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Any Fishing Trip Reports?

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Here is a partial list of other state records from the Kentucky Dept. of Fish and wildlife web site. http://www.kdfwr.state.ky.us

 

 

 

 

Bass, Black

Kentucky Bass

 

(Spotted Bass)

7 lbs., 10 ozs.

A.E. Sellers

 

Louisville, KY

Nelson County

06/13/70

 

Largemouth Bass

13 lbs., 10.4 ozs.

Dale Wilson

 

London, KY

Wood Creek Lake

04/14/84

 

Smallmouth Bass**

11 lbs., 15 ozs.

David L. Hayes

 

Leitchfield, KY

Dale Hollow Lake

07/09/55

 

Coosa Bass 0.53 lbs. Floyd Wayne Howard

Cawood, KY

Martin's Fork Lake 07/06/2005

Bass, Temperate

Striped Bass

 

(Rockfish)

58 lbs., 4 ozs.

Roger Foster,

 

Somerset, KY

Beaver Creek,

 

Lake Cumberland

12/11/85

 

Hybrid Striped Bass

20 lbs., 8 ozs.

Mark Wilson

Barren River Lake,

 

Tailwaters

04/27/91

 

White Bass

5 lbs.

Lorne Eli

 

Dawson Springs, KY

 

---TIE---

 

B.B. Hardin

 

Mt. Eden, KY

Kentucky Lake

 

 

 

Herrington Lake

07/11/43

 

 

 

06/03/57

 

Yellow Bass

1 lb., 1 oz.

DeWayne West

 

Hopkinsville, KY

Little River,

 

Lake Barkley

03/10/91

 

Carp/Sucker

Bighead Carp

52 lbs.

Donny Lee Johnson

 

Island, KY

Green River

07/08/2001

 

Creek Chub 0.34 lbs. Jeremy Wellman

Ft. Knox, KY

Otter Creek,

Hardin County

01/01/2006

Blue Sucker

4 lbs., 15 ozs.

Howard Hillard

 

Livermore, KY

Green River

04/25/2001

 

Northern Hog Sucker 1 lbs., 12 ozs. Larry Salchli

Stanton, KY

Slate Creek,

Bath County

04/07/2005

Buffalo

 

(Smallmouth)

55 lbs.

Clinton Roby

 

Waddy, KY

Kentucky Lake

03/23/2000

 

Common Carp

54 lbs., 14 ozs.

Ricky Vance

 

Paris, KY

South Fork,

 

Licking River

03/13/71

 

Golden Redhorse

4 lbs., 5 ozs.

Leif Meadows

 

Stanton, KY

Red River

04/22/98

 

Grass Carp

55 lbs., 8ozs.

Daniel Nally

 

Springfield, KY

Private Lake

 

Washington County

03/14/2001

 

Silver Carp 9 lbs., 8 ozs. Marvin Joe Southard

McHenry, KY

Ohio River 08/08/2004

River Redhorse

9 lbs., 1 oz.

Denny Hatfield

 

London, KY

Rockcastle River

 

Laurel County

09/20/2003

 

White Sucker

1.63 lbs.

Larry S. Salachi

 

Stanton, KY

Slate Creek,

 

Montgomery County

03/19/98

 

Catfish

Blue Catfish* (World record line class/catch and release)

104 lbs.

Bruce W. Midkiff

 

Owensboro, KY

Ohio River,

 

Cannelton Dam

 

Tailwaters

08/28/99

 

Bullhead Catfish

5 lbs., 3 ozs.

Harry Case

 

Paris, KY

Guist Creek Lake

10/18/92

 

Channel Catfish

32 lbs.

Kyle Estep

 

South Point, OH

Ohio River 05/26/2004

 

Flathead Catfish

97 lbs.

Esker Carroll

Green River

06/06/56

 

White Catfish 1 lb., .82 ozs. Charlie Crain

Shelbyville, KY

Guist Creek Lake 05/03/2004

Drum

Freshwater Drum

38 lbs.

Larry Cardwell

 

Morgantown, KY

Green River

06/05/80

 

Herring

Skipjack Herring

3.10 lbs.

Joey Dixon

 

Elizabethtown, KY

Ohio River

04/14/2006

 

Mooneye

Goldeye

2 lbs, .64 ozs.

