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Hello 
and welcome to Kentucky Afield.

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I'm your host, Chad Myles.

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Join us as we journey 
the Commonwealth

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in search of outdoor adventure.

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Are you ready 
for some spring fishing?

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Well we are.

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We're going to take a look

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at some of our favorite 
opportunities,

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including pond 
fishing for trophy largemouth

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bass, white bass 
fishing on the Nolin River.

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And first up, we're headed 
to Cave Run Lake to crappie fish

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with Kris Mann.

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Today I'm on

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beautiful Cave Run Lake with 
an old fishing buddy Khris, Mann

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How are you doing? Doing 
well Chad.

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Good to see you today. 
Good to see you as well.

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Good to be back out.

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You've always told me 
this is one of

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the lakes that you like the fish 
the most.

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And people think of this 
like as a muskie lake.

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It's not one that comes 
top of mind, for people█s

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favorite crappie lake.

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For a lot of people,

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you're not going to hear 
Cave Run, but you've always said

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it's one of your favorite 
lakes to fish.

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Absolutely. 
This one flies under the radar.

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It truly does.

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It's a great fishery.

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You'll see today 
just some of the habitat

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that we have here 
is second to none on the lake.

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And to be honest with you, 
this time of the year

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is when I really, 
really enjoy fishing.

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Well, let's get after them.

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Let█s do it.

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That's about a that's about 
a ten inch crappie right there.

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Let█s see if we can prove it.

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He may be bigger.

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There you go.

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That looks like a better fish.

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Oh, yeah. That's a nice crappie.

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What do you got there.

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11, 12, incher?

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I need to stick it on the tape 
measure here and see.

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What did we say 
12 and a quarter,

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12 and 12 and three quarter.

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And that's a good fish.

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Neat fish.

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That's a giant there.

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You got him. That█s a dandy.

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Looks like a really big fish.

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Yes. Look at that.

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Now that's a kind of crappie

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in a tournament 
you want right there.

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That's your tournament 
grade fish right there guys.

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Pretty belly on her 
starting to get egged up.

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Look at this.

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Look across, the back 
how big shoulders on her.

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She's a pretty one.

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That's a big crappie anywhere 
in the state of Kentucky.

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A quality fish.

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What was 
my prediction of pound 65?

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Oh, I missed it.

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Pound 74.

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Get her turn back loose.

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Beautiful fish.

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There we go.

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Good job, Good fishing Chad.

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I█ll tell you what 
that fish committed

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and it came pretty good ways, 
didn't he? Yeah, he did.

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You really had to work him 
and get him in there.

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Pretty fish.

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That it a pretty fish. 
Look at the belly on that.

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Look at the belly 
and the mouth on that crappie.

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I mean, that's just a quality.

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That's like a quality 
like Kentucky Lake crappie.

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Isn't it? That█s 
a beautiful fish.

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I can see why

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you like coming to cave. Run.

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Like I said, that that is 
a really good looking fish.

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You got him to.

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I reached out 
Got him way out there.

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Look at that. 
That's a good fish there.

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Well, you saw 
him come up and hit that bait.

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Now, that fish there was sitting 
right on the bottom,

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just a beautiful fish

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that is so cool 
watching that happen.

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Another quality fish.

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Nice crappie

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not quite to the size 
that your last few

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but still we're looking at 
you know that tells you

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what kind of fish

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that we're targeting 
when you pull up

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a crappie like that is probably 
12 and a half inches and you go

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well, it's a little smaller 
than we've been catching.

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That's a good day. On the water.

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That's pretty good day.

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Big old eyes sitting right on 
top of their head.

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So I tell you what we try to.

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You can tell

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where you're at compared

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the lure compared to this fish 
in the water column

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like you don't want to be down 
here.

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Look with our eyes are at.

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So I make sure when I'm 
pulling that bait, I'm

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trying to keep that bait 
of either mouth and higher up

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in this angle you get down here, 
they just can't see it.

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That fish would have to turn 
complete nose down

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to see that bait.

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So I try to keep that bait right 
above it.

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And Chris has told me today 
that keeping that baited

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real slow retrieve

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is a really 
good way to entice that strike.

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Even with cold water. 
There you go.

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Uh Oh.

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Oh, I'm going to have to 
hold this up Chad.

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Oh no

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Little comparison.

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Here. Yeah.

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Those are good table fair.

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Nine and three quarter 
inch fish.

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Oh yeah.

