WEBVTT 00:54.800 --> 00:57.300 align:start position:42.5% line:68.67% size:12.5% Hello and welcome to Kentucky Afield. 00:57.300 --> 00:58.566 align:start position:15% line:74% size:65% I'm your host, Chad Myles. 00:58.566 --> 01:00.633 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% Join us as we journey the Commonwealth 01:00.633 --> 01:02.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% in search of outdoor adventure. 01:02.733 --> 01:04.700 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:32.5% Are you ready for some spring fishing? 01:04.700 --> 01:05.500 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:30% Well we are. 01:05.500 --> 01:06.366 align:start position:15% line:74% size:65% We're going to take a look 01:06.366 --> 01:08.033 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% at some of our favorite opportunities, 01:08.033 --> 01:10.200 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:35% including pond fishing for trophy largemouth 01:10.200 --> 01:13.100 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% bass, white bass fishing on the Nolin River. 01:13.100 --> 01:16.133 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% And first up, we're headed to Cave Run Lake to crappie fish 01:16.333 --> 01:19.300 align:start position:30% line:74% size:37.5% with Kris Mann. 01:21.466 --> 01:22.300 align:start position:35% line:74% size:30% Today I'm on 01:22.700 --> 01:25.566 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% beautiful Cave Run Lake with an old fishing buddy Khris, Mann 01:25.566 --> 01:27.233 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:60% How are you doing? Doing well Chad. 01:27.233 --> 01:29.166 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:55% Good to see you today. Good to see you as well. 01:29.166 --> 01:30.100 align:start position:25% line:74% size:50% Good to be back out. 01:30.100 --> 01:31.466 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% You've always told me this is one of 01:31.466 --> 01:33.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% the lakes that you like the fish the most. 01:33.833 --> 01:36.766 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:60% And people think of this like as a muskie lake. 01:37.500 --> 01:40.300 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% It's not one that comes top of mind, for people█s 01:40.300 --> 01:41.066 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:55% favorite crappie lake. 01:41.066 --> 01:41.766 align:start position:25% line:74% size:50% For a lot of people, 01:42.233 --> 01:43.800 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:60% you're not going to hear Cave Run, but you've always said 01:43.800 --> 01:45.133 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% it's one of your favorite lakes to fish. 01:45.133 --> 01:47.466 align:start position:35% line:68.67% size:27.5% Absolutely. This one flies under the radar. 01:47.566 --> 01:48.900 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:35% It truly does. 01:48.900 --> 01:50.366 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:52.5% It's a great fishery. 01:50.366 --> 01:52.400 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:40% You'll see today just some of the habitat 01:52.400 --> 01:54.533 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:42.5% that we have here is second to none on the lake. 01:54.633 --> 01:56.700 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% And to be honest with you, this time of the year 01:56.700 --> 01:58.766 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% is when I really, really enjoy fishing. 01:58.766 --> 02:00.000 align:start position:15% line:74% size:67.5% Well, let's get after them. 02:00.000 --> 02:00.800 align:start position:35% line:74% size:30% Let█s do it. 02:05.666 --> 02:08.533 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% That's about a that's about a ten inch crappie right there. 02:08.533 --> 02:09.366 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% Let█s see if we can prove it. 02:09.366 --> 02:11.800 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5% He may be bigger. 02:13.033 --> 02:14.500 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:32.5% There you go. 02:15.800 --> 02:16.933 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:75% That looks like a better fish. 02:16.933 --> 02:20.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% Oh, yeah. That's a nice crappie. 02:24.000 --> 02:24.900 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:55% What do you got there. 02:24.900 --> 02:26.133 align:start position:30% line:74% size:37.5% 11, 12, incher? 02:26.133 --> 02:28.266 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:75% I need to stick it on the tape measure here and see. 02:28.266 --> 02:30.500 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:37.5% What did we say 12 and a quarter, 02:30.500 --> 02:32.566 align:start position:15% line:74% size:70% 12 and 12 and three quarter. 02:32.566 --> 02:34.166 align:start position:20% line:74% size:57.5% And that's a good fish. 02:34.166 --> 02:35.600 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:25% Neat fish. 02:39.966 --> 02:41.800 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:52.5% That's a giant there. 02:41.800 --> 02:44.000 align:start position:15% line:74% size:70% You got him. That█s a dandy. 02:44.000 --> 02:46.100 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% Looks like a really big fish. 02:46.233 --> 02:48.200 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:45% Yes. Look at that. 02:48.500 --> 02:50.600 align:start position:15% line:74% size:70% Now that's a kind of crappie 02:50.600 --> 02:52.666 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:37.5% in a tournament you want right there. 02:53.233 --> 02:56.200 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:55% That's your tournament grade fish right there guys. 02:56.466 --> 02:59.900 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% Pretty belly on her starting to get egged up. 03:00.133 --> 03:01.100 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:32.5% Look at this. 03:01.200 --> 03:04.433 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% Look across, the back how big shoulders on her. 03:05.066 --> 03:06.133 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:47.5% She's a pretty one. 03:06.266 --> 03:08.766 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% That's a big crappie anywhere in the state of Kentucky. 03:08.766 --> 03:10.166 align:start position:30% line:74% size:37.5% A quality fish. 03:10.166 --> 03:12.600 align:start position:40% line:68.67% size:20% What was my prediction of pound 65? 03:13.833 --> 03:15.033 align:start position:30% line:74% size:40% Oh, I missed it. 03:15.033 --> 03:17.300 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:22.5% Pound 74. 03:17.300 --> 03:19.466 align:start position:20% line:74% size:60% Get her turn back loose. 03:19.466 --> 03:20.900 align:start position:30% line:74% size:37.5% Beautiful fish. 03:22.466 --> 03:23.200 align:start position:35% line:74% size:30% There we go. 03:25.266 --> 03:27.133 align:start position:15% line:74% size:70% Good job, Good fishing Chad. 03:27.133 --> 03:28.433 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:45% I█ll tell you what that fish committed 03:28.433 --> 03:30.833 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% and it came pretty good ways, didn't he? Yeah, he did. 03:31.100 --> 03:33.300 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% You really had to work him and get him in there. 03:33.300 --> 03:34.033 align:start position:35% line:74% size:30% Pretty fish. 03:34.366 --> 03:36.100 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:55% That it a pretty fish. Look at the belly on that. 03:36.300 --> 03:38.466 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:42.5% Look at the belly and the mouth on that crappie. 03:39.466 --> 03:41.466 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:75% I mean, that's just a quality. 03:41.466 --> 03:43.866 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% That's like a quality like Kentucky Lake crappie. 