THIS IS THE 2021 KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL BASS FISHING CHAMPION, STATE CHAMPION.

>> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... WE ARE IN THE BOAT WITH THE 2021 CACT BASS FISHING STATE CHAMPIONS OF MUHLENBURG COUNTY.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> NEXT, WE ARE LOOK AGO HEAD TO FALL HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES.

DOVE SEASON WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

THEN... >> I NEED THE NET AGAIN.

>> IT TURNS OUT THAT SOME OF THE BEST CRAPPIE FISHING IS YET TO COME.

>> ANOTHER DECENT ONE.

>> WE ARE CATCHING SUMMERTIME FISH ON BARREN RIVER LAKE.

>> IF YOU FISH BELOW 'EM, YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ONE.

>> IT'S ALL NEXT ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... >> THAT'S A PRETTY FISH.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

>> THIS POND IS PLUM FLOATED WITH FROGS.

>> THEY'RE EVERYWHERE IN HERE.

(GUNSHOT) >> THIS IS A GOOD FISH RIGHT HERE.

A REALLY GOOD FISH.

>> COME HERE, GIRL.

>> THAT'S A BIG RABBIT.

>> NICE JOB.

>> YES!

MY FIRST MUSKY.

>> LEO!

♪ WE GOT A KEEPER!

>> THERE GOES.

BOOM!

>> WOW, THAT HAPPENED FAST.

>> HELLO, WELCOME TO KENTUCKY AFIELD.

I'M YOUR HOST CHAD MILES.

JOIN US AS WE JOURNEY THE COMMONWEALTH IN SEARCH OF OUTDOOR ADVENTURE.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BUILD A DYNASTY?

LET'S CATCH UP WITH THE MUHLENBURG HIGH SCHOOL COUNTY BASS FISHING TEAM AND FIND OUT HOW THEY WON THEIR FOURTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> WE ARE DOWN HERE ON KENTUCKY LAKE TODAY WITH A FAMILIAR FACE.

MAN, MUHLENBURG COUNTY WHERE YOU COACH, THAT BASS FISHING TEAM IS ON A ROLL.

>> WE ARE VERY THANKFUL AND BLESSED.

WE ARE, AND WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF HELP AND JUST A LOT OF SUPPORT.

>> I'VE LOOKED AT YOUR SHIRT.

YOU WON 2014, 2015, 2017 AND NOW 2021.

TELL ME ABOUT THESE TWO BOYS THAT WON IT THIS YEAR?

>> BOTH BOYS HAVE BEEN PART OF THE TEAM FOR FOUR YEARS.

LANE, HE SHOWED EARLY ON IN 2019, LOST THE FIRST FISH THAT COULD HAVE WON THE TOURNAMENT AND FINISHED SECOND PLACE AND CAMDEN STEP YOU HAD UP THIS YEAR, REALLY SHOWED THE TIME HE HAS PUT IN AND HE STEPPED UP HIS SENIOR YEAR.

WHAT IS AMAZING, THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR THEY FISHED TOGETHER.

THEY HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY.

IT WAS LIKE IT WAS MEANT TO BE.

THEY WERE PUT BACK TOGETHER THEIR SENIOR YEAR.

I LIKE TO STICK A LOT OF THE YOUNGER BOYS WITH THE OLDER BOYS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON SO THEY CAN GROW AND LEARN AND USUALLY LATER ON IN THE SEASON I PUT MY BEST ONES TOGETHER TO GIVE US THE BEST SHOT AT REGIONAL AND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> LARGE MOUTH AND SMALL MOUTH.

>> FISH NUMBER ONE.

>> ON A LITTLE SPOOK THERE.

>> YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO START OFF ON TOP WATER.

THAT'S THE REASON YOU DID IT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> RIGHT HERE, THIS IS THE 2021 KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL BASS FISHING CHAMPIONS, STATE CHAMPIONS.

THAT WAS JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, RIGHT?

>> YEP.

>> WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE THE HIGH SCHOOL BASS FISHING CHAMPION.