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And a lot of people 
like to keep those.

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And that's the ones 
I suggest you keep. Yeah.

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Let that big baby go back 
and produce some more big ones.

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And that's the way to go.

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How often on this live scope, 
when you see them hit, do you

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not feel the bite at all?

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Do you sometimes 
set the hook and you're like,

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I didn't feel that fish, 
but I just know

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he hit it based on what 
I'm looking at on the screen.

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Yeah, it can certainly happen 
more times

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than not when you don't feel

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the fish hit at all 
and he has hit, it's

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because you've got 
a little bit of slack line

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somewhere, you know, 
and you just don't notice it.

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But there are times when 
the fish will bite so light.

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they're such a subtle bite 
that that you won't feel them.

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And I think there are a lot

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of anglers out here 
that aren't fishing

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with forward facing sonar, 
that are missing a lot of bites.

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And they never know it.

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They never know 
they've had them.

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Well, this water temp too 
this these fish,

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I mean, these are cold 
crappie are a cold water fish.

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They're not going to come

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flying across the water 
to come eat your lure.

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You got to

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put it right on their face, 
just like we just saw,

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because the water temperature 
look, it's 39.5 degrees.

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Don't take too many.

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Those make a great sandwich.

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No sir.

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Oh, here comes a big fish.

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You got him to.

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I never felt that fish bite 
Chad.

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I just saw that he was bound 
to have overrun the bait.

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And I just went ahead 
and set the hook.

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That one get a hook right 
where you want them. Right.

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And that that part 
of the top of the mouth. And

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that's another good quality 
fish about a 12

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at least a 12 inch fish, 
maybe 12 and a half.

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Beautiful, beautiful fish.

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Oh, Oh, that time 
I just had to kind of be patient

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as you scanned away 
and came back to him and

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wait to see where my lure was

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and when I to when it came back 
and I can see my lure.

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I happened to be right on it.

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You got a good one 
right there. He's got you.

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Oh, lost my hat almost.

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Just don't lose the fish.

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We can go get your hat.

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what a pretty fish.

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Beautiful fish.

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Good job Chad.

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Beginning of February, 
Eastern Kentucky

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catching and beautiful crappie 
like this, you know, and people

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for whatever reason, 
I still have a ton of friends.

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When I tell them 
I'm going to the lake tomorrow,

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they're like, You're crazy.

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And I can sit here.

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And this beautiful scenery 
with a light jacket on catching

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crappie like this and think 
if you're not doing this,

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you might be the ones crazy,

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beautiful.

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I know you've talked 
about big crappie

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here at Cave Run Lake that.

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You know what

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seeing is believing and I have 
seen a bunch of them today.

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We've we've had a good day, 
blessed day and

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plenty of big fish in this area, 
you know, just moved around

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a little bit.

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And a lot of people overlook 
this winter bite and I suggest

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they get out here and weather

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these cold fronts 
and see if they can get on them.

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Thank you so much 
for bringing this out

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and showing us how to do it.

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Thanks for coming. 
I appreciate Chad. Great time.

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February here in Kentucky

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can be the best month 
to target trophy largemouth bass

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while pond fishing.

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But you have to remember 
a few things.

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Choose 
the right lure and slow down.

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Feel that sunshine.

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It feels like 
it is the middle of the summer.

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But don't let that fool you.

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If you're a largemouth bass 
fisherman,

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this is probably the best time 
of year to target a trophy fish.

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That's the goal.

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This time of year.

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It's all about 
finding that warm water.

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And when I say warm water, 
I mean two

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or three degrees 
warmer than the other side.

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And that's all it takes 
to get those fish to move

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from the deeper water 
to the more shallow water.

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This is also the north shore.

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So what that means is, 
as the sun travels,

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this side is never shaded.

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It's getting full sun 
all day long.

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So we've got a south wind 
blowing that air in this way.

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Everything is set up

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perfectly for this side 
to be a couple of degrees warmer

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and hopefully holding those 
big fish. I think i█m going

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I think i█m going to step down.

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There█s fish, it took off right 
there.

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Look. Wow.

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Look at these mud plumes 
that come out.

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Those are large mouth.

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Those are big ones.

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Those are big fish.

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Whatever took off right there.

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Uh oh,

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uh oh, uh oh.

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I don't know what this is.

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If it's a large mouth, it's 
a really, really good one.

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And I believe it is.