03:43.866 --> 03:45.900 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% Isn't it? That█s a beautiful fish. 03:45.900 --> 03:48.100 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:32.5% I can see why 03:48.233 --> 03:49.500 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% you like coming to cave. Run. 03:49.500 --> 03:52.733 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% Like I said, that that is a really good looking fish. 03:55.166 --> 03:56.866 align:start position:30% line:74% size:37.5% You got him to. 03:57.666 --> 04:00.566 align:start position:35% line:68.67% size:32.5% I reached out Got him way out there. 04:01.133 --> 04:03.000 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:32.5% Look at that. That's a good fish there. 04:05.100 --> 04:07.433 align:start position:35% line:68.67% size:32.5% Well, you saw him come up and hit that bait. 04:07.633 --> 04:10.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% Now, that fish there was sitting right on the bottom, 04:11.333 --> 04:13.633 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:52.5% just a beautiful fish 04:17.900 --> 04:20.933 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:37.5% that is so cool watching that happen. 04:20.933 --> 04:22.900 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:52.5% Another quality fish. 04:23.400 --> 04:25.033 align:start position:35% line:74% size:30% Nice crappie 04:25.766 --> 04:28.933 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% not quite to the size that your last few 04:28.933 --> 04:31.966 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% but still we're looking at you know that tells you 04:32.300 --> 04:33.033 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5% what kind of fish 04:33.166 --> 04:34.466 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:50% that we're targeting when you pull up 04:34.466 --> 04:37.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% a crappie like that is probably 12 and a half inches and you go 04:38.333 --> 04:40.733 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% well, it's a little smaller than we've been catching. 04:40.733 --> 04:42.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% That's a good day. On the water. 04:42.000 --> 04:43.333 align:start position:20% line:74% size:57.5% That's pretty good day. 04:43.333 --> 04:45.866 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% Big old eyes sitting right on top of their head. 04:46.366 --> 04:47.933 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% So I tell you what we try to. 04:47.933 --> 04:49.433 align:start position:35% line:74% size:30% You can tell 04:49.566 --> 04:50.866 align:start position:20% line:74% size:60% where you're at compared 04:50.866 --> 04:53.466 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:75% the lure compared to this fish in the water column 04:53.800 --> 04:55.033 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:75% like you don't want to be down here. 04:55.033 --> 04:56.100 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:65% Look with our eyes are at. 04:56.100 --> 04:58.900 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% So I make sure when I'm pulling that bait, I'm 04:58.900 --> 05:02.466 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% trying to keep that bait of either mouth and higher up 05:02.466 --> 05:04.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% in this angle you get down here, they just can't see it. 05:05.466 --> 05:08.100 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% That fish would have to turn complete nose down 05:08.100 --> 05:09.066 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5% to see that bait. 05:09.066 --> 05:11.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% So I try to keep that bait right above it. 05:12.200 --> 05:15.800 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% And Chris has told me today that keeping that baited 05:15.866 --> 05:17.066 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:45% real slow retrieve 05:18.766 --> 05:21.266 align:start position:35% line:68.67% size:27.5% is a really good way to entice that strike. 05:21.266 --> 05:23.733 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% Even with cold water. There you go. 05:23.733 --> 05:24.866 align:start position:42.5% line:74% size:15% Uh Oh. 05:24.866 --> 05:28.300 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:60% Oh, I'm going to have to hold this up Chad. 05:28.500 --> 05:29.033 align:start position:42.5% line:74% size:12.5% Oh no 05:30.000 --> 05:31.466 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:45% Little comparison. 05:31.466 --> 05:33.066 align:start position:35% line:74% size:27.5% Here. Yeah. 05:33.133 --> 05:34.833 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:65% Those are good table fair. 05:34.833 --> 05:36.833 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:55% Nine and three quarter inch fish. 05:36.833 --> 05:37.600 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:20% Oh yeah. 05:37.766 --> 05:39.666 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:47.5% And a lot of people like to keep those. 05:39.666 --> 05:41.733 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% And that's the ones I suggest you keep. Yeah. 05:42.400 --> 05:45.900 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% Let that big baby go back and produce some more big ones. 05:45.900 --> 05:48.300 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% And that's the way to go. 05:53.366 --> 05:56.966 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% How often on this live scope, when you see them hit, do you 05:57.233 --> 05:58.900 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% not feel the bite at all? 05:58.900 --> 06:00.533 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% Do you sometimes set the hook and you're like, 06:00.533 --> 06:02.533 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:60% I didn't feel that fish, but I just know 06:02.533 --> 06:05.300 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% he hit it based on what I'm looking at on the screen. 06:05.766 --> 06:07.666 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% Yeah, it can certainly happen more times 06:07.666 --> 06:08.833 align:start position:15% line:74% size:70% than not when you don't feel 06:08.833 --> 06:11.466 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:47.5% the fish hit at all and he has hit, it's 06:11.466 --> 06:13.333 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:45% because you've got a little bit of slack line 06:13.333 --> 06:15.500 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% somewhere, you know, and you just don't notice it. 06:15.500 --> 06:18.033 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:60% But there are times when the fish will bite so light. 06:18.466 --> 06:21.433 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% they're such a subtle bite that that you won't feel them. 06:21.433 --> 06:23.133 align:start position:15% line:74% size:67.5% And I think there are a lot 06:23.133 --> 06:24.800 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:47.5% of anglers out here that aren't fishing 06:24.800 --> 06:28.433 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% with forward facing sonar, that are missing a lot of bites. 06:28.433 --> 06:29.333 align:start position:20% line:74% size:57.5% And they never know it. 06:29.333 --> 06:30.733 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:37.5% They never know they've had them. 06:30.733 --> 06:33.066 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% Well, this water temp too this these fish, 06:33.066 --> 06:35.100 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:55% I mean, these are cold crappie are a cold water fish. 06:35.100 --> 06:35.900 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% They're not going to come 06:36.066 --> 06:38.000 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% flying across the water to come eat your lure. 06:38.000 --> 06:38.300 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:25% You got to 06:39.066 --> 06:40.700 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% put it right on their face, just like we just saw, 06:40.800 --> 06:44.433 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% because the water temperature look, it's 39.5 degrees. 