♪ ♪ >> STARTING OFF WITH A FROG?

>> LOOKS A LITTLE FROGGY.

>> IT DOES.

>> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... >> WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE.

>> KAYAK BASS FISHING IS NOW A COLLEGE SPORT.

>> WE ARE ABOUT TO START GETTING HOT AND HEAVY, GET KAYAK ANGLERS IN FOR THE NEXT SEMESTER.

>> WE ARE LEARNING ALL ABOUT IT ON GAS CREEK LAKE.

NEXT, 12-YEAR-OLD CARTER DENTON MAKES HIS OWN FISHING LURES WITH A BLOCK OF WOOD.

>> YOU ASK YOUR KID, WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS?

HE SAID A BAND SAW.

HE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.

>> THEN, WE ARE LOOKING AHEAD TO FALL HUNTING.

>> RABBIT RIGHT THERE...

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 AND WELCOME TO KENTUCKY AFIELD.

I'M YOUR HOST CHAD MILES.

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

HEY, DO YOU LIKE TO BASS FISH?

THERE COULD BE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU THAT MAY INCLUDE A SCHOLARSHIP.

>> DO YOU HAVE ALL THE GEAR YOU THINK YOU NEED SOME.

>> YEAH.

>> ANY TIME YOU ARE KAYAK FISHING, IT'S BEST TO HAVE A GAME PLAN.

RIGHT HERE WE ARE MID LAKE.

MORE SHALLOW WATER THIS WAY, DAM AND DEEP WATER THIS WAY.

I THINK WE ARE HEADED THIS WAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> LET'S GO RIGHT.

>> A LOT OF THE BIG BASS HAVE SPAWNED OUT BUT WITH THE WATER TEMPERATURES, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHALLOW.

>> THIS IS A PREDOMINANTLY SHALLOW LAKE.

IT HAS STUFF TO SKIP UP UNDER.

I SAY WE WILL BE UP SHALLOW MOST OF THE DAY.

>> I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN COMPETITIVELY BASS FISHING NOW FOR EIGHT YEARS.

BOTH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR YOU TODAY FISHING OUT OF A KAYAK.

>> I FISHED ONLY ONE OTHER TIME IN A STREAM AND RIVER IN A KAYAK, IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

TAKE A WHILE TO GET MY BEARINGS.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

>> LET'S GO CATCH A FISH.

>> STARTING OFF WITH A FROG?

>> WHY IS-- YES, SIR.

>> IT LOOKS A LITTLE FROGGY.

>> SCUM ON THE WATER.

HIGH PRESSURE LAKE THAT HOLDS A GOOD NUMBER OF HIGH QUALITY BASS.

GREAT THING ABOUT KAYAK FISHING IS YOU CAN FISH EVERYTHING FROM KENTUCKY LAKE AS LONG AS YOU CHOOSE YOUR PUT IN POINT WISELY ALL THE WAY TO STREAMS AND CREEKS.

SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY SCH THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS THAT A KAYAK CAN GO THAT A BASS BOAT CAN'T BUT YOU CAN STILL FISH THE SAME WATER, WHICH MAKES IT COOL.

>> YOU JUST RECENTLY GRADUATED, DIDN'T YOU?

>> YES, SIR.

>> YOU FISHED IN HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU WENT TO BULLET EAST AND GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO FISH IN COLLEGE.

WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?

>> IT WAS A COOL EXPERIENCE.

SUPER BLESSED TO GET A FISHING SCHOLARSHIP AT KINGSVILLE UNIVERSITY.

OUR FISHING PROGRAM, SINCE I HAVE BEEN THERE, HAS GROWN SO MUCH.

>> I WILL TELL YOU, THEY GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO EXPAND THE BASS FISHING PROGRAM TO NOT ONLY TOURNAMENT STYLE FISHING OUT OF A BOAT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE OR THE LAST FOUR YEARS BUT NOW YOU ARE MOVING TO A KAYAK.

>> YES, SIR.

>> AND YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE COACHING CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY.

