river hunting?

[Schobs]

i'll be up north this weekend and the only water around that isnt covering hip deep muck is the prairie river, and i was wondering if it would even be worth it to try and hunt there. Is there anything different about hunting on a river than on a lake? thanks for the help, i went out sunday and didnt get anything.

Schobs

[johnch]

Love to hunt rivers
Set up in a eddie or oxbow out of the main current
Set your decoys so that they will not tangle
As the current moves them around

Depending on the current
You may need more weight
I run 4 oz decoy weights in the marsh and 12 oz or more in the river and Lake Erie ( 3'+ waves )

Not sure about the local reg's
But in Ohio you need land owner permission to anchor your boat or decoys , unless you are out in the middle of the bay

Otherwise you are tresspassing , it is OK to anchor and fish LOL

So check before you hunt

John

[SwampCollie]

I've shot more ducks in rivers and tidal creeks than on anything else. Don't hardly know much else to be honest. Good thing about hunting where you are is you don't have the tide to fool with. Always a pain dealing with getting the blocks right, just to have the tide and wind switch and foul them all up. Then the tide comes back in and lifts your too short lines up and carries them upstream. Seems like some mornings we spend all our time trying to fix things instead of killing ducks.

Ducks like to rest on rivers, find a bank or point on the leeward side of a stiff wind, and the ducks will pile in. Oxbow lakes are goldmines and creeks often produce a great spot to set up.

[Schultzy]

River hunting is my favorite! You can do more spot and stalk on a river also!