06:45.733 --> 06:46.533 align:start position:25% line:74% size:50% Don't take too many. 06:46.533 --> 06:48.166 align:start position:15% line:74% size:70% Those make a great sandwich. 06:48.166 --> 06:49.800 align:start position:40% line:74% size:17.5% No sir. 06:52.033 --> 06:54.166 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:65% Oh, here comes a big fish. 06:55.566 --> 06:57.233 align:start position:30% line:74% size:37.5% You got him to. 06:58.266 --> 07:00.966 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% I never felt that fish bite Chad. 07:00.966 --> 07:04.333 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% I just saw that he was bound to have overrun the bait. 07:05.366 --> 07:06.933 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% And I just went ahead and set the hook. 07:06.933 --> 07:09.100 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% That one get a hook right where you want them. Right. 07:09.100 --> 07:11.833 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:45% And that that part of the top of the mouth. And 07:13.566 --> 07:16.433 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% that's another good quality fish about a 12 07:17.100 --> 07:19.566 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:60% at least a 12 inch fish, maybe 12 and a half. 07:20.200 --> 07:22.366 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:65% Beautiful, beautiful fish. 07:28.500 --> 07:31.166 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:42.5% Oh, Oh, that time I just had to kind of be patient 07:31.166 --> 07:33.266 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:47.5% as you scanned away and came back to him and 07:34.500 --> 07:36.800 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% wait to see where my lure was 07:36.800 --> 07:39.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% and when I to when it came back and I can see my lure. 07:39.700 --> 07:42.000 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% I happened to be right on it. 07:46.233 --> 07:48.466 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:45% You got a good one right there. He's got you. 07:49.633 --> 07:52.533 align:start position:20% line:74% size:57.5% Oh, lost my hat almost. 07:52.533 --> 07:53.466 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% Just don't lose the fish. 07:53.466 --> 07:55.866 align:start position:20% line:74% size:57.5% We can go get your hat. 07:56.900 --> 07:58.500 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:47.5% what a pretty fish. 07:59.800 --> 08:01.066 align:start position:30% line:74% size:37.5% Beautiful fish. 08:01.066 --> 08:02.333 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:35% Good job Chad. 08:02.333 --> 08:04.833 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:55% Beginning of February, Eastern Kentucky 08:05.433 --> 08:08.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% catching and beautiful crappie like this, you know, and people 08:08.200 --> 08:11.100 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:50% for whatever reason, I still have a ton of friends. 08:11.100 --> 08:13.166 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% When I tell them I'm going to the lake tomorrow, 08:13.800 --> 08:15.600 align:start position:15% line:74% size:67.5% they're like, You're crazy. 08:15.600 --> 08:16.533 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:47.5% And I can sit here. 08:16.800 --> 08:20.000 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% And this beautiful scenery with a light jacket on catching 08:20.000 --> 08:22.200 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% crappie like this and think if you're not doing this, 08:23.533 --> 08:26.800 align:start position:15% line:74% size:70% you might be the ones crazy, 08:26.800 --> 08:29.100 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:25% beautiful. 08:31.966 --> 08:33.566 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:50% I know you've talked about big crappie 08:33.566 --> 08:34.933 align:start position:15% line:74% size:67.5% here at Cave Run Lake that. 08:34.933 --> 08:35.766 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:32.5% You know what 08:36.166 --> 08:39.333 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:75% seeing is believing and I have seen a bunch of them today. 08:39.333 --> 08:41.766 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% We've we've had a good day, blessed day and 08:42.500 --> 08:45.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% plenty of big fish in this area, you know, just moved around 08:45.366 --> 08:45.866 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:32.5% a little bit. 08:46.600 --> 08:49.366 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% And a lot of people overlook this winter bite and I suggest 08:49.366 --> 08:51.033 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% they get out here and weather 08:51.033 --> 08:54.466 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:42.5% these cold fronts and see if they can get on them. 08:55.000 --> 08:56.500 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% Thank you so much for bringing this out 08:56.500 --> 08:57.466 align:start position:15% line:74% size:70% and showing us how to do it. 08:57.566 --> 08:59.866 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:45% Thanks for coming. I appreciate Chad. Great time. 09:01.900 --> 09:03.566 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% February here in Kentucky 09:03.566 --> 09:06.600 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% can be the best month to target trophy largemouth bass 09:06.600 --> 09:07.966 align:start position:25% line:74% size:47.5% while pond fishing. 09:07.966 --> 09:10.000 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% But you have to remember a few things. 09:10.000 --> 09:12.966 align:start position:40% line:68.67% size:15% Choose the right lure and slow down. 09:20.266 --> 09:21.633 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:47.5% Feel that sunshine. 09:21.633 --> 09:23.833 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:32.5% It feels like it is the middle of the summer. 09:23.833 --> 09:24.866 align:start position:15% line:74% size:70% But don't let that fool you. 09:24.866 --> 09:26.466 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% If you're a largemouth bass fisherman, 09:26.466 --> 09:30.766 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:75% this is probably the best time of year to target a trophy fish. 09:30.900 --> 09:32.433 align:start position:30% line:74% size:40% That's the goal. 09:39.833 --> 09:40.866 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:45% This time of year. 09:40.866 --> 09:43.266 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:35% It's all about finding that warm water. 09:43.266 --> 09:44.833 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% And when I say warm water, I mean two 09:44.833 --> 09:46.800 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% or three degrees warmer than the other side. 09:46.800 --> 09:49.100 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% And that's all it takes to get those fish to move 09:49.600 --> 09:52.900 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:52.5% from the deeper water to the more shallow water. 09:53.133 --> 09:54.900 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% This is also the north shore. 09:54.900 --> 09:57.200 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:55% So what that means is, as the sun travels, 09:58.100 --> 09:59.966 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:65% this side is never shaded. 