Time to Fish!

[Red Childress]

Picking up the boat today and preparing to kick off the Fall fishing season this weekend. We will be targeting muskies both days. The river discharge is running lower than normal so be careful out there!


Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

After a severe butt-kicking yesterday, we decided not to fish in the rain today.

‘Tis the season for the floating weeds/grass to begin. As the days get shorter and the river bumps up, the mature vegetation is starting to break free. The pea soup coming out of Chautauqua Lake is adding some color to the river as well. It won’t be long before the Corps begins switching the gates to a bottom discharge which always adds some color to the upper river too.


Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

We are suppose to be chasing muskies this weekend but some airline travel snags may force us to cancel. I will know more later today. The river flow is still running low as local fishermen only have 1 week before the big tourney next weekend. I haven’t had a chance to check on the water clarity yet this week but I expect to see some color.


Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

We were only able to squeeze in a 4-hour day yesterday but netted a very solid pike and I pulled the lure away from an upper-30’s fish at boatside with the hopes of a little ‘bait and switch” technique. Ryan threw back a couple times but no luck. Water clarity looked nice and the river was actually a tad higher than last weeeknd. The smaller tributaries are running higher from last week’s rainfall. The Fall cooldown has arrived which means floating vegetation is increasing.

No fishing today for my boat. My wife informed me that since both kids are finally in college, I needed to take her golfing today.

Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

I took the weekend off and traveled back home to Virginia for my 35th HS reunion. I haven’t been fishing the same weekend as the State Tournament for a few years now. Now, it is time to get serious for the Fall bite! Looking forward to lots of fishing over the next couple of months.


Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

Looks like we will be chasing walleye on Saturday and muskies-on-the-fly Sunday. I have a feeling there will be some very colored water to contend with if fishing South of Warren.

There will likely be a bass tournament happening on Saturday as well.


Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

We had a very solid day hunting walleye yesterday while fishing some very colored water. The accidental bass fishing wasn’t too shabby either. Our largest walleye was 27.5 and largest bass was was just shy of 4#. Most everything we caught was on the larger side of the spectrum for some reason. Temps ranged between 57.5 and 64 depending on location and floating vegetation was manageable. The bites were especially aggressive with most lures being completely eaten.

Today, we will look for a musky on the fly and not sure of the gameplan until I check the river conditions. Hopefully, the wind will not be too problematic.

Stay tuned and good luck!