Mark Smith

 

Lexington, KY

Kentucky River

04/21/2001

 

Perch

 

Logperch 0.04 lbs. Jonathan Lapham

Glasgow, KY

Peters Creek 10/22/2005

Sauger

7 lbs., 7 ozs.

Rastie Andrew

 

Jamestown, KY

Lake Cumberland

04/28/83

 

Saugeye

6.58 lbs.

Chuck Kouns

 

South Shore, KY

Ohio River,

 

Greenup County

02/19/98

 

Walleye

21 lbs., 8 ozs.

Abe Black

 

Shaker Heights, OH

Lake Cumberland

10/01/58

 

Yellow Perch

1 lb., 4 ozs.

Willie Jackson

 

Murray, KY

Kenlake Resort,

 

Kentucky Lake

11/17/2004

Pike

Chain Pickerel

5 lbs., 6 ozs.

Tommy Thompson

 

Bardwell, KY

Forked Lake,

 

Carlisle County

07/08/83

 

Grass Pickerel

.63 lbs.

Gerald Gallagher

 

Louisville, KY

Wilson Creek,

 

Bullitt County

07/17/89

 

Muskellunge

44.38 lbs.

Scott A. Flatt

 

Lexington, KY

Cave Run Lake

05/09/98

 

Northern Pike

9 lbs., 8 ozs.

Howard F. Renfro

 

Madisonville, KY

Strip mine lake

 

Muhlenberg County

10/15/81

 

Tiger Muskie

 

(Muskellunge Hybrid)

19 lbs., 9 ozs.

Wayne Joslin

 

Winchester, KY

Private Lake

 

Clark County

04/25/2007

 

Sunfish

Bluegill

4 lbs., 3 ozs.

Phil Conyers

 

Madisonville, KY

Strip mine lake

 

Hopkins County

08/05/80

Crappie

 

(White or Black)

4 lbs., 14 ozs.

Penny Hopper

 

Crofton, KY

Watershed Lake

 

Christian County

05/08/2005

 

Green Sunfish

1 lb., 5 ozs.

Raymond Peyton

 

Lebanon, KY

Farm Pond,

 

Marion County

06/13/2000

 

Longear Sunfish

13.28 ozs.

Anthony Lynch

 

Salyersville, KY

Strip mine pond

 

Magoffin County

06/23/94

 

Redbreast Sunfish

.88 lbs.

Tim King

 

Stearns, KY

Marsh Creek

 

McCreary County

09/01/97

 

Redear Sunfish

 

(Shellcracker)

3 lbs., 1 oz.

Betty Truax

 

Finchville, KY

Farm Pond

 

Shelby County

05/24/82

 

Rock Bass

1 lb., 10 ozs.

H.S. White

 

Cadiz, KY

Casey Creek

 

Trigg County

05/26/75

 

Warmouth

1 lb., 6.2 ozs.

Jon Hoover

 

Louisville, KY

Farm Pond

 

Jefferson County

07/21/2003

 

Trout

Brook Trout

1 lb., 5 ozs.

R. James Augustus

 

Louisville, KY

Martins Fork

08/21/82

 

Brown Trout

21 lbs.

Thomas Malone

 

Crofton, KY

Cumberland River,

 

Lake Cumberland

 

Tailwaters

04/30/2000

 

Lake Trout

5 lbs., 5 ozs.

John McDonogh

 

Jeffersontown, KY

Cumberland River,

 

Lake Cumberland

 

Tailwaters

04/04/83

 

Rainbow Trout

14 lbs., 6 ozs.

Jim Mattingly

 

Somerset, KY

Cumberland River,

 

Lake Cumberland

 

Tailwaters

09/10/72

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:thumb::thumb: Great job and kudos to you for taking the time to take your little girl fishing. I have found that it seems like the colder the weather the better the trout fishing is.

 

I guess when they stock them in certain places, its really like fishing in an aquarium - which is perfect for the little ones. She had a blast, even though I had to bundle her up like a snow man. I was impressed that she reeled them in with an adult open-faced poll.

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I guess when they stock them in certain places, its really like fishing in an aquarium - which is perfect for the little ones. She had a blast, even though I had to bundle her up like a snow man. I was impressed that she reeled them in with an adult open-faced poll.

 

:thumb:

I caught 8 rainbows and 2 large mouths today in Triplett Creek - Morehead.