09:59.966 --> 10:01.966 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% It's getting full sun all day long. 10:01.966 --> 10:05.266 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% So we've got a south wind blowing that air in this way. 10:05.333 --> 10:06.333 align:start position:25% line:74% size:50% Everything is set up 10:06.500 --> 10:08.933 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:57.5% perfectly for this side to be a couple of degrees warmer 10:09.433 --> 10:10.600 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% and hopefully holding those big fish. I think i█m going 10:12.666 --> 10:13.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% I think i█m going to step down. 10:23.466 --> 10:24.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% There█s fish, it took off right there. 10:24.633 --> 10:26.633 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:25% Look. Wow. 10:26.633 --> 10:28.400 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:60% Look at these mud plumes that come out. 10:28.400 --> 10:30.266 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:55% Those are large mouth. 10:30.333 --> 10:31.466 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:47.5% Those are big ones. 10:31.466 --> 10:32.400 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:47.5% Those are big fish. 10:32.400 --> 10:34.700 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:75% Whatever took off right there. 10:35.033 --> 10:36.266 align:start position:42.5% line:74% size:15% Uh oh, 10:40.066 --> 10:41.566 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:32.5% uh oh, uh oh. 10:45.233 --> 10:46.366 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:65% I don't know what this is. 10:46.366 --> 10:49.166 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% If it's a large mouth, it's a really, really good one. 10:51.166 --> 10:52.700 align:start position:25% line:74% size:50% And I believe it is. 11:08.900 --> 11:11.700 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% Wow. This is why you get out early 11:11.766 --> 11:12.866 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:50% and all your friends are telling you 11:12.866 --> 11:14.333 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:37.5% that the boat's not ready to go yet. 11:14.333 --> 11:15.500 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:55% You don't need a boat. 11:15.500 --> 11:19.166 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% Go hit a farm pond, walk around the bank, 11:19.366 --> 11:22.766 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:57.5% find the area that gets the most sun and is shallow. 11:23.066 --> 11:25.200 align:start position:35% line:68.67% size:32.5% That's a plus four pound fish right there. 11:27.466 --> 11:28.966 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:25% Now. Yeah. 11:28.966 --> 11:31.200 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:50% It's not the largest bass in the world. 11:31.200 --> 11:32.800 align:start position:20% line:74% size:57.5% But I'll tell you what, 11:32.800 --> 11:35.833 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% that is a good, healthy, respectable bass right there. 11:35.833 --> 11:37.800 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:75% Probably about a four pounder. 11:37.800 --> 11:40.200 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% Something tells me there's a lot more of these in here. 11:41.533 --> 11:42.733 align:start position:40% line:68.67% size:15% I need to get this thing back in water 11:42.733 --> 11:44.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% and get this line weighed again. 11:44.633 --> 11:46.200 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:45% Come on, Big girl. 11:46.300 --> 11:47.666 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:47.5% What a pretty fish. 11:47.666 --> 11:48.733 align:start position:30% line:74% size:37.5% There she goes. 11:56.733 --> 11:58.566 align:start position:15% line:74% size:67.5% Wind is blowing right here. 11:58.566 --> 11:59.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% Everything I know about fishing 11:59.600 --> 12:01.100 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% tells me they should be right here. 12:01.100 --> 12:04.066 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:50% Shallow, north bank, wind blowing. 12:04.533 --> 12:06.400 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:47.5% There are thousands and thousands 12:06.400 --> 12:08.033 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:75% and tens of thousands of ponds 12:08.033 --> 12:10.266 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% just like this across state of Kentucky. 12:10.266 --> 12:12.233 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% And I'll tell you what, for early season fishing, 12:12.400 --> 12:14.100 align:start position:20% line:74% size:60% this is where it starts. 12:14.100 --> 12:17.400 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% This is just a little Senko and I literally 12:17.400 --> 12:20.300 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% have it with no weight, zero weight whatsoever. 12:20.466 --> 12:23.100 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:75% Get their lips on one of these Senko█s they can't turn it down. 12:23.700 --> 12:26.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% The bait that looks like nothing 12:26.466 --> 12:29.466 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:25% but works. 12:32.800 --> 12:36.000 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:52.5% Ooh, What about that? 12:37.666 --> 12:39.933 align:start position:30% line:74% size:40% Oh, my goodness. 12:39.933 --> 12:42.200 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5% That was awesome. 12:45.933 --> 12:49.766 align:start position:35% line:74% size:30% Oh, my gosh. 12:49.766 --> 12:53.033 align:start position:15% line:74% size:67.5% Oh, my goodness sakes live. 12:53.033 --> 12:54.766 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:25% That bass. 12:55.366 --> 12:57.900 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:47.5% I kept getting less and less weight 12:57.900 --> 12:58.733 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:75% because I'm getting a bunch of 12:59.000 --> 13:02.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% moss, and I'd pick that Senko up and I let it drift. 13:02.733 --> 13:04.400 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% I actually went down in size and Senko. 13:04.400 --> 13:07.000 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% I like throwing bigger baits this time of year 13:07.400 --> 13:09.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% to try to attract a bigger fish. 13:09.100 --> 13:10.333 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:55% I went down in weight. 13:10.333 --> 13:12.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% I took the weight completely off and went down in size 13:12.600 --> 13:16.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% and I picked that bait up right around these little dark spots 13:17.133 --> 13:19.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% and it came up and looked at it and I saw the fish 13:19.700 --> 13:22.966 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% and when it sucked that bait in, it was gone. 13:23.666 --> 13:24.300 align:start position:35% line:74% size:30% It was gone. 13:24.600 --> 13:26.566 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:50% That's about another four pounder or so. 13:26.566 --> 13:26.933 align:start position:35% line:74% size:27.5% Like I say, 13:27.133 --> 13:27.966 align:start position:20% line:74% size:57.5% it's not a numbers game 13:27.966 --> 13:28.666 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:45% this time of year. 13:28.800 --> 13:30.533 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:30% It is really about taking a chance 13:30.533 --> 13:32.633 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% at catching the big fish. You got to be patient. 13:33.133 --> 13:35.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% You got to move that lure very, very slow. 13:35.600 --> 13:39.500 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:42.5% You want to catch big fish, get started early, 13:39.633 --> 13:42.