PRETTY COOL?

YOU PROBABLY SET YOUR GOALS YEARS AGO WHEN YOU STARTED FISHING, THINKING I'M GOING TO BE STATE CHAMPION?

>> WHEN MY BROTHER WON IN 2017, I REMEMBER SEEING HIM UP ON THE STAGE GETTING THE TROPHY AND I WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE THEN, I WAS LIKE YEP, THAT'S GOING TO BE ME ONE DAY.

>> YOU GUYS FISHED FOR FOUR YEARS FOR MUHLENBURG COUNTY, RIGHT?

>> YEP.

>> YOU WERE ONLY PARTNERS FOR A COUPLE OF TOURNAMENTS, RIGHT?

>> WE WEREN'T PARTNERS UNTIL THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR.

>> YOU GUYS PUT THE POWER TEAM TOGETHER BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID YOU WIN, YOU WON BY OVER FOUR POUNDS.

PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW BASS FISHING, ON A FOUR DAY BASS FISHING TOURNAMENT, WINNING BY FOUR POUNDS IS LIKE ONING BY FIVE STROKES IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT.

THAT'S A DECENT AMOUNT.

WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT AND SEE IF WE CAN'T PUT SOME FISH IN THE BOAT AND I WANT TO LEARN MORE AND WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE FOR BASS FISHING.

>> SOUNDS GOOD.

>> THERE YOU GO.

THERE YOU GO!

THAT'S THE LURE YOU WERE TELLING ME EARLIER YOU CAUGHT A COUNSEL FISH ON YESTERDAY AND ALSO CAUGHT A COUPLE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

>> THAT'S THE ONE.

>> WE STARTED OUT EARLY, CAUGHT ONE.

MOVED OUT AND YOU'VE GOT ONE OUT HERE IN DEEPER BRUSH PILES.

THAT'S A BETTER FISH.

>> THREE AND A HALF POUNDS, FOUR MAYBE.

MOST EXPERIENCE ON KENTUCKY LAKE.

YOU GUYS HAVE WON QUITE A BIT BUT YOU ARE NOT CLOSE IN KENTUCKY LAKE.

YOU ARE AN HOUR.

YOU ARE MORE IN TUNE WITH WHAT THE LAKE IS DOING INSTEAD OF WHAT IT WAS DOING WHEN YOU FISHED HERE IN THE PAST.

>> I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, YOU KNOW YOU ARE BECOMING A GOOD FISHERMAN WHEN YOU CAN FISH ONE OF YOUR HOME WATERSHEDS YOU KNOW REALLY WELL.

OKAY, MY FAVORITE SPOT IN THE WORLD IS RIGHT HERE AND I'M NOT GOING TO FISH IT BECAUSE HOW THE FISH ARE SETTING UP.

THEY'RE NOT BITING, NOT FEEDING THAT WAY.

>> LIKE WITH US HAVING TO SLOW DOWN TO CATCH THEM, TOO.

FISHING A TOURNAMENT, YOU WANT TO FISH AS FAST AS YOU CAN.

IF YOU WERE FISHING FAST, YOU WOULDN'T GET BIT.

HAD YOU TO FISH SLOW AND.

>> ISSUES PA IS A BIG DEAL IN FISHING.

>> FISH ON.

>> SWIMMING RIGHT AT US.

>> JUST ABOUT A KEEPER.

WE ARE PRETTY MUCH CATCHING FISH ON THIS IS JUST A WORM.

GOOD CATCH TOP WATER FISH EARLY BUT NOW IT HAS BEEN PEGGED TO THE BOTTOM.

GET THIS ONE BACK.

>> PRETTY GOOD FISH.

>> TWO AND A HALF POUNDER LIKE THE ONE I CAUGHT YESTERDAY WITH THE SPOT ON HIS TONGUE, TOO.

>> OH YEAH.

>> OH MY GOODNESS.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

>> THERE YOU GO.

A KEEPER THOUGH.

IT'S A FISH.

>> PEGGED TO THE BOTTOM AND SLOW.

HERE IT IS.

