Southwest Ohio Fishing Report – January 2nd, 2015

East Fork Lake (Clermont County) – Crappie: Try using live minnows, or jigs with plastic bodies. Anglers should concentrate on fishing in the shallow areas near stickups and brush piles. Anglers can also try following the wood lines back into the tributary creeks. Spotted and largemouth bass: Try using spinnerbaits and plastic jigs colored black and blue. Hybrid striped bass: are being caught off the beach parking lot by fishing chicken liver just off of the bottom. Channel catfish: Try using nightcrawlers.

Grant Lake (Brown County) – Crappie: Try minnows with floats at about two to three feet down. Jigheads with small tubes or curly tails are also recommended.