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Wow. This is why you get out 
early

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and all your friends 
are telling you

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that the boat's 
not ready to go yet.

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You don't need a boat.

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Go hit a farm pond, 
walk around the bank,

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find the area that gets 
the most sun and is shallow.

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That's a plus 
four pound fish right there.

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Now. Yeah.

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It's not the largest 
bass in the world.

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But I'll tell you what,

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that is a good, healthy, 
respectable bass right there.

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Probably about a four pounder.

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Something tells me there's 
a lot more of these in here.

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I need 
to get this thing back in water

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and get this line weighed again.

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Come on, Big girl.

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What a pretty fish.

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There she goes.

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Wind is blowing right here.

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Everything I know about fishing

256
00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,100
tells me they should be right 
here.

257
00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:04,066
Shallow, north bank, 
wind blowing.

258
00:12:04,533 --> 00:12:06,400
There are thousands 
and thousands

259
00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,033
and tens of thousands of ponds

260
00:12:08,033 --> 00:12:10,266
just like this across 
state of Kentucky.

261
00:12:10,266 --> 00:12:12,233
And I'll tell you what, 
for early season fishing,

262
00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,100
this is where it starts.

263
00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:17,400
This is just a little Senko 
and I literally

264
00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,300
have it with no weight, 
zero weight whatsoever.

265
00:12:20,466 --> 00:12:23,100
Get their lips on one of these 
Senko█s they can't turn it down.

266
00:12:23,700 --> 00:12:26,466
The bait that looks like nothing

267
00:12:26,466 --> 00:12:29,466
but works.

268
00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:36,000
Ooh, What about that?

269
00:12:37,666 --> 00:12:39,933
Oh, my goodness.

270
00:12:39,933 --> 00:12:42,200
That was awesome.

271
00:12:45,933 --> 00:12:49,766
Oh, my gosh.

272
00:12:49,766 --> 00:12:53,033
Oh, my goodness sakes live.

273
00:12:53,033 --> 00:12:54,766
That bass.

274
00:12:55,366 --> 00:12:57,900
I kept getting less 
and less weight

275
00:12:57,900 --> 00:12:58,733
because I'm getting a bunch of

276
00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,733
moss, and I'd pick that Senko up 
and I let it drift.

277
00:13:02,733 --> 00:13:04,400
I actually went down in size 
and Senko.

278
00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,000
I like throwing bigger baits 
this time of year

279
00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,100
to try to attract a bigger fish.

280
00:13:09,100 --> 00:13:10,333
I went down in weight.

281
00:13:10,333 --> 00:13:12,600
I took the weight completely off 
and went down in size

282
00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,066
and I picked that bait up right 
around these little dark spots

283
00:13:17,133 --> 00:13:19,166
and it came up and looked at it 
and I saw the fish

284
00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:22,966
and when it sucked that bait 
in, it was gone.

285
00:13:23,666 --> 00:13:24,300
It was gone.

286
00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,566
That's about another 
four pounder or so.

287
00:13:26,566 --> 00:13:26,933
Like I say,

288
00:13:27,133 --> 00:13:27,966
it's not a numbers game

289
00:13:27,966 --> 00:13:28,666
this time of year.

290
00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:30,533
It is really 
about taking a chance

291
00:13:30,533 --> 00:13:32,633
at catching the big fish. 
You got to be patient.

292
00:13:33,133 --> 00:13:35,500
You got to move that lure very, 
very slow.

293
00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,500
You want to catch 
big fish, get started early,

294
00:13:39,633 --> 00:13:42,600
and you may have to adjust your 
weight and your presentation.

295
00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,300
But man, how exciting can it be?

296
00:13:45,766 --> 00:13:46,633
Hey, that█s two fish.

297
00:13:46,733 --> 00:13:49,500
I'd say both of them are 4 lbs 
solid fish.

298
00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:50,133
Can't beat it.

299
00:13:50,133 --> 00:13:51,366
Lot of fun.

300
00:14:11,500 --> 00:14:11,900
Tell you what.

301
00:14:12,433 --> 00:14:14,433
Late winter, early spring, 
you get a day.

302
00:14:15,066 --> 00:14:15,766
Super nice.

303
00:14:15,866 --> 00:14:17,433
Especially two or three 
in a row.

304
00:14:17,433 --> 00:14:19,400
Be the first one out.

