How do you fish rivers or fast moving water?
Jan 5, 2021 15:46:31 #
I have only ever fished ponds and lakes but right now they are all frozen over, with not enough ice to ice fish. I really want to get out there and try out my new xmas fishing gear but the only open water near me that isn't frozen over is a river. I've never fished a river before. I drove past it last weekend a few times and man that water is really moving! How do you even fish that?
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by ConspiracyRobot
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by ConspiracyRobot
Jan 5, 2021 16:18:03 #
Look for current breaks. Slack water, current seams. Eddies and deep holes rocks ...
Anything that acts as a deflection of fast water.
They ( all fish ) will Use these slack areas as ambush points.
Don’t know what you are fishing for but some sort of jig is effective fishing these spots.
Also any spillway , low head dam Or mouth of tributaries is a hood spot
Anything that acts as a deflection of fast water.
They ( all fish ) will Use these slack areas as ambush points.
Don’t know what you are fishing for but some sort of jig is effective fishing these spots.
Also any spillway , low head dam Or mouth of tributaries is a hood spot
Jan 5, 2021 16:19:09 #
Ben Bragg wrote:
Look for current breaks. Slack water, current seams. Eddies and deep holes rocks ...
Anything that acts as a deflection of fast water.
They ( all fish ) will Use these slack areas as ambush points.
Don’t know what you are fishing for but some sort of jig is effective fishing these spots.
Also any spillway , low head dam Or mouth of tributaries is a hood spot
Anything that acts as a deflection of fast water.
They ( all fish ) will Use these slack areas as ambush points.
Don’t know what you are fishing for but some sort of jig is effective fishing these spots.
Also any spillway , low head dam Or mouth of tributaries is a hood spot
what river are you fishing?
Jan 5, 2021 18:03:43 #
If you only have access to strong current areas, use lots of weight to get your bait down. If the current is strong, fish hold near the bottom or up against the bank.
Welcome and good luck!
Welcome and good luck!
Jan 6, 2021 16:12:26 #
Gmckayak
Loc: Missouri
Ben Bragg wrote:
Look for current breaks. Slack water, current seams. Eddies and deep holes rocks ...
Anything that acts as a deflection of fast water.
They ( all fish ) will Use these slack areas as ambush points.
Don’t know what you are fishing for but some sort of jig is effective fishing these spots.
Also any spillway , low head dam Or mouth of tributaries is a hood spot
Anything that acts as a deflection of fast water.
They ( all fish ) will Use these slack areas as ambush points.
Don’t know what you are fishing for but some sort of jig is effective fishing these spots.
Also any spillway , low head dam Or mouth of tributaries is a hood spot
Some power plants use lake water to cool their generating operations and have enough warm water flow back to the lake keeping it from freezing. Since it's just cold water in and warm water out it doesn't hurt the water and fish love it in the winter. See if you have one of those near.
Jan 6, 2021 18:03:02 #
Fished for largemouth and smallmouth in the Mon River near Pittsburgh. If you can find any grass in the river it would be good place for largemouth, fish around bridge structure for smallmouth. Also any place that has a rocky bottom for smallmouth as they like crayfish that hide in the rocks. Hope this helps.
Jan 6, 2021 19:09:39 #
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