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% and you may have to adjust your weight and your presentation. 13:42.600 --> 13:45.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% But man, how exciting can it be? 13:45.766 --> 13:46.633 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:52.5% Hey, that█s two fish. 13:46.733 --> 13:49.500 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:75% I'd say both of them are 4 lbs solid fish. 13:49.500 --> 13:50.133 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:35% Can't beat it. 13:50.133 --> 13:51.366 align:start position:35% line:74% size:27.5% Lot of fun. 14:11.500 --> 14:11.900 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:35% Tell you what. 14:12.433 --> 14:14.433 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% Late winter, early spring, you get a day. 14:15.066 --> 14:15.766 align:start position:35% line:74% size:27.5% Super nice. 14:15.866 --> 14:17.433 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% Especially two or three in a row. 14:17.433 --> 14:19.400 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:52.5% Be the first one out. 14:19.400 --> 14:22.066 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% Social media is covered up with really big large bass 14:22.633 --> 14:24.833 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:55% in February and March, and that's because 14:25.300 --> 14:27.266 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% that's the easiest time to catch a big fish. 14:27.266 --> 14:30.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% Now, it's not a good time to go catch 20, 30, 40 bass 14:30.833 --> 14:32.600 align:start position:20% line:74% size:60% but if you'll slow down, 14:32.600 --> 14:34.933 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:55% they have to work with your weight and presentation. 14:35.266 --> 14:38.100 align:start position:30% line:74% size:37.5% Oh there he is. 14:38.100 --> 14:40.933 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% Oh, this is another good fish here. 14:41.000 --> 14:43.033 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:60% This is the time of year you can go out 14:43.233 --> 14:45.333 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% and catch your personal best largemouth bass. 14:45.333 --> 14:46.733 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:40% I tell you what, some of the largest fish 14:46.733 --> 14:47.433 align:start position:30% line:74% size:40% I've ever caught 14:47.766 --> 14:51.033 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% have been in that February and March timeframe. 14:51.033 --> 14:52.833 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:35% Lo and behold, 14:52.833 --> 14:54.800 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% these are the type of fish that are biting today. 14:54.800 --> 14:58.033 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:62.5% It's a great time of year to catch your personal best. 15:55.000 --> 15:57.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% One of the questions that we get most about spring fishing 15:57.433 --> 16:00.400 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% here in the state of Kentucky is about the white bass run. 16:00.466 --> 16:03.366 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% People always want to know when should we start fishing? 16:03.366 --> 16:04.600 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% And what I'll tell you is 16:04.600 --> 16:07.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% when the action on the hardwood heats up here in Kentucky, 16:07.466 --> 16:09.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% the white bass fishing does too. 16:25.100 --> 16:27.366 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:75% I█ll tell you what, for me, it doesn't get any better than late 16:27.366 --> 16:30.600 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% March hitting the Nolin River in search of white bass. 16:31.133 --> 16:34.000 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% Just got down here today, and apparently the fish 16:34.000 --> 16:36.766 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% must be starting to bite because I see a lot of people 16:36.766 --> 16:42.366 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:52.5% up and down the bank. 16:42.366 --> 16:43.466 align:start position:20% line:74% size:60% You have any luck today? 16:43.466 --> 16:44.900 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:35% Just one. One. 16:44.900 --> 16:46.866 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:50% I'm going to walk up and down the bank today, 16:46.866 --> 16:48.800 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:40% see if anybody's having any luck. 16:48.800 --> 16:50.766 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% It looks like some of them are catching some fish. 16:50.766 --> 16:52.800 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:57.5% It's all about catching the water at the right time, 16:53.133 --> 16:55.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% and usually in March is the time to start checking it. 16:55.866 --> 16:58.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% But you really want to get that water if it's slightly rising 16:58.166 --> 17:00.866 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% after a warm rain, that's when it can be gangbusters. 17:02.133 --> 17:04.033 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% What do you know, fellas? 17:04.033 --> 17:05.433 align:start position:20% line:74% size:60% Good man. Doing alright? 17:05.433 --> 17:05.600 align:start position:42.5% line:74% size:12.5% Yeah. 17:06.800 --> 17:09.033 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% You█ve grown up a little bit in the last four or five months. 17:10.000 --> 17:13.233 align:start position:35% line:68.67% size:32.5% My buddy Evan and his dad, Dan, are down here. 17:13.233 --> 17:14.700 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:32.5% It looks like they've found the honey hole, 17:14.700 --> 17:16.233 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:42.5% and they're catch some white bass too. 17:16.233 --> 17:18.400 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:55% Let me get a stringer. 17:18.400 --> 17:20.600 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:55% Those white bass fight don't they bud? 17:20.833 --> 17:26.033 align:start position:42.5% line:74% size:12.5% Yeah. 17:26.033 --> 17:26.733 align:start position:35% line:74% size:30% There's one. 17:26.733 --> 17:29.400 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:20% Got one? 17:29.400 --> 17:31.900 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:40% Oh, it's a white bass. That's a good one too. 17:33.266 --> 17:34.566 align:start position:30% line:74% size:40% Good job, buddy. 17:34.566 --> 17:35.766 align:start position:25% line:74% size:50% That's a big female. 17:35.766 --> 17:38.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% That's what we want right there. 17:38.933 --> 17:39.933 align:start position:35% line:74% size:27.5% Here we go. 17:41.066 --> 17:44.200 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% Man, I was barely, barely, barely moving that bait. 17:44.966 --> 17:49.000 align:start position:20% line:74% size:60% Barely moving that bait. 17:49.000 --> 17:51.666 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5% A small one here. 17:52.966 --> 17:55.266 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:60% I tell you, these things they fight so incredibly well. 17:55.500 --> 17:57.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% It's just so much fun to catch. 17:57.566 --> 17:58.666 align:start position:37.5% line:68.67% size:22.5% You know, and the great thing is, I'm 17:58.933 --> 18:00.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% looking up and down these banks and there's so many people 18:00.600 --> 18:02.800 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:35% that get down, and enjoy this style of fishing. 