305
00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,066
Social media is covered up 
with really big large bass

306
00:14:22,633 --> 00:14:24,833
in February and March, 
and that's because

307
00:14:25,300 --> 00:14:27,266
that's the easiest time 
to catch a big fish.

308
00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:30,466
Now, it's not a good time to go 
catch 20, 30, 40 bass

309
00:14:30,833 --> 00:14:32,600
but if you'll slow down,

310
00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,933
they have to work with 
your weight and presentation.

311
00:14:35,266 --> 00:14:38,100
Oh there he is.

312
00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:40,933
Oh, this is another good fish 
here.

313
00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,033
This is the time of year 
you can go out

314
00:14:43,233 --> 00:14:45,333
and catch your personal best 
largemouth bass.

315
00:14:45,333 --> 00:14:46,733
I tell you what, 
some of the largest fish

316
00:14:46,733 --> 00:14:47,433
I've ever caught

317
00:14:47,766 --> 00:14:51,033
have been in that February 
and March timeframe.

318
00:14:51,033 --> 00:14:52,833
Lo and behold,

319
00:14:52,833 --> 00:14:54,800
these are the type of fish 
that are biting today.

320
00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,033
It's a great time of year 
to catch your personal best.

321
00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,433
One of the questions that we get 
most about spring fishing

322
00:15:57,433 --> 00:16:00,400
here in the state of Kentucky 
is about the white bass run.

323
00:16:00,466 --> 00:16:03,366
People always want to know 
when should we start fishing?

324
00:16:03,366 --> 00:16:04,600
And what I'll tell you is

325
00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,466
when the action on the hardwood 
heats up here in Kentucky,

326
00:16:07,466 --> 00:16:09,066
the white bass fishing does too.

327
00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:27,366
I█ll tell you what, for me, it 
doesn't get any better than late

328
00:16:27,366 --> 00:16:30,600
March hitting the Nolin River 
in search of white bass.

329
00:16:31,133 --> 00:16:34,000
Just got down here today, 
and apparently the fish

330
00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,766
must be starting to bite 
because I see a lot of people

331
00:16:36,766 --> 00:16:42,366
up and down the bank.

332
00:16:42,366 --> 00:16:43,466
You have any luck today?

333
00:16:43,466 --> 00:16:44,900
Just one. One.

334
00:16:44,900 --> 00:16:46,866
I'm going to walk up 
and down the bank today,

335
00:16:46,866 --> 00:16:48,800
see if anybody's 
having any luck.

336
00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:50,766
It looks like some of them 
are catching some fish.

337
00:16:50,766 --> 00:16:52,800
It's all about catching 
the water at the right time,

338
00:16:53,133 --> 00:16:55,866
and usually in March is the time 
to start checking it.

339
00:16:55,866 --> 00:16:58,166
But you really want to get that 
water if it's slightly rising

340
00:16:58,166 --> 00:17:00,866
after a warm rain, that's 
when it can be gangbusters.

341
00:17:02,133 --> 00:17:04,033
What do you know, fellas?

342
00:17:04,033 --> 00:17:05,433
Good man. Doing alright?

343
00:17:05,433 --> 00:17:05,600
Yeah.

344
00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,033
You█ve grown up a little bit 
in the last four or five months.

345
00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,233
My buddy Evan 
and his dad, Dan, are down here.

346
00:17:13,233 --> 00:17:14,700
It looks like 
they've found the honey hole,

347
00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:16,233
and they're catch 
some white bass too.

348
00:17:16,233 --> 00:17:18,400
Let me get a stringer.

349
00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,600
Those white bass fight 
don't they bud?

350
00:17:20,833 --> 00:17:26,033
Yeah.

351
00:17:26,033 --> 00:17:26,733
There's one.

352
00:17:26,733 --> 00:17:29,400
Got one?

353
00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,900
Oh, it's a white 
bass. That's a good one too.

354
00:17:33,266 --> 00:17:34,566
Good job, buddy.

355
00:17:34,566 --> 00:17:35,766
That's a big female.

356
00:17:35,766 --> 00:17:38,333
That's what we want right there.

357
00:17:38,933 --> 00:17:39,933
Here we go.

358
00:17:41,066 --> 00:17:44,200
Man, I was barely, barely, 
barely moving that bait.

359
00:17:44,966 --> 00:17:49,000
Barely moving that bait.

360
00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,666
A small one here.

361
00:17:52,966 --> 00:17:55,266
I tell you, these things 
they fight so incredibly well.

