfish and crappie usually end up with my 3 9" RBP. I am more into the aggressive fish.
 
Walleye/sauger are not really aggressive fish. Kinda dull in a tank. Your tank is way to small for pikes. You can order pickerels on line, or try to catch a smb/green sunfish. They could fit the bill for ya. You can also wait until your bullheads get bigger, they get aggressive and active. Mine used to eat anything out of my hand and were so fired up I had to give them a 125 by themselves.
 
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