Kokosing River Locations
#1 Guest_jasonpatterson_*
Posted 25 June 2011 - 09:23 PM
My question is, do any of you know a place with public access that a guy can sample on his own? I'm a dipnet kind of guy, though I have a small seine that I use poorly on my own as well. There are a few parks right in Mt. Vernon with very good access to the river, but the channel through town has been resurfaced so many times that I don't know if it would be worth bothering. I know smbass is pretty darned familiar with this area, hoping that I can get his input as well as others.
My main intent is to see what I can see in the river. I may collect a few darters while I'm at it, but mostly it's about exploring.
#2 Guest_EricaWieser_*
Posted 25 June 2011 - 09:49 PM
Fishing maps: http://www.dnr.state...78/Default.aspx
The issue is that parks, although they are places where you can go hang out outside, aren't necessarily places where you can fish. The DNR can give you a few spots that are both nice places and legal to sample in.
Edited by EricaWieser, 25 June 2011 - 09:50 PM.
#3 Guest_jasonpatterson_*
Posted 25 June 2011 - 10:09 PM
ETA: I had also considered downstream of the dams at Knox and Kokosing Lakes, of course with an eye to distance from the spillways and blah blah blah.
Edited by jasonpatterson, 25 June 2011 - 10:13 PM.
#4 Guest_catherinecarney_*
Posted 14 September 2011 - 08:51 AM
I live in Mount Vernon--the last time I collected in the Kokosing it was at the main bike trail parking area where Mount Vernon Avenue crosses the river. This was several years ago, but the NANFA-ites went nuts at the diversity of indicator species we pulled up in small seines and dipnets in the course of one August afternoon (over 20 species, including 5 species of darters, a madtom,assorted dace, stonerollers, sculpins, etc). The stretch on either side of Mt V Ave boasts rocky riffles upstream and sandstone bedrock down. Most of the water is less than waist deep at this time of the year, with a couple of drop offs that go to 6 feet.
If you are in the neighborhood, let me know. Would love to get the nets out and chase fish!
#5 Guest_smbass_*
Posted 05 October 2011 - 09:17 AM
#6 Guest_itsme_*
Posted 18 October 2011 - 12:46 PM
Email me: mark@jonahsaquarium.com
#7 Guest_catherinecarney_*
Posted 02 February 2012 - 09:56 AM
Hi Cathy Carny! I wonder if I was on that NANFA outing you mentioned. Jason, good to hear of your interest in the Kokosing. Yeah, it's pretty cool. Some great snorkling and netting. Nice water clarity most of the time. Nice hard substrate, so not too much silt. In hilly country with restricted agriculture, so not too much nutrient input (fertilizer and soil runoff). Not too many big towns, so more limited wastewater inputs. I'm in Delaware Ohio. I go up that way from time to time. Keep me posted on any trips, impromptu or planned. I have a flexible schedule. Are you in school now, Jason? Are you in Mt Vernon?
Email me: mark@jonahsaquarium.com
Hi Mark--
You might have been on that collecting trip--it was the middle of August if I remember correctly....
Anyway, hope to get the nets out this spring, and the Greater Cinci Killifish Assn will have a meeting/collecting trip at my house in Mount Vernon in late June, hope I can get a bunch of NANFA members to come as well. I also have a first order creek that runs through my property that has northern red bellied dace, northern two lined salamanders, johnny daters, and other "stuff" for those who want to stay close to home....
#9 Guest_itsme_*
Posted 02 February 2012 - 05:19 PM
Hi Mark--
You might have been on that collecting trip--it was the middle of August if I remember correctly....
Anyway, hope to get the nets out this spring, and the Greater Cinci Killifish Assn will have a meeting/collecting trip at my house in Mount Vernon in late June, hope I can get a bunch of NANFA members to come as well. I also have a first order creek that runs through my property that has northern red bellied dace, northern two lined salamanders, johnny daters, and other "stuff" for those who want to stay close to home....
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