362
00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:57,566
It's just so much fun to catch.

363
00:17:57,566 --> 00:17:58,666
You know, 
and the great thing is, I'm

364
00:17:58,933 --> 00:18:00,600
looking up and down these banks 
and there's so many people

365
00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,800
that get down, 
and enjoy this style of fishing.

366
00:18:03,100 --> 00:18:03,800
You can go in a boat.

367
00:18:04,033 --> 00:18:05,233
We got some guys here 
doing that.

368
00:18:05,233 --> 00:18:08,800
But also just grab you 
a couple of little lures.

369
00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,700
Really, 
anything you can catch a crappie

370
00:18:10,700 --> 00:18:12,666
on, you can catch 
a white bass on.

371
00:18:12,666 --> 00:18:15,766
Either spinners, hair jigs, 
and when the water gets staind

372
00:18:15,766 --> 00:18:16,866
like this, 
I like throwing something

373
00:18:16,966 --> 00:18:19,366
with some pink or something 
with some chartreuse.

374
00:18:19,733 --> 00:18:21,733
It seems to work really, 
really well.

375
00:18:21,733 --> 00:18:24,666
But man, this little fish right 
here doesn't look like much.

376
00:18:25,666 --> 00:18:27,000
Had this rod bent around.

377
00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,900
They fight so incredibly well.

378
00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:30,833
Just so much fun.

379
00:18:30,833 --> 00:18:34,233
We're gonna let this one grow up 
another year.

380
00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,200
Evan is the same young man 
that got a house

381
00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,400
right down from my place on 
Nolin

382
00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,800
Lake and picked him up last year 
for a surprise fishing trip.

383
00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,800
White bass. White bass.

384
00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,966
That's what we been looking for. 
Nice job, buddy.

385
00:18:52,566 --> 00:18:54,900
You've been catching 
big fish? Yeah.

386
00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:56,266
You can't beat that.

387
00:18:56,266 --> 00:18:58,400
I'll tell you what, Evan, 
I know you play baseball,

388
00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:00,933
and your family likes to get out 
and spend time outdoors.

389
00:19:01,100 --> 00:19:02,966
I have to think that 
a spring break,

390
00:19:02,966 --> 00:19:05,233
an entire week at the lake 
when the fishing is really good

391
00:19:05,233 --> 00:19:07,200
is probably a perfect spring 
break for you, isn't it?

392
00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:07,466
Yeah.

393
00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:09,100
I like being out here

394
00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:10,200
just catching white bass

395
00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,066
and just the thought of 
being out here and the nature.

396
00:19:14,066 --> 00:19:15,833
It's just really fun 
and peaceful.

397
00:19:15,833 --> 00:19:16,400
I love it.

398
00:19:17,133 --> 00:19:18,733
So what's your favorite thing 
about white bass fishing?

399
00:19:19,500 --> 00:19:20,566
The fight.

400
00:19:20,566 --> 00:19:20,833
Yeah.

401
00:19:21,566 --> 00:19:22,300
They fight 
like crazy for their size.

402
00:19:22,300 --> 00:19:23,466
Sometimes they'll trick you.

403
00:19:23,466 --> 00:19:24,800
You'll be fighting 
the thing to the bank

404
00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,833
and you be like, 
oh my gosh, this thing is huge.

405
00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:28,400
And you get it in 
and you█re like,

406
00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,500
that is what was pulling my line 
that hard.

407
00:19:30,500 --> 00:19:32,366
That fish ain█t six inches long.

408
00:19:34,533 --> 00:19:35,300
They're fun to fight.

409
00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,000
You like eating them? 
I love eating them.

410
00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,700
I'll tell you what

411
00:19:39,933 --> 00:19:42,233
I know me and my kids, 
we love eating them, too.

412
00:19:42,300 --> 00:19:43,700
My wife, they.

413
00:19:43,700 --> 00:19:45,666
You know how to clean them 
and get that red meat out.

414
00:19:45,666 --> 00:19:47,833
They are hard to beat.

415
00:19:47,833 --> 00:19:49,900
They█re fantastic to eat. 
That's right.

416
00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:51,600
I love them.

417
00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,133
You know, 
I know that you have a boat

418
00:19:53,133 --> 00:19:55,233
and you fish from a boat 
quite a bit.

419
00:19:55,233 --> 00:19:57,733
A lot of times 
you go find the fish.