Me and two buddies went wade fishing on Silver Creek in Madison County.

 

Between the three:

 

24- Smallmouth

8- Rock Bass

3- Largemouth

5- Sunfish (Bluegill, Pumpkinseeds, Redear)

Me and two buddies went wade fishing on Silver Creek in Madison County.

 

Between the three:

 

24- Smallmouth

8- Rock Bass

3- Largemouth

5- Sunfish (Bluegill, Pumpkinseeds, Redear)

 

That's not too far from me. How could I find this place for some wade fishing?

I love smallmouth fishing.:thumb:

That's not too far from me. How could I find this place for some wade fishing?

I love smallmouth fishing.:thumb:

 

PM has been sent....

 

Just be sure to bring your Rooster tails (White, Yellow, Silver) , Rapala Countdowns, and Poppers.

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A very good friend of mine fished a tournament on Yatesville this past Saturday (4/19) and finished out of the money with approx. 9 1/2 lb.. The winning wieght on this touney was total of a little over 16lb.

My buddy is still kicking himself he said, he went up the lake and started fishing a spinnerbait, caught a 17" largemouth pretty quick, another around the same size just a short time after. All the time he was thinking that he should be more towards the dam and in some clearer water with a crank or jerkbait. Well, he then landed a 5lb.7oz. Largemouth on that spinnerbait and that was it, he said that he was too stubborn to listen to himself and him and his partner kept on the same thing that they were doing.

This tournament was won (with 16+ lbs) he said by a guy throwing a jerkbait in Greenbriar creek (closer to the dam) and in clearer water than they were fishing.

 

Anyway, for the update fish are obviously being caught at Yatesville and one of the better patterns as of this past weekend were a jerkbait (suspending) or a fluke type bait around timber in the cleaner water.

^ Great avatar OR... If I could have only one crank-bait in my tackle box,, it would be a Wart....:thumb:

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^ Great avatar OR... If I could have only one crank-bait in my tackle box,, it would be a Wart....:thumb:

 

Thanks and I certainly agree :thumb:, as a matter of fact that color (drk brn crawdad/orange belly) was maybe my top producer, there are some of the original colors that are not made today, thankfully the one in the avatar still is along with the fire tiger and the green craw.. I cannot begin to count the fish that I have caught on ol' W.W. in my life. I still have several of the original warts purchased in the late 70' - 80's. They will still catch fish today, just change the hooks from time to time and keep chunkin' and a windin'.

Cvillecat will tell you the same thing about the wart as well, he and I have loaded the boat many times with that bait.

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Hey guys and gals, I guess that things are busting out pretty much everywhere. I got a good Yatesville report last weekend and now can report on the Ohio. On the Greenup pool this morning things were as probably as good as it gets! Two fishermen, over 20 keeper bass and many more non keepers. To say the very least.....it is "Right". Fish were caught in the tributaries and/or backwaters and sloughs and it really didn't matter which ones. A spinnerbait in white, chartruse (single and double blade combinations) were used along with plastic worms and lizards and all caught fish. Pretty much any channel bank with more than a foot of water on it, any mud flat (preferably with cover)......all were loaded.

I fished Norris Lake this past weekend and the smallmouths were burning up the white super flukes. We (father-in-law and I) had over 20 smallies between 14-18 inch range on Sat. and had 8 on Sunday. Water temp. was between 59-61 degree's.

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The Ohio River, tributaries, backwaters and sloughs continue to be unbelievable fishing. Fish are being caught on plastics (worms, lizards), spinnerbaits (just about any type), shallow cranks and by flipping and or pitching.

 

All of this week has been excellent with several limits, double limits being caught. Yesterday (Thursday) I talked to a friend that had boated around 20 keepers and said his best 5 would have been around a 15lb. limit with a 4 1/2 lb. kicker, !5lb. limits on the Greenup Pool of the Ohio are very good and will win or cetainly place high in most tournaments on this pool. Some 14"-15" crappie are being taken as well.

Just returned from our second trip of the spring to Pickwick Lake, Tn.

 

The tailwater was on fire with white bass, hybrid stripers, and pure stripers.

The main lake was a bit slower but the fish were quality largemouth and smallmouth.

 

Link to trip report and photo page:

http://www.bmustangs.com/Pickwick-08-Hagedorn.html

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^ Nice pics Mustang, looks like you had a good trip.

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