>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

>> STAY DOWN.

NO, HE'S NOT AS BIG AS I THOUGHT HE WAS.

HE WANTED IT THOUGH.

THERE YOU GO.

THERE'S ONE.

THERE YOU GO.

ANOTHER TOP WATER.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW.

MIDDLE OF THE DAY RIGHT HERE IN THE AFTERNOON.

THAT'S THE SECOND FISH RIGHT HERE WITHIN A FOOT AND A HALF OF THE BANK.

>> RIGHT OFF THE GRASS.

ALL ABOUT MABEL AGO JUSTMENTS.

FISHING DEEP, HARD NOT TO THROW IT TOP WATER.

>> OH MY GOODNESS.

THAT'S A BIG UP.

>> SMALL MOUTH.

THAT'S WHY.

DANG SMALL MOUTH.

>> HE WAS LIKE, I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE WITHOUT THAT BAIT RIGHT THERE.

>> THAT WAS AWESOME.

LITTLE GUY BUT HE WANTED IT.

THAT'S THE FIRST BROWN FISH WE CAUGHT ALL DAY.

>> CRAZY HOW AGGRESSIVE THAT SMALL MOUTH WAS TO THE BAIT.

>> DAYS LIKE TODAY YOU CAN CATCH THEM ON TOP WATER ALL DAY IF YOU WANT TO.

>> GOOD ONE?

LOOK HOW FAT THAT BELLY IS ON THAT-FOR-A POST SPAWN FISH.

CONDITIONS CHANGE.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN WE SCHEDULED THIS THREE, FOUR, FIVE DAYS AGO THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING THIS TYPE OF WEATHER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND THESE FISH HAVE AGGRESSIVELY STARTED FEEDING RIGHT UP ON THE BANK.

THERE IS NO MORE FUN WAY TO CATCH THEM THAN ON TOP OF THE WATER.

>> THINK WE OUGHT TO HIT THE NEXT ONE?

>> YEP.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A REALLY GOOD TOURNAMENT BASS ANGLER.

AND YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY ARE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT IT'S RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, DEDICATION, TEAMWORK AND THE DRIVE TO COMPETE.

THE SKILL SET IT TAKES FOR YOU GUYS TO BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD AT BASS FISHING ARE ATTRIBUTES THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE AND OTHER THINGS AS WELL.

>> I TOTALLY AGREE.

>> YOU ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A COACH LIKE CODY WHO IS SUCH A GOOD INFLUENCE AND TEACHES YOU SO MUCH ABOUT THINGS OUTSIDE OF FISHING.

FISHING IS IMPORTANT BUT OTHER THINGS AS WELL.

>> WE COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER COACH TO COACH OUR TEAM.

HE TEACHES US A LOT ABOUT FISHING BUT HE TEACHES US A LOT ABOUT LIFE AS WITH EL.

>> YEAH, CODY HAS PROBABLY BEEN THE BEST COACH WE COULD EVER ASK FOR.

HE TAKES GOOD CARE OF US.

HE KNOWS FISHING IS MORE THAN JUST FISHING, TOO.

IT'S ABOUT LIFE, TAKES A LOT OF PATIENCE TO SIT OUT HERE LIKE WE ARE DOING, REAL SLOW AND JUST GRIND ALL DAY AND CATCH THOSE FISH.

>> IT HAS BEEN A GREAT TIME MEETING YOU AND FISHING WITH YOU.

I LOVE HOW YOU MADE DECISIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO STAY ON THE FISH.

>> WENT DEEP CAUGHT A COUPLE, SHALLOW WHEN IT STARTED RAINING, CAME OUT AND GET MORE DEEP.

>> IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN.

>> IT HAS BEEN.

APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> A LOT OF FUN.

GOOD LUCK GUYS.

>> DOVE SEASON IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

NOW IS THE TIME TO STOCK UP ON SHOTGUN SHELLS AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR HUNTER SAFETY CARD.

>> THERE YOU GO.

GOT ONE DOWN.

DOVE NUMBER 1.