>> I JUST STARTED LAST WEEK.

SO WE ARE GOING TO START GETTING HOT AND HEAVY, TRY TO GET SOME KAYAK ANGLERS IN FOR THE NEXT SEMESTER.

>> NOW THAT NEWER A COACHING SPOT DOING RECRUITING, WHAT KIND OF KIDS ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THAT WANT TO FISH IN COLLEGE.

>> ANY GUY OR GIRL WHO HAS A PASSION FOR FISHING.

WE ALL HAVE THE SAME MIND SET ABOUT THE GREAT OUTDOORS THAT WE FISH AND WE ALL SHARE THAT.

>> GUYS AND GIRLS COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THERE ARE SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD FEMALE KAYAK ANGLERS.

>> I AGREE.

>> CAMPBELLSVILLE IS OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THIS.

THIS IS A SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO FISH.

>> YES, SIR.

OFFERING KAYAK FISHING SCHOLARSHIP, A GREAT DEAL.

IT'S GREAT, TOO BECAUSE IT'S 10 MINUTES FROM GREEN RIVER THERE.

A GREAT AREA TO BE IN FOR BASS FISHING AND KAYAK FISHING.

>> TELL ME WHAT THE BIGGEST FISHING IS BETWEEN COMPETITIVELY BASS FISHING OUT OF A BASS BOAT VERSUS A KAYAK.

>> BASS FISHING OUT OF A BOAT, WE DO EVERYTHING BASED ON WEIGHT.

WE WEIGH THEM AND LET THEM GO.

OUT OF A KAYAK, IT'S BASED OFF OF MEASUREMENT AND LENGTH.

THERE WILL BE A UNIVERSAL BOARD THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR KAYAK AND YOU TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT AND SEND IT IN AND LET THE FISH GO RIGHT THERE.

THE CONSERVATION ASPECT IS REALLY NICE BECAUSE THE FISH ISN'T GETTING TOTED AROUND IN A LIVE HOT WELL.

THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD THING ABOUT THE KAYAK DEAL.

LOOKS LIKE A DECENT ONE.

YOU KNOW, I'M SETTING IN EIGHT FEET ALMOST CAUGHT IT AT THE SAME LEVEL.

RECOOPING AFTER THE SPAWN.

>> WHAT DID YOU CATCH ONE ON, CHAD?

>> THIS SHAKY HEAD WORM I HAVE BEEN THROWING AROUND HERE.

THIS IS A HIGH PRESSURE LAKE SO I THOUGHT I WOULD SLOW IT DOWN.

>> I GOT ONE IN MY HAND RIGHT NOW, TOO.

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> SINCE WE ARE NOT TOURNAMENT FISHING AND WE DON'T HAVE A LIVE WELL ANYWAY, WE ARE GOING TO TURN HER LOOSE.

>> GOT 'EM.

>> THERE YOU GO.

HE'S A LITTLE FISH.

WHAT DID YOU CATCH THAT FISH ON?

>> ON A DROP SHOT WITH A BLACK TRICK WORM ON IT, ABOUT A 10-INCHER.

>> THE WORMS HAVE BEEN THE WAY TO GO TODAY.

>> IT WORKS.

>> HERE YOU GO.

NICE JOB.

>> PEOPLE THINK KAYAK FISHING IS FOR CREEKS AND STREAMS AND SMALL PLACES.

I'VE GOT ONE OF MY BIGGEST FISH OUT OF A KAYAK.

>> OH MY GOODNESS.

>> WE ARE GOING TO THE SHALLOW WATER.

I THINK THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF BASS DOWN HERE.

I'VE CAUGHT A FIVE POUND SMALL MOUTH OUT OF A KAYAK.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE THERE.

>> GOOD FISH.

>> YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE THE NET ON THAT.

>> MAN, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN FISHING IN COLLEGE AND THEY WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO GET ON A TOURNAMENT TEAM IN COLLEGE TO KAYAK BASS FISH, HOW CAN THEY FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION?