420
00:19:57,733 --> 00:20:00,333
But when these fish are making 
a run up the river like this,

421
00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,300
you can kind of 
stay in the same place

422
00:20:02,300 --> 00:20:05,033
and let the fish come to you 
and you might have 20

423
00:20:05,033 --> 00:20:07,033
and 30 minute stretches 
without getting a bite

424
00:20:07,033 --> 00:20:09,233
and then you may catch three 
or four in three cast.

425
00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,900
Oh. Got him? Yeah, I got him.

426
00:20:11,900 --> 00:20:13,633
Nice. There you go. 
You're on the other side again.

427
00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:16,233
You know, 
if you look at this water, it's

428
00:20:16,233 --> 00:20:17,933
kind of 
got a mud line it's out there.

429
00:20:17,933 --> 00:20:19,166
By the bank is kind of clean.

430
00:20:19,166 --> 00:20:20,833
You're making long enough cast 
that you're able

431
00:20:20,833 --> 00:20:23,300
to fish both that mud line 
and this mud line.

432
00:20:23,833 --> 00:20:25,733
What have we got?

433
00:20:25,733 --> 00:20:27,600
Seems pretty nice.

434
00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:28,833
He█s pulling drag.

435
00:20:28,833 --> 00:20:30,333
Another beautiful white bass.

436
00:20:30,333 --> 00:20:33,533
Nice job, buddy. Thank you.

437
00:20:33,533 --> 00:20:39,000
That's a pretty good one.

438
00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,600
Dan, you know, 
you and I spoke before

439
00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:41,633
about catching white bass.

440
00:20:41,766 --> 00:20:44,166
I've always said that 
March and April down here

441
00:20:44,166 --> 00:20:46,633
on the river was really the best 
time to catch them.

442
00:20:47,366 --> 00:20:48,933
Yeah, 
I'm glad you told me about this,

443
00:20:48,933 --> 00:20:49,800
and I'm glad it worked out.

444
00:20:49,933 --> 00:20:51,366
We could be down here 
at the same time

445
00:20:51,366 --> 00:20:53,066
and catching fish together.

446
00:20:53,066 --> 00:20:53,333
Yeah.

447
00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:53,700
You know,

448
00:20:54,866 --> 00:20:56,200
you and I get to hang out a lot 
in the summertime, and then,

449
00:20:56,266 --> 00:20:58,100
you know, you got a house 
right down the road from us.

450
00:20:58,100 --> 00:20:59,933
We became lake-time friends. But

451
00:21:00,933 --> 00:21:02,500
March is kind of the time I

452
00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:03,700
don't get to spend 
a whole lot of time at the lake.

453
00:21:03,700 --> 00:21:05,200
So this is bonus days 
for us to kind of

454
00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,266
get out here 
and do this and catch fish.

455
00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:08,533
Yeah, it's a bonus.

456
00:21:08,533 --> 00:21:11,000
The weather's beautiful 
and the fish are biting.

457
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:20,966
So that's where we want to be.

458
00:21:22,866 --> 00:21:23,566
Now that's a fish.

459
00:21:23,566 --> 00:21:23,933
That fish

460
00:21:24,833 --> 00:21:27,400
there█s got an attitude.

461
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,600
I've probably thrown back 
more than I've kept and that

462
00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:31,033
I would not throw that one back.

463
00:21:31,033 --> 00:21:33,366
I believe I would keep that one.

464
00:21:33,366 --> 00:21:35,566
Dan, that's a great fish, man.

465
00:21:35,566 --> 00:21:37,866
That's a good looking guy 
there. How█d that

466
00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:38,833
one hit?

467
00:21:39,066 --> 00:21:39,566
He just smoke it?

468
00:21:39,733 --> 00:21:41,700
Oh, he smoked it. Yeah.

469
00:21:42,033 --> 00:21:43,866
Yeah. They sure are pretty too.

470
00:21:43,866 --> 00:21:46,000
I like to appreciate how pretty 
they are.

471
00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,000
Dan, I guess we met about four 
or five years ago.

472
00:21:49,066 --> 00:21:52,066
I noticed that your son Evan 
had an extreme interest

473
00:21:52,066 --> 00:21:52,566
in fishing.

474
00:21:53,300 --> 00:21:54,600
He wanted to fish, 
and I was able to fish with him

475
00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:55,800
a couple of times,

476
00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,700
but we were trying 
to catch bass in the jumps

477
00:21:57,700 --> 00:21:58,800
and that's a lot of fun.