MORE WORK THAN IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

ALL THIS NICE CUT CORN, EASY TO FIND THEM.

FIRST ONE I SHOOT LANDS IN THE STANDING CORN.

THAT'S HOW IT GOES.

HERE WE GO.

(GUNSHOT) >> THAT WILL BE EASIER TO RETRIEVE.

SO I'M HERE WITH BRUCE LANGLY.

BRUCE, YOU FARM ALL OVER THE STATE OF KENTUCKY, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE FIELDS THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY CUT FOR CORN.

>> WE CHOPPED THIS FIELD FOR SILAGE, FEED FOR CATTLE.

>> THIS IS A PERFECT SITUATION BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY, WE CAN'T SEE IT, BUT RIGHT OVER THERE, YOU HAVE A FIELD THAT YOU ACTUALLY PLANTED TO DOVE HUNT.

>> SUNFLOWER FIELD ABOUT 300 YARDS THAT WAY OVER THE CREEK.

>> OUR JOB IS TO KEEP THE DOVES UP SO THEY DON'T LAND IN THE CORN FIELD.

GIVE THE GUYS A REALLY GOOD HUNT.

WE SHOULD GET A GOOD HUNT OUT OF IT OURSELVES.

>> THIS YOU GO.

GOOD SHOT THAT BIRD WANTED TO BE ON CAMERA.

IT REQUIRES A SHOTGUN AND MINIMAL AMOUNT OF GEAR, YOUR HUNTING LICENSE YOUR MIGRATORY BIRD PERMIT AND YOU CAN COME OUT HERE AND HAVE A BLAST.

>> YOU CAN SIT HERE AND TALK TO SOMEBODY AND NOT HAVE TO WHISPER AND IT'S USUALLY GOOD WEATHER, YOU KNOW, GOOD TEMPERATURE.

YOU ARE NOT FREEZING SO IT'S A GOOD TIME.

>> A LOT OF FUN.

>> THEY'RE HARD TO BEAT ON THE GRILL.

>> OH MAN.

WRAPPED IN BACON.

>> I'M SEEING TONS OF BIRDS AND IT'S STILL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

I HAVE A FEELING THAT TODAY IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN.

>> I HOPE SO.

GOOD SHOT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU GOT 'EM.

>> HERE WE GO.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHO GOT THAT ONE.

>> I DON'T KNOW EITHER.

ENDED UP BEING THE ONE I SWITCHED OVER TO.

RIGHT HERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO GOT HIM BUT HE'S DONE.

HE'S DOWN.

IT'S A GOOD FEELING TO HAVE A GOOD SHUT OFF TIME AND IF WE STAY OUT HERE UNTIL 7:00 AND THEY CAN'T COME IN AND FEED, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE JUST HURTING YOURSELF.

YOU DO NEED TO GIVE THEM TIME TO COME IN.

>> THAT'S WHY A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC FIELDS, THEY'LL HUNT A DAY OR TWO AND BE OFF LIMITS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

>> WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THIS THE MOST?

THE CAMARADERIE BEFORE AND AFTER AND ME AND YOU ARE SITTING HERE, HUNTING AND TALKING AND HAVING A SUCCESSFUL HUNT.

NICE WEATHER, A LOT OF ACTION A LOT OF BIRDS COMING IN ON TOP OF YOU.

>> A LOT OF SHOOTING.

>> THERE IS NOT TOO MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU YELL AT YOUR BUDDY ACROSS THE FIELD AND TELL HIM THERE IS A BIRD COMING.

>> DEREK!

IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT STYLE.

SEPTEMBER 1 IS FIRST HUNTING SEASON.

I LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT REALLY.

>> THAT JOKER WAS ON TOP OF IT.

THIS RIGHT HERE MAY BE THE DUMBEST BIRD IN THE COUNTY.

TRIED TO LAND ON THAT WIRE RIGHT ABOVE US.

>> MAYBE HE HAS BEEN MISSED SO MANY TIMES, HE SAID HECK, THEY CAN'T HIT ME.

