yough river float, cedar creek to sutersville

only got 12 between 2 of us, usually get about 35-40 on a yough float.  this was the first time i fished this stretch and the water sucked, most places only 2-3 feet deep.  anyone else have any luck on this stretch

WATCH YER PROPS THERE ! Chewed up many  propellers in that section theres a cathole that will blow yur mind  ...if... your there at the right time.Look For Red Bricks and be on the same side.

Has anyone fished the other direction, Cedar Creek to Smithton?

ya, i went whitsett to cedar creek caught about 20 myself including a 20+ inch walleye, the shoreline around the I-70 bridge is good.

I need to start pulling my kayak off to shore when i come up to a nice set of riffles and fish right where the riffles end and the water is slowing down into a deeper pool.  these are probably the best areas to fish, but on a float, you go right through them, only gettin a cast or 2.

Yea, we yakked that same stretch a few weeks back.  Not too much luck.  The mud bottom makes the smallie fishing pretty tough.  Only highlight was seeing a monster (35"-40") muskie from the yak right near Cedar Creek boat launch.  Pretty intense.  I'm going to try the next stretch up next time I do it.  Maybe put in around Layton?

PT,
 
Used to out of a canoe, but got rid of it about 10 years ago. Fish the Yough wading and walking somewhere in the river, I pretty much know where to find them when they aren't moving. A good example was the last night and tonight, Last night caught 8 nice eyez, fished the same area tonight and caught none. They are on the move. When I had the canoe, I would drift and then troll back up river, had an electric motor for the canoe. I have been using crawlers for them, but I am having good success using Walking Worms in the pumpkinseed color. Hope this helps you PT.
 
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where can i put in near dawson?

Thanks for the advice GTO.  A buddy of mine, has an uncle with some property on the river.  He wants to get a walleye outing together soon.  If the smallmouth are still hot by then, I'm not sure if I can resist the action and try focus on the eyes!  I'll be sure to grab some crawlers and leeches though.

My buddys and I have fished the Yough all summer, we"ve caught over 200 smallys. Sunday afternoon my buddy caught a 21 incher about 6 lbs. Its not uncommon for us to catch over 75 smallys in an afternoon.  What a great river!!!!