18:03.100 --> 18:03.800 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:52.5% You can go in a boat. 18:04.033 --> 18:05.233 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% We got some guys here doing that. 18:05.233 --> 18:08.800 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:55% But also just grab you a couple of little lures. 18:08.800 --> 18:10.700 align:start position:42.5% line:68.67% size:17.5% Really, anything you can catch a crappie 18:10.700 --> 18:12.666 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% on, you can catch a white bass on. 18:12.666 --> 18:15.766 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:67.5% Either spinners, hair jigs, and when the water gets staind 18:15.766 --> 18:16.866 align:start position:35% line:68.67% size:25% like this, I like throwing something 18:16.966 --> 18:19.366 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% with some pink or something with some chartreuse. 18:19.733 --> 18:21.733 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:60% It seems to work really, really well. 18:21.733 --> 18:24.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% But man, this little fish right here doesn't look like much. 18:25.666 --> 18:27.000 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% Had this rod bent around. 18:27.000 --> 18:28.900 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:75% They fight so incredibly well. 18:28.900 --> 18:30.833 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5% Just so much fun. 18:30.833 --> 18:34.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% We're gonna let this one grow up another year. 18:40.000 --> 18:42.200 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% Evan is the same young man that got a house 18:42.200 --> 18:44.400 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% right down from my place on Nolin 18:44.400 --> 18:47.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% Lake and picked him up last year for a surprise fishing trip. 18:48.000 --> 18:49.800 align:start position:20% line:74% size:57.5% White bass. White bass. 18:49.800 --> 18:51.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% That's what we been looking for. Nice job, buddy. 18:52.566 --> 18:54.900 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:50% You've been catching big fish? Yeah. 18:54.900 --> 18:56.266 align:start position:25% line:74% size:50% You can't beat that. 18:56.266 --> 18:58.400 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% I'll tell you what, Evan, I know you play baseball, 18:58.400 --> 19:00.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% and your family likes to get out and spend time outdoors. 19:01.100 --> 19:02.966 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:50% I have to think that a spring break, 19:02.966 --> 19:05.233 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% an entire week at the lake when the fishing is really good 19:05.233 --> 19:07.200 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% is probably a perfect spring break for you, isn't it? 19:07.200 --> 19:07.466 align:start position:42.5% line:74% size:12.5% Yeah. 19:07.800 --> 19:09.100 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:52.5% I like being out here 19:09.100 --> 19:10.200 align:start position:20% line:74% size:60% just catching white bass 19:10.400 --> 19:14.066 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:57.5% and just the thought of being out here and the nature. 19:14.066 --> 19:15.833 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:50% It's just really fun and peaceful. 19:15.833 --> 19:16.400 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:25% I love it. 19:17.133 --> 19:18.733 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% So what's your favorite thing about white bass fishing? 19:19.500 --> 19:20.566 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:25% The fight. 19:20.566 --> 19:20.833 align:start position:42.5% line:74% size:12.5% Yeah. 19:21.566 --> 19:22.300 align:start position:37.5% line:68.67% size:25% They fight like crazy for their size. 19:22.300 --> 19:23.466 align:start position:15% line:74% size:70% Sometimes they'll trick you. 19:23.466 --> 19:24.800 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:45% You'll be fighting the thing to the bank 19:24.800 --> 19:26.833 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% and you be like, oh my gosh, this thing is huge. 19:26.833 --> 19:28.400 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% And you get it in and you█re like, 19:28.400 --> 19:30.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% that is what was pulling my line that hard. 19:30.500 --> 19:32.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% That fish ain█t six inches long. 19:34.533 --> 19:35.300 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:52.5% They're fun to fight. 19:35.600 --> 19:38.000 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% You like eating them? I love eating them. 19:38.000 --> 19:39.700 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:45% I'll tell you what 19:39.933 --> 19:42.233 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:55% I know me and my kids, we love eating them, too. 19:42.300 --> 19:43.700 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:35% My wife, they. 19:43.700 --> 19:45.666 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% You know how to clean them and get that red meat out. 19:45.666 --> 19:47.833 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:55% They are hard to beat. 19:47.833 --> 19:49.900 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% They█re fantastic to eat. That's right. 19:50.300 --> 19:51.600 align:start position:35% line:74% size:30% I love them. 19:51.600 --> 19:53.133 align:start position:37.5% line:68.67% size:22.5% You know, I know that you have a boat 19:53.133 --> 19:55.233 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:60% and you fish from a boat quite a bit. 19:55.233 --> 19:57.733 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:35% A lot of times you go find the fish. 19:57.733 --> 20:00.333 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:75% But when these fish are making a run up the river like this, 20:00.800 --> 20:02.300 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:37.5% you can kind of stay in the same place 20:02.300 --> 20:05.033 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% and let the fish come to you and you might have 20 20:05.033 --> 20:07.033 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% and 30 minute stretches without getting a bite 20:07.033 --> 20:09.233 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% and then you may catch three or four in three cast. 20:10.000 --> 20:11.900 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% Oh. Got him? Yeah, I got him. 20:11.900 --> 20:13.633 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% Nice. There you go. You're on the other side again. 20:14.700 --> 20:16.233 align:start position:37.5% line:68.67% size:22.5% You know, if you look at this water, it's 20:16.233 --> 20:17.933 align:start position:42.5% line:68.67% size:17.5% kind of got a mud line it's out there. 20:17.933 --> 20:19.166 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% By the bank is kind of clean. 20:19.166 --> 20:20.833 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:75% You're making long enough cast that you're able 20:20.833 --> 20:23.300 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% to fish both that mud line and this mud line. 20:23.833 --> 20:25.733 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5% What have we got? 20:25.733 --> 20:27.600 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:45% Seems pretty nice. 20:27.600 --> 20:28.833 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:45% He█s pulling drag. 20:28.833 --> 20:30.333 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% Another beautiful white bass. 20:30.333 --> 20:33.533 align:start position:15% line:74% size:67.5% Nice job, buddy. Thank you. 20:33.533 --> 20:39.000 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% That's a pretty good one. 20:39.000 --> 20:40.600 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:35% Dan, you know, you and I spoke before 20:40.600 --> 20:41.633 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:65% about catching white bass. 20:41.766 --> 20:44.166 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% I've always said that March and April down here 20:44.166 --> 20:46.