>> IT IS NICE.

WE GOT 10 BIRDS BETWEEN US.

AND WE'VE HAD ZERO NON-RECOVERY.

ALLOW THE BIRDS TO MAKE SURE THEY CLEAR THE CORN.

>> RIGHT HERE.

(MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS) >> WE BOTH SHOT ON IT.

SOMEBODY GOT 'EM.

BRUCE SAYS HE LIKES TO EMPLOY THE STRATEGY WHERE HE LIKES TO QUIT SHOOTING AT 7:00 SO THE BIRDS HAVE A CHANCE TO FEED.

SO AND IN BRUCE'S FIELD, THE EARLY BIRD IN THE AFTERNOON, THE EARLY BIRD DOESN'T GET THE WORM.

EARLY BIRD GETS THE LED.

TWO MORE BIRDS TO MAKE A LIMIT AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE LIMITED IT OUT.

WHAT A GREAT DOVE HUNT.

I GET OUT HERE AND DO THIS I ALWAYS TELL MYSELF, WHY DO I HUNT THE FIRST WEEK OF DOVE SEASON AND THEN QUIT?

FOR TODAY, A GREAT HUNT.

GOT MY LIMIT AND IT'S TIME TO GO TO THE BARN FOR FELLOWSHIP.

WHEN MOST ANGLERS THINK ABOUT CRAPPIE FISHING, WE THINK ABOUT THE SPRING TIME, THE BEST TIME TO PATTERN CRAPPIE IS IN THE SUMMER.

WE ARE OUT HERE ON BARREN RIVER LAKE WITH TOM PERKINS AND TOM, YOU LOVE TO CRAPPIE FISH.

BUT YOU TOLD ME THAT AUGUST IS ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE MONTHS, WHICH MOST PEOPLE WHO CRAPPIE FISH THEY THINK THAT'S THE CRAZIEST THING THEY'VE EVER HEARD.

>> YOU CAN JUST ABOUT PLAN HOW MANY YOU ARE GOING TO CATCH EACH DAY WHEN THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER WHERE EVERY DAY IS HOT, IT'S MORE PREDICTABLE.

I NEED THE NET AGAIN YOU ARE FISHING TO POUND TEST AND YOU SAID THERE NO, SIR REASON TO THROW SOMETHING ELSE?

>> I CAN'T THROW ANYTHING ELSE.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING I GOT.

>> LIMITED BY YOUR TACKLE BOX.

IF YOU ARE CATCHING FISH, THERE IS NO LIMITATIONS AT ALL.

>> I HAVE BEEN FISHING THAT SINCE 1990 AND JUST REEL IT UP EASY BLUED BUDDY.

>> JUST LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE GOOD AND HEALTHY DOWN HERE THIS YEAR.

>> THEY SURE ARE.

THEY LOOK GREAT.

>> THE THING ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE IS ONCE YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT DEPTH THEY ARE, IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH BRUSH PILES, YOU CAN MOVE FROM SPOT TO SPOT TO SPOT.

>> YOU GOT ANOTHER ONE.

>> YES, SIR, I DON'T NEED THE NET.

>> LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE ALL SIZES IN HERE.

CAUGHT HIM TWO YEARS EARLY.

I DON'T LIKE TO PUT MY CRAPPIE BACK WHERE I'M FISHING.

I THINK THEY TELL ON YOU IF YOU GET ONE HALFWAY TO THE BOAT AND IT GETS OFF, IT WILL SLOW THE BRUSH PILE DOWN.

YOU DO THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES, YOU MIGHT AS WELL MOVE.

>> TATTLE TALE, HUH?

>> I THINK THEY GIVE OFF SOME KIND OF SCENT.

I HAVE NO WAY TO PROFIT, JUST MY EXPERIENCE, IF YOU LET ONE GET OFF, THEY REALLY SLOW DOWN.

THAT'S A GOOD KEEPER THAT ONE IS 10 INCHES.

WE JUST CAUGHT THEM BETTER FISH BUT HE'S WIDE SHOULDERS ON HIM.

