KYbassman67

I am trying to plan a trip to KY Lake sometime in April, but I do not have a boat and have never fished the area. With such a huge lake I have no idea where the perfect spot to shore fish would be? Does anyone have any advice or recommendations for shore fishing KY Lake? Also, would it be worth the cost to aquire the services of a guide?? I would rather just find those hot spots along the shore!

I have recently purchased a King Kat Combo rod & reel from Cabelas. I purchased the 7' with MH action, and I was wondering if anyone has had some experience or knowledge about this combo...

What is the proper way to rig a worm/freak-bait/lizards? When setting up the proper rig (carolina, wacky, texas) how does one decide which rig to use and why? Water conditions a huge factor? Actual physical conditions of the lake/pond (i.e-very mossy/downed logs)? Does the rigging of the worm play a huge part in successful fishing or is it more personal preference?

Caught numerous box turtles, but recently caught a MONSTER soft-shell turtle off the bottom of the licking river with a hotdog, released with no problem luckily. Also caught a large water moccasin snake :-? while wading in the rapids of the licking.

Over the summer I purchased the weedless scumFrog from basspro. I haven't had much luck with it tho..to be honest my best top-water bait has been a hard plastic cricket. This is what the scumFrog looks like, and it's weedless so that can come in handy if you want to drag it out of moss and such. http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_15436_100007008_100000000_100007000_100-7-8

Rhino, I agree. The fish have been looking huge!! I just went out yesterday and a friend hit a nice 3-4lbs bass on a black nightcrawler. I think its best to slow it down in the winter to adapt to the laziness of the fish. Question tho...I have heard the fish come closer to the surface and to the sure during the cold months, but I have also heard they go deeper? Which, if either, is true? OR are we just over-thinking this because regardless of temp. fish like protect? What have you heard?

I have been havin' the same sorta questions, but lately even with the temps fallin I have been havin good luck with regular nightcrawlers and lizards. I have used watermellon and pumpkin colored worms and just drag them slowly across the bottom, because the fish seem to get lazy when the temp. falls.

Monster Fish Paul!! Congrats on the catch with the "secret." ;D

Great lookin fish!! Love the second "action" shot! Looks like a great day of catchin'

I am very close!! That sounds like an excellent idea!!

Awesome!! Huge Fish! ;D What did you do with that sucker? Makin' it to your wall or what?

Breaking the law is breaking the law, and there is no excuse...but... Maybe the guys just love to fish and have bass fever, growing up in the area I did, it was tough to find good ponds to fish, and if we ever did fish anything questionable we would always release, but when you love to fish and you see a nice little pond w/o any other sources of water it can be tempting ;D But, if you are familiar with the area, go talk to the guys and recommend some other spot to fish that you know is legal and try to keep the peace

HA!! Catchin' fish yesterday, tryin' to get em today...thats the life!! It was in the low 40's today, and the only thing I have caught in the last two weeks was a small large-mouth on a pumkin colored zoom worm, and it literally hit less than two feet from the shoreline...other than that..notta!

With temps. falling drastically, I have had mild success lately, but nothing to brag about. Got any stories of success or failure in the cold and still getting colder weather?

I have always heard that natural is the best way to go with bass, but in my experience it really hasn't made a difference. The only thing I noticed is that the fish seem to strike more at natural colors if you are fishing an over-fished community pond/lake. I was recently at a new man-made lake that is rarely fished and the, mostly rock bass, were striking at anything I put in the water.