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% on the river was really the best time to catch them. 20:47.366 --> 20:48.933 align:start position:45% line:68.67% size:12.5% Yeah, I'm glad you told me about this, 20:48.933 --> 20:49.800 align:start position:15% line:74% size:67.5% and I'm glad it worked out. 20:49.933 --> 20:51.366 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% We could be down here at the same time 20:51.366 --> 20:53.066 align:start position:15% line:74% size:67.5% and catching fish together. 20:53.066 --> 20:53.333 align:start position:42.5% line:74% size:12.5% Yeah. 20:53.500 --> 20:53.700 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:22.5% You know, 20:54.866 --> 20:56.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% you and I get to hang out a lot in the summertime, and then, 20:56.266 --> 20:58.100 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:62.5% you know, you got a house right down the road from us. 20:58.100 --> 20:59.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% We became lake-time friends. But 21:00.933 --> 21:02.500 align:start position:15% line:74% size:67.5% March is kind of the time I 21:02.500 --> 21:03.700 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:45% don't get to spend a whole lot of time at the lake. 21:03.700 --> 21:05.200 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% So this is bonus days for us to kind of 21:05.200 --> 21:07.266 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:30% get out here and do this and catch fish. 21:07.266 --> 21:08.533 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:47.5% Yeah, it's a bonus. 21:08.533 --> 21:11.000 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:57.5% The weather's beautiful and the fish are biting. 21:11.000 --> 21:20.966 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:75% So that's where we want to be. 21:22.866 --> 21:23.566 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:45% Now that's a fish. 21:23.566 --> 21:23.933 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:22.5% That fish 21:24.833 --> 21:27.400 align:start position:20% line:74% size:60% there█s got an attitude. 21:27.400 --> 21:29.600 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:62.5% I've probably thrown back more than I've kept and that 21:29.700 --> 21:31.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% I would not throw that one back. 21:31.033 --> 21:33.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% I believe I would keep that one. 21:33.366 --> 21:35.566 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:75% Dan, that's a great fish, man. 21:35.566 --> 21:37.866 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% That's a good looking guy there. How█d that 21:38.500 --> 21:38.833 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:20% one hit? 21:39.066 --> 21:39.566 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5% He just smoke it? 21:39.733 --> 21:41.700 align:start position:20% line:74% size:57.5% Oh, he smoked it. Yeah. 21:42.033 --> 21:43.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% Yeah. They sure are pretty too. 21:43.866 --> 21:46.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% I like to appreciate how pretty they are. 21:46.000 --> 21:49.000 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:75% Dan, I guess we met about four or five years ago. 21:49.066 --> 21:52.066 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% I noticed that your son Evan had an extreme interest 21:52.066 --> 21:52.566 align:start position:35% line:74% size:27.5% in fishing. 21:53.300 --> 21:54.600 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:45% He wanted to fish, and I was able to fish with him 21:54.600 --> 21:55.800 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:45% a couple of times, 21:55.800 --> 21:57.700 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:45% but we were trying to catch bass in the jumps 21:57.700 --> 21:58.800 align:start position:20% line:74% size:60% and that's a lot of fun. 21:58.933 --> 22:01.533 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:65% But, you know, to do that, you almost need a boat. 22:01.533 --> 22:06.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% You actually are here for a week for kid█s Spring break, 22:07.266 --> 22:10.566 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:70% have your boat at your dock, hopped in the car 22:10.566 --> 22:12.266 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% and ran out here just to try this out. 22:12.266 --> 22:13.466 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:75% You know, there's less to deal 22:13.466 --> 22:15.066 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% with as far as the boat and the trolling motor. 22:15.066 --> 22:17.100 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% Just walk down the bank with a handful of jigs 22:17.100 --> 22:18.166 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% and catch fish like that. 22:18.166 --> 22:18.800 align:start position:30% line:74% size:40% Can't beat that. 22:18.800 --> 22:20.166 align:start position:20% line:74% size:60% No can't beat it at all. 22:20.166 --> 22:21.366 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:75% I'm glad you told me about it. 22:21.366 --> 22:22.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% And we were able to work it out 22:22.333 --> 22:23.633 align:start position:40% line:68.67% size:20% to where we could be here together. 22:23.633 --> 22:25.566 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:75% How old were you when you kind of got into fishing? 22:25.566 --> 22:26.700 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:65% Probably about Evan's age. 22:26.700 --> 22:28.266 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:35% Ten or twelve, thirteen years old. 22:28.266 --> 22:30.666 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% When my grandmother used to take me fishing out 22:30.666 --> 22:32.733 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:47.5% in eastern Indiana, Brookville Lake. 22:32.733 --> 22:33.300 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:35% And we used to 22:33.933 --> 22:36.133 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:55% catch a lot of channel cat and bluegill and crappie 22:36.200 --> 22:37.433 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:35% and everything we could out there. 22:37.433 --> 22:39.066 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% It was a good time. Kind of got me started. 22:39.066 --> 22:41.933 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:57.5% I'm glad I've been able to pass that on to Evan. 22:41.933 --> 22:42.733 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:22.5% As a dad, 22:42.933 --> 22:44.700 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:37.5% you got to love when he gets out here 22:44.700 --> 22:46.233 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:50% and wants to do this as much as he█s doing it 22:46.233 --> 22:48.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% because you don█t have to worry about him being in any trouble. 22:48.566 --> 22:49.633 align:start position:25% line:74% size:50% He's eat up with it. 22:49.633 --> 22:51.666 align:start position:35% line:68.67% size:25% Oh, he is. He definitely ate up with it. 22:52.900 --> 22:54.700 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% It was a pleasure getting down here and seeing you. 22:54.700 --> 22:56.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% We█ll be spending a lot of time together this summer 22:56.600 --> 22:58.533 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:60% with our entire families together. Yeah. 22:58.533 --> 23:00.900 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:47.5% But hey, these fish will be doing this tomorrow too. 23:00.900 --> 23:02.200 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% You and Evan got choices. 