Had a good day on the Ohio River. Caught quite a few sauger. Kept a nice mess of males. Caught some really nice females 18”+ that looked to be really egged up but I released them. Caught a dozen or so small ones that I released. The water was fairly clear and the bite was very light and some you just felt weight. I was using a 5/16 oz round headed jig painted red with a 3”Hoochie koochie paddle tail grub in watermelon color with pro cure minnow paste on it. The water was about 25’ deep my line was 10 lb braid hi viz yellow 2 lb dia with about 4’ mono 12 lb leader. Like Gordon said once low and slow if you wasn’t on the bottom you wasn’t getting bit. That’s why I like the 2 lb dia it cuts through the water and I can see the hi viz and tell right when it hits bottom. And they was yummy. I think they’re gills were still moving on their chopped off heads in the bucket when I fried them.

Had a good day on the Ohio River. Caught quite a few sauger. Kept a nice mess of males. Caught some really nice females 18”+ that looked to be really egged up but I released them. Caught a dozen or so small ones that I released. The water was fairly clear and the bite was very light and some you just felt weight. I was using a 5/16 oz round headed jig painted red with a 3”Hoochie koochie paddle tail grub in watermelon color with pro cure minnow paste on it. The water was about 25’ deep my line was 10 lb braid hi viz yellow 2 lb dia with about 4’ mono 12 lb leader. Like Gordon said once low and slow if you wasn’t on the bottom you wasn’t getting bit. That’s why I like the 2 lb dia it cuts through the water and I can see the hi viz and tell right when it hits bottom. And they was yummy. I think they’re gills were still moving on their chopped off heads in the bucket when I fried them.