>> THEY CAN CONTACT ME AT DR SMITH AT CAMPBELLSVILLE EDU IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN COMING TO CAMPBELLSVILLE AND FISHING FOR A COLLEGIATE BASS FISHING TEAM.

>> BEST OF LUCK TO YOU AND GOOD LUCK TO CAMPBELLSVILLE WITH THIS ENDEAVOR OF KAYAK BASS FISHING.

IT'S SUPER EXCITING.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME OUT HERE TODAY AND YOU HIGHLIGHTING THIS.

I KNOW IT MEANS A BIG DEAL TO YOU BECAUSE YOU LIKE KAYAK FISHING SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

LOW KUWAITED-- LOCATED 30 MILES WEST IS THE BALLARD WILDLIFE AREA AND HAS EXCELLENT HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WATER FOWL, DEER, TURKEY AND OTHER SMALL GAME.

SLEWS, HARD WOODS, OPEN FIELDS AND CROP GROUND THAT SUPPORT A VARIETY OF WILDLIFE SPECIES.

THE LARGEST OF THE LAKES, SHELBY LAKE HAS A BOAT RAMP FOR SMALL WATER CRAFT AND CAMP SITES LOCATED ALONG ITS BANK.

THERE ARE PREMADE WATER FOWL PITT PITS ON THE PROPERTY UTILIZED BY HUNTERS DURING THE SEASON ALONG WITH THE WALK IN AND BOAT IN ACCESS.

YOU MUST ABIDE BY THE HUNTING TRAPPING AND FISHING REGULATIONS.

KEEP IN MIND THAT REGULATIONS ON WMAs OFTEN DIFFER FROM STATEWIDE REGULATIONS SO BE SURE TO REVIEW THE HUNTING GUIDE AND WEBSITE FOR SPECIFIC WMA THAT YOU ARE HUNTING.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WMA OR THE LATEST REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AT PERTAIN TO IT, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT FW.K P.GOV OR 1-800-858-1549.

A KID'S PASSION FOR FISHING COULD TAKE THEM IN MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

FOR CARTER DENTON, IT WAS WOODWORKING.

>> IF YOU FISH, YOU ARE PROBABLY LOOKING FOR A WAY TO OFFER SOME TYPE OF LURE THAT THE FISH HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

WELL THIS YOUNG MAN HERE WITH ME HAS FIGURED THAT OUT.

CARTER, YOU ACTUALLY HAND MAKE YOUR LURES, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> YES, SIR, I DO.

I ACTUALLY START FROM A BLOCK OF WOOD, CUT IT OUT WITH A BAND SAW AND PUT ALL THE HARDWARE IN AND THE WEIGHT, PAINT IT AND TRY IT OUT.

>> WHAT GOT YOU INTERESTED IN BUILDING YOUR OWN LURES.

>> WELL I'VE ALWAYS LIKED FISHING SO I'VE WANTED TO TRY AND CUSTOMIZE MY LURES.

THEN I FOUND OUT I COULD MAKE MY LURES AND HAD A BIC INTEREST IN THAT SO I'M OUT HERE ONE DAY AND START MAKING LURES AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

>> I NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE A WHOLE PILE OF LURES OUT THERE.

DEEP DIVER CRANK BAITS, TOP WATER BATES TO JOINED SWIM BATES.

YOU STARTED WORKING IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT AVENUE OF CRANK BAITS.

YOU CAN FILL A TACKLE BOX WITH HARD BAITS.

>> I COULD.

I STARTED COMING OUT WITH MY FAVORITE ACTIONS AND CHANGING THE LIP SIZE SEE WHAT ACTIONS I LIKE THE BEST AND MADE MORE OF THOSE.

>> SHOW ME STEP ONE, STEP TWO.

LET'S GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

I STARTED OUT WITH A BLOCK OF WOOD AND THEN CUT THAT OUT WITH MY BAND SAW.

>> WHEN DID YOU SEE THIS PASSION START TO MANIFEST WITH HIM.