23:02.200 --> 23:04.200 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:60% You can run back up here and catch them again. 23:04.200 --> 23:06.900 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:42.5% Yeah, I think so. 23:09.100 --> 23:10.900 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:37.5% Now let's check in and see who else has been out 23:10.900 --> 23:11.466 align:start position:35% line:74% size:27.5% having fun. 23:11.866 --> 23:14.033 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% And this week's ones that didn't get away. 23:14.033 --> 23:17.133 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:70% Check out 12 year old Kellen Wilson with this nice buck 23:17.433 --> 23:19.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% that he took in Russell County. 23:19.266 --> 23:20.433 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:40% Congratulations. 23:20.433 --> 23:23.033 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% Jeffrey Wells took a kayak trip down the Barron 23:23.033 --> 23:26.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% River lake and caught this nice string on a crappie. 23:26.033 --> 23:27.100 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:22.5% Nice job. 23:27.200 --> 23:29.700 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% Brian Montgomery went fishing at the falls of the Ohio 23:29.700 --> 23:32.866 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:45% in July and caught this 55 pound blue catfish. 23:33.133 --> 23:34.266 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:22.5% Nice job. 23:34.266 --> 23:34.966 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:32.5% Harvey Carter 23:35.533 --> 23:37.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% decided that he was going to go rabbit hunting on his birthday, 23:38.033 --> 23:40.333 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:45% so he took a buddy and headed to Central Kentucky 23:40.333 --> 23:42.566 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% and had a successful day in the field. 23:42.566 --> 23:45.700 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:70% Four year old Hunter Schmidt went out fishing at Mills Park 23:45.933 --> 23:47.866 align:start position:15% line:74% size:67.5% and caught his first trout. 23:47.866 --> 23:49.166 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:22.5% Nice job. 23:49.166 --> 23:51.000 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% Check out this beautiful smallmouth bass 23:51.000 --> 23:53.366 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:70% that was caught by nine year old Lee McNeese. 23:53.366 --> 23:56.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% This fish was caught in a creek in Jessamine County. 23:56.766 --> 23:57.966 align:start position:37.5% line:74% size:22.5% Nice job. 23:57.966 --> 24:01.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% Tyler Vogler and his son Virgil got these three nice rabbits 24:01.833 --> 24:05.400 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% while running with their dogs Addie, Belle, Sue, and wooly. 24:05.666 --> 24:07.966 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% This was the last day of the season. 24:07.966 --> 24:08.566 align:start position:35% line:74% size:27.5% What a day. 24:12.200 --> 24:13.233 align:start position:15% line:74% size:65% Do you have more questions 24:13.233 --> 24:14.966 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:30% about spring fishing here in Kentucky? 24:14.966 --> 24:16.866 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% Well, you're in luck, because our annual spring 24:16.866 --> 24:19.066 align:start position:40% line:68.67% size:17.5% fishing call and show is coming up. 24:19.066 --> 24:22.700 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% It's on February the 17th at 7:00 on YouTube, 24:22.866 --> 24:25.833 align:start position:20% line:74% size:55% Facebook, or FW.KY.GOV 24:26.366 --> 24:27.233 align:start position:32.5% line:74% size:32.5% And remember, 24:27.500 --> 24:29.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% hunting and fishing on private property is a privilege. 24:29.566 --> 24:31.766 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% I always ask permission to thank the landowner. 24:31.766 --> 24:33.566 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% Until next week, I'm your host, Chad Miles, 24:33.566 --> 24:36.533 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% and I hope to see you in the woods or on the water. 24:40.166 --> 24:42.400 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:30% Did you know the Kentucky is home 24:42.400 --> 24:44.733 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% to the largest Elk heard, in the eastern U.S., 24:44.733 --> 24:48.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% with an elk zone twice the size of Yellowstone National Park. 24:48.566 --> 24:50.600 align:start position:20% line:74% size:57.5% Look how big animal is. 24:50.600 --> 24:52.300 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% I mean, this is just amazing. 24:52.300 --> 24:54.100 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:30% And we enjoy one of the most diverse 24:54.100 --> 24:55.566 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% fisheries in the country. 24:55.566 --> 24:58.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% Just ask Christine. Very nice. 24:58.166 --> 25:00.966 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:70% Oh, and by the way, Kentucky is known for being 25:00.966 --> 25:04.133 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% one of the top five states for trophy whitetails each year. 25:04.800 --> 25:08.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% Additionally, more than 100,000 Kentuckians have benefited 25:08.533 --> 25:11.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% from our conservation education programs like the Salado 25:11.666 --> 25:14.766 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% Wildlife Education Center, summer conservation camps, 25:16.066 --> 25:18.766 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% good job, and our Learn to Hunt and Fish classes. 25:18.766 --> 25:21.933 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% Or did you know about the 1.6 million acres 25:21.933 --> 25:22.900 align:start position:25% line:74% size:47.5% open to the public? 25:22.900 --> 25:25.000 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% These are just a few things that Kentucky's 25:25.000 --> 25:27.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% Department of Fish and Wildlife have helped preserve. 25:27.566 --> 25:30.366 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:55% This is one of several we have on the Kentucky River. 25:30.366 --> 25:32.933 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% She's got plenty of room in that nest for chicks. 25:32.933 --> 25:34.933 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% Who pays for conservation in Kentucky? 25:34.933 --> 25:36.900 align:start position:42.5% line:68.67% size:12.5% Well, since the department receives 25:36.900 --> 25:39.166 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% no general fund state tax dollars, 25:39.166 --> 25:42.133 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% we rely on the sportsmen and women of the Commonwealth. 25:43.100 --> 25:45.133 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% He's been waiting years for that. 25:45.133 --> 25:49.333 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% So if you enjoy Kentucky's resources, 25:51.100 --> 25:53.466 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% help us manage them by purchasing a hunting 25:53.466 --> 25:55.200 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% or fishing license today. 25:55.200 --> 25:59.233 align:start position:40% line:68.67% size:17.5% You can do so by visiting FW.KY.GOV.