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU LIKE IF YOU ARE HUNGRY.

I'LL TAKE A THICK ONE OVER A LONG ONE ANY DAY.

>> YES, SIR.

YOU CAN SEE FISH SUSPENDED OVER THE TOP OUT THERE.

>> EXACTLY 15 FEET ISN'T IT.

>> JUST ABOUT, ALMOST LIKE I PLANNED IT.

AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS HOW MUCH THE BRUSH COMES UP OFF THE BOTTOM.

THAT'S A KEY TO HAVING A GOOD BRUSH PILE.

BECAUSE IF A COLD FRONT COMES IN OR A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM COMES IN, FISH HAVE TO MOVE IN THE WATER COLUMN.

IF YOUR BRUSH FILE IS FLAT, THEY HAVE TO MOVE AWAY FROM IT.

IF YOUR BRUSH FILE HAS LIMBS THAT STICK UP, THEY CAN MOVE UP AND DOWN IN THE WATER COLUMN AND STAY THERE.

>> THAT'S PERFECT.

>> WE SHOULD CATCH A BLACK CRAPPIE HERE.

>> LET ME GET THAT NET.

>> I GOT IT.

>> BY GOLLY, YOU CALLED IT.

>> YEP.

>> HEY, WHEN YOU CAN CALL WHAT TYPE OR WHAT SPECIES OF CRAPPY YOU ARE GOING TO CATCH, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD AND YOU CAN SEE THE WAY TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE ON A BLACK AND WHITE CRAPPIE, YOU DON'T HAVE THE VERTICAL LINES.

THEY'RE KIND OF JUST SCATTERED EVERYWHERE.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THESE LITTLE BLACK MARKS ARE JUST EVERYWHERE ON THAT FISH.

>> THE WAY I TELL THEM, IF I REALLY WANT TO KNOW, YOU CAN COUNT THESE SPIKES.

AND A BLACK WILL HAVE AT LEAST SEVEN.

A WHITE WILL JUST HAVE SIX.

>> OKAY.

SEE HOW THE CRAPPIE'S EYES ARE SITTING ON TOP OF ITS HEAD.

ITS MOUTH IS MADE TO GO UP.

A CRAPPIE WILL NEVER FEED DOWN.

WE ARE REELING BY THAT FISH IN THE BRUSH PILE AND AS THE BAIT COMES OUT, HE COMES OUT OF THE BRUSH AND EATS THE BAIT.

IF YOU FISH BELOW 'EM, YOU WILL NEVER CATCH ONE.

THEY DON'T LOOK DOWN THEIR EYE ARE ON TOP OF THEIR HEAD.

CRAPPIE WILL NEVER EAT ANYTHING BELOW IT.

>> THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

CALLING THE SPECIES BEFORE YOU TURN THE ENGINE OFF.

>> I'LL HAVE TO GET MY DIVER TO MOVE TO THE NEXT PILE BEFORE WE MOVE.

>> YOU BETTER RADIO AND TELL HIM WHERE WE ARE GOING.

IT'S NOT LIKE WE WENT FROM FISHING FOUR FEET TO 15 FEET AND YOU CHANGED THE SPECIES.

WE ARE AT THE EXACT SAME DEPTH.

>> THAT WAS A BIG FLAT OVER THERE.

IT'S PROBABLY 100 YARDS TO THE CHANNEL.

HERE IT'S 30 YARDS TO THE CHANNEL.

YOU KNOW, AS WE COME IN, WE SAW FISH SUSPENDED OVER THE CHANNEL OVER THERE AND THEY'RE REALLY HARD TO CATCH.

BUT THE ONES THAT ARE OVER THIS BRUSH PILE OR IN THIS BRUSH PILE THE TOP OF THE POINT, WILL EAT.

>> THERE HE IS AGAIN.

>> THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD ONE HERE.

>> SEE THERE'S A WHITE MIXED IN THERE WITH 'EM.

THOSE FINS WILL GET YOU, WON'TY THIS THEY?

>> UH-HUH.