>> WELL, HE ALWAYS DID TAKE AN INTEREST IN WOODWORKING AS FAR AS FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WERE DOING IT AND STARTED WATCHING YOUTUBE AND REALIZED THAT YOU COULD MAKE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

HE ASKED OUT OF THE BLUE FOR A BAND SAW FOR CHRISTMAS.

YOU KNOW, YOU ASK YOUR KID WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS?

HE WANTED A BAND SAW.

HE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.

IF HE ASKED FOR IT, WE THOUGHT LET'S DO IT.

I WILL BE WITH HIM TO MAKE SURE HE IS SAFE AND IT HAS TAKEN OFF FROM THERE.

>> WE SEE THE SHAPE IT IS STARTING TO TAKE.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S SQUARED OFF AND NOT ROUNDED AND DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A FISH.

THE NEXT STEP IS TO REALLY MAKE IT TAKE SHAPE, RIGHT.

>> THE NEXT STEP IS TO CARVE THE LINES.

>> WHAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT DO YOU USE FOR THAT?

>> A CARVING KNIFE AND A BELT OF SAND PAPER.

>> AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT DIDN'T START WITH LURES, RIGHT?

WHAT WAS HE MAKING BEFORE THAT?

>> HE CUT OUT A WOODEN KNIFE AND HE STARTED WITH PLYWOOD CUTOUTS KENTUCKY WAS A BIG ONE.

SOMEONE WOULD OFFER TO GIVE HIM A LITTLE MONEY FOR A CUTOUT.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW HE WAS INVESTING BACK IN HIS EQUIPMENT.

>> HAVE YOU EVER FISHED ONE OF HIS LURES.

>> I HAVE.

I WAS WITH HIM WHEN HE CUT CAUGHT HIS FIRST FISH WITH HIS OWN LURE.

TOOK A PICTURE OF IT I.

WAS A GREAT MEMORY.

>> HE LOVES TO FISH AND PLAY GOLF.

>> HE DOES BOTH.

THE PATIENCE FOR BOTH HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR.

HE TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND WE WOULD RATHER HAVE HIM DOING THAT THAN SAY LOT OF OTHER THINGS.

>> YOU ARE A YOUNG FACE WITH AN OLD SOUL.

YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING PERSIMMON HEAD CLUBS 100 YEARS AGO IF YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN ALIVE.

>> I WOULD WITH MY LATHE.

>> HIS PATIENCE AND HIS DESIRE TO PERFECT HIS CRAFT OF MAKING LURES AND WOODWORKING IS PRETTY AMAZING.

>> HE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME IN THAT GARAGE, AND HE NEVER SEEMS TO GET TIRED OF IT.

>> WHEN YOU GET STARTED ON ONE OF THESE LURES YOU REALLY WANT TO GET IT FINISHED.

YOU EVER HAVE YOUR PARENTS SAY TIME TO COME IN, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

YOU CAN WORK ON IT TOMORROW?

>> YEAH.

>> I CAN IMAGINE.

>> NEXT WE ARE GOING TO PUT IN THE WEIGHT, WHICH IS THIS BULLET WEIGHT, DRILL A HOLE IN THE BELLY OF THE LURE AND PUT THE WEIGHT IN.

>> TELL ME ABOUT THE BULLET WEIGHT AND WHY YOU ARE ADDING IT ON THERE.

>> IT WILL BE EASIER TO CAST AND WHENEVER YOU CAST IT OUT, IT WILL LINE UP RIGHT LIKE THAT.

SO WHENEVER IT STARTS GOING INTO THE WATER, WHENEVER YOU START REELING IN, IT WILL HAVE GOOD ACTION AND BE STRAIGHT UP IN THE WATER.

>> I NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY GOT YOUR LIP KIND OF CUT OUT.

THE ANGLE THAT YOU PUT ON HERE.

IS THIS FOR DEEP DIVING, MEDIUM DRIVING.