478
00:21:58,933 --> 00:22:01,533
But, you know, to do that, 
you almost need a boat.

479
00:22:01,533 --> 00:22:06,566
You actually are here for a week 
for kid█s Spring break,

480
00:22:07,266 --> 00:22:10,566
have your boat at your dock, 
hopped in the car

481
00:22:10,566 --> 00:22:12,266
and ran out here 
just to try this out.

482
00:22:12,266 --> 00:22:13,466
You know, there's less to deal

483
00:22:13,466 --> 00:22:15,066
with as far as the boat 
and the trolling motor.

484
00:22:15,066 --> 00:22:17,100
Just walk down the bank 
with a handful of jigs

485
00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:18,166
and catch fish like that.

486
00:22:18,166 --> 00:22:18,800
Can't beat that.

487
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:20,166
No can't beat it at all.

488
00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:21,366
I'm glad you told me about it.

489
00:22:21,366 --> 00:22:22,200
And we were able to work it out

490
00:22:22,333 --> 00:22:23,633
to where 
we could be here together.

491
00:22:23,633 --> 00:22:25,566
How old were you when you kind 
of got into fishing?

492
00:22:25,566 --> 00:22:26,700
Probably about Evan's age.

493
00:22:26,700 --> 00:22:28,266
Ten or twelve, 
thirteen years old.

494
00:22:28,266 --> 00:22:30,666
When my grandmother 
used to take me fishing out

495
00:22:30,666 --> 00:22:32,733
in eastern Indiana, 
Brookville Lake.

496
00:22:32,733 --> 00:22:33,300
And we used to

497
00:22:33,933 --> 00:22:36,133
catch a lot of channel 
cat and bluegill and crappie

498
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:37,433
and everything 
we could out there.

499
00:22:37,433 --> 00:22:39,066
It was a good time. 
Kind of got me started.

500
00:22:39,066 --> 00:22:41,933
I'm glad I've been able 
to pass that on to Evan.

501
00:22:41,933 --> 00:22:42,733
As a dad,

502
00:22:42,933 --> 00:22:44,700
you got to love 
when he gets out here

503
00:22:44,700 --> 00:22:46,233
and wants to do this 
as much as he█s doing it

504
00:22:46,233 --> 00:22:48,400
because you don█t have to worry 
about him being in any trouble.

505
00:22:48,566 --> 00:22:49,633
He's eat up with it.

506
00:22:49,633 --> 00:22:51,666
Oh, he is. 
He definitely ate up with it.

507
00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:54,700
It was a pleasure getting 
down here and seeing you.

508
00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:56,600
We█ll be spending a lot of time 
together this summer

509
00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,533
with our entire families 
together. Yeah.

510
00:22:58,533 --> 00:23:00,900
But hey, these fish 
will be doing this tomorrow too.

511
00:23:00,900 --> 00:23:02,200
You and Evan got choices.

512
00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,200
You can run back up here 
and catch them again.

513
00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,900
Yeah, I think so.

514
00:23:09,100 --> 00:23:10,900
Now let's check 
in and see who else has been out

515
00:23:10,900 --> 00:23:11,466
having fun.

516
00:23:11,866 --> 00:23:14,033
And this week's ones 
that didn't get away.

517
00:23:14,033 --> 00:23:17,133
Check out 12 year old Kellen 
Wilson with this nice buck

518
00:23:17,433 --> 00:23:19,266
that he took in Russell County.

519
00:23:19,266 --> 00:23:20,433
Congratulations.

520
00:23:20,433 --> 00:23:23,033
Jeffrey Wells took a kayak 
trip down the Barron

521
00:23:23,033 --> 00:23:26,033
River lake and caught this nice 
string on a crappie.

522
00:23:26,033 --> 00:23:27,100
Nice job.

523
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,700
Brian Montgomery went fishing 
at the falls of the Ohio

524
00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:32,866
in July and caught 
this 55 pound blue catfish.

525
00:23:33,133 --> 00:23:34,266
Nice job.

526
00:23:34,266 --> 00:23:34,966
Harvey Carter

527
00:23:35,533 --> 00:23:37,966
decided that he was going to go 
rabbit hunting on his birthday,

528
00:23:38,033 --> 00:23:40,333
so he took a buddy 
and headed to Central Kentucky

529
00:23:40,333 --> 00:23:42,566
and had a successful day 
in the field.