IT IS A NICE FISH.

>> I THINK IT WILL AVERAGE ABOUT 11 INCHES AROUND HERE.

ON THE AVERAGE.

LOCK HOW LITTLE THAT ONE IS?

>> TWO YEARS EARLY.

THAT'S ABOUT AS LITTLE AS IT GETS RIGHT THERE.

>> THEY'RE GETTING BIGGER.

IF THE NEXT ONE IS AS BIG AS THE FIRST ONE IS...

I'M GOING TO HAVE A GOOD ONE.

>> THAT ONE THERE IS GOING TO BE CLOSE ISN'T HE.

>> HEAL OWE MAKE IT.

>> ANOTHER BLACK CRAPPIE.

HE IS 10 INCHES.

HE JUST LOOKS SMALL.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN THROWING THOSE 12 AND 13-INCH FISH IN THERE, MAKES MINE LOOK SO SMALL.

>> YEAH.

>> IS THAT A GOOD FISH.

>> HE'S COME LOOSE.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE FISH EVER SO CLOSE TO THE STRUCTURE.

HE GOT THIS THERE AFTER HE BIT.

>> HE PULLED ME IN.

>> HE TOOK YOUR BAIT THERE DIDN'T HE?

>> YEP.

NICE FAT FISH.

>> THAT'S A NICE FISH.

ANOTHER BLACK CRAPPIE, ISN'T IT?

>> UH-HUH.

SOME OF THESE BRUSH PILES THAT I FISH THE CORPS PUT OUT.

THE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT.

YOU CAN GO ON THE INTERNET AND THEY'RE MARKED.

MOST OF MINE AT NOLIN ARE MARKED WHERE PEOPLE FOUND THEM AND PUT THEM ON THE INTERNET.

>> THERE IS NO SECRET SPOTS NOW.

>> NOT WITH THE INTERNET AND ELECTRONICS.

>> GOT ONE NOW.

THAT ONE THERE WAS THAT ALL ALL THE WAY DOWN.

>> NEVER GOT DOWN TO WHERE YOU WANTED TO GO: THERE YOU GO.

YOU CALLED IT AGAIN.

>> YEP.

>> DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU HAD ONE.

YOU GOT ONE.

YOU GOT A GOOD ONE.

NICE FISH.

>> THAT'S A NICE FISH.

NOT CLOSE TO DEEP WATER AND YOU GOT YOUR WHITE CRAPPIE AGAIN.

>> UH-HUH.

>> LET'S CHECK IN AND SEE WHO ELSE HAS BEEN HAVING FUN IN THIS WEEK'S ONES THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY.

A LARGE MOUTH BASS BY JOE CRAIG IN MARION COUNTY KENTUCKY.

DREW CRAIG WITH A NICE LARGE MOUTH BASS HE CAUGHT FISHING WITH A BLUEGILL.

CHECK OUT THIS BEAUTIFUL BLUE CATFISH CAUGHT BY BRENDON BROWN, 13 YEARS OLD ON THE LICKING RIVER IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

EIGHT-YEAR-OLD ELI HARPER CAUGHT THIS NICE LARGE MOUTH BASS FISHING AT A FARM POND IN LOUISVILLE.

HERE WE HAVE JAMES WITH A NICE BLUEGILL CAUGHT AT McKNEELY LAKE.

NICE JOB.

HERE WE HAVE 11-YEAR-OLD JUNE MIDDLETON WITH A NICE RED EAR CAUGHT AT BUCK CREEK LAKE IN LINCOLN COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

CHECK OUT THIS GREAT PICTURE AND A SUPER NICE STRIPER THAT WAS CAUGHT BY COLE MEADOWS.

THIS FISH PUT A SMILE ON ITS FACE ALL DAY LONG.

JEFF AND JAN JANUARY SON OF WHITESVILLE KENTUCKY KNOW HOW TO CELEBRATE AN ANNIVERSARY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

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UNTIL NEXT WEEK, I'M YOUR HOST CHAD MILES AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN THE WOODS OR ON THE WATER.

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