530
00:23:42,566 --> 00:23:45,700
Four year old Hunter Schmidt 
went out fishing at Mills Park

531
00:23:45,933 --> 00:23:47,866
and caught his first trout.

532
00:23:47,866 --> 00:23:49,166
Nice job.

533
00:23:49,166 --> 00:23:51,000
Check out this beautiful 
smallmouth bass

534
00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,366
that was caught by nine year 
old Lee McNeese.

535
00:23:53,366 --> 00:23:56,366
This fish was caught in a creek 
in Jessamine County.

536
00:23:56,766 --> 00:23:57,966
Nice job.

537
00:23:57,966 --> 00:24:01,833
Tyler Vogler and his son Virgil 
got these three nice rabbits

538
00:24:01,833 --> 00:24:05,400
while running with their dogs 
Addie, Belle, Sue, and wooly.

539
00:24:05,666 --> 00:24:07,966
This was the last day 
of the season.

540
00:24:07,966 --> 00:24:08,566
What a day.

541
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:13,233
Do you have more questions

542
00:24:13,233 --> 00:24:14,966
about spring 
fishing here in Kentucky?

543
00:24:14,966 --> 00:24:16,866
Well, you're in luck, 
because our annual spring

544
00:24:16,866 --> 00:24:19,066
fishing 
call and show is coming up.

545
00:24:19,066 --> 00:24:22,700
It's on February 
the 17th at 7:00 on YouTube,

546
00:24:22,866 --> 00:24:25,833
Facebook, or FW.KY.GOV

547
00:24:26,366 --> 00:24:27,233
And remember,

548
00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:29,566
hunting and fishing on private 
property is a privilege.

549
00:24:29,566 --> 00:24:31,766
I always ask permission 
to thank the landowner.

550
00:24:31,766 --> 00:24:33,566
Until next week, 
I'm your host, Chad Miles,

551
00:24:33,566 --> 00:24:36,533
and I hope to see you 
in the woods or on the water.

552
00:24:40,166 --> 00:24:42,400
Did you know 
the Kentucky is home

553
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,733
to the largest Elk heard, 
in the eastern U.S.,

554
00:24:44,733 --> 00:24:48,233
with an elk zone twice the size 
of Yellowstone National Park.

555
00:24:48,566 --> 00:24:50,600
Look how big animal is.

556
00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,300
I mean, this is just amazing.

557
00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:54,100
And we enjoy 
one of the most diverse

558
00:24:54,100 --> 00:24:55,566
fisheries in the country.

559
00:24:55,566 --> 00:24:58,166
Just ask Christine. Very nice.

560
00:24:58,166 --> 00:25:00,966
Oh, and by the way, Kentucky 
is known for being

561
00:25:00,966 --> 00:25:04,133
one of the top five states 
for trophy whitetails each year.

562
00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,533
Additionally, more than 100,000 
Kentuckians have benefited

563
00:25:08,533 --> 00:25:11,666
from our conservation education 
programs like the Salado

564
00:25:11,666 --> 00:25:14,766
Wildlife Education Center, 
summer conservation camps,

565
00:25:16,066 --> 00:25:18,766
good job, and our 
Learn to Hunt and Fish classes.

566
00:25:18,766 --> 00:25:21,933
Or did you know about the 1.6 
million acres

567
00:25:21,933 --> 00:25:22,900
open to the public?

568
00:25:22,900 --> 00:25:25,000
These are just a few things 
that Kentucky's

569
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,566
Department of Fish and Wildlife 
have helped preserve.

570
00:25:27,566 --> 00:25:30,366
This is one of several 
we have on the Kentucky River.

571
00:25:30,366 --> 00:25:32,933
She's got plenty of room 
in that nest for chicks.

572
00:25:32,933 --> 00:25:34,933
Who pays for conservation 
in Kentucky?

573
00:25:34,933 --> 00:25:36,900
Well, 
since the department receives

574
00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:39,166
no general fund state 
tax dollars,

575
00:25:39,166 --> 00:25:42,133
we rely on the sportsmen 
and women of the Commonwealth.

576
00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:45,133
He's been waiting years 
for that.

577
00:25:45,133 --> 00:25:49,333
So if you enjoy Kentucky's 
resources,

578
00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:53,466
help us manage them 
by purchasing a hunting

579
00:25:53,466 --> 00:25:55,200
or fishing license today.

580
00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,233
You can 
do so by visiting FW.KY.GOV.