WHY HAVE YOU DECIDED ON THIS ANGLE FOR THE LIP?

>> THIS LIP AND ANGLE IS A SHALLOW DIVE BECAUSE THE WATERS AROUND HERE, THE CREEKS, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT SHALLOW UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE BUMPING INTO THE BOTTOM SO THIS LIP IS BIGGER SO IT HAS A BIGGER ACTION.

MORE APPEALING TO THE FISH.

>> MAN, IT'S ALL ABOUT MAKING THE BAIT WOBBLE.

>> IT IS.

>> LET'S SEE YOU PUT THE WEIGHT IN THERE.

WE KNOW HE LIKES MAKING LURES BUT WHAT ELSE DOES HE MAKE THAT MOM LIKES AROUND THE HOUSE?

>> MY FAVORITE THINGS HE HAS MADE ARE THESE PLANTERS ON THE PORCH.

HE MADE THESE DURING QUARANTINE.

I WANTED SOME AND IT TOOK HIM ABOUT A WEEK TO MAKE THOSE.

THAT IS PROBABLY THE FAVORITE THING HE HAS MADE.

>> NOTHING CAN PUT A PRICE ON A KID SETTING DOWN AND LAYING OUT, DESIGNING IT IN HIS HEAD AND STICKING WITH IT AND BUILDING IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

THAT'S A GREAT GIFT.

>> YES.

THERE YOU GO.

>> NOW IT'S FLUSH.

>> YOU ALMOST DRILLED THAT EXACT RIGHT DEPTH.

HAVE YOU DONE THAT BEFORE.

I CAN TELL.

YOU KNEW HOW FAR TO G. YOU SMASHED IT IN AND NOW IT'S TIME TO SECURE IT AND PUT SOME TYPE OF COMPOUND, WHICH YOU ARE SAYING BAKING SODA AND SUPER GLUE.

>> BAKING SHOWED AAND SUPER GLUE.

>> WHERE DID YOU LEARN THAT?

>> I WATCHED LURE MAKING OFF YOUTUBE AND FOUND OUT THAT BAKING SODA IS A GOOD FILLER FOR LURES LIKE THIS.

>> YOU CAN LEARN EVERYTHING ON YOUTUBE, CAN'T YOU?

>> YOU CAN.

>> HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE TO CURE?

>> IT'S INSTANTLY CURED.

>> REALLY?

OKAY.

I LIKE THAT.

NO WAIT.

>> THAT SPECIAL SUPER GLUE.

NOW WE CAN SAND IT DOWN WITH THE BELT SANDER AND GET IT SMOOTH.

>> WOODWORKING, I KNOW HE LOVES GOLF AND FISHING, THOSE ARE LIFE LONG HOBBIES.

HE STARTED YOUNG AND HE CAN DO IT FOREVER.

>> WE ARE REALLY EXCITED FOR HIM.

HE HAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN KEEP HIM BUSY AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE IT GOES.

>> THAT PUTS A LITTLE BIT OF A BURR ON THERE.

HOW DO YOU GET IT OFF?

>> HAND SANDING WILL GET IT OFF AND MAKE IT LOOK NICE.

>> IT TAKES PATIENCE, DOESN'T IT?

>> A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, YEAH.

>> FISHING TAKES PATIENCE, TOO, RIGHT?

>> IT DOES.

>> AND I BET YOU, LIKE ANY OTHER CRAFTSMAN, YOU PROBABLY ARE LOOKING AT THAT LURE COME THROUGH THE WATER THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU ARE GOING TO SLIGHTLY CHANGE THE NEXT ONE, RIGHT?

DOES THAT HAPPEN TO YOU MUCH?

>> CHANGE LITTLE SIDES OF THE LIP IF IT DOESN'T HAVE THE ACTION YOU WANT.

>> WHAT ALL TYPES OF FISH HAVE YOU CAUGHT ON YOUR LURES?

>> PIKE, SMOWSDZ, LARGE MOUTH AND PAN FISH.

>> THAT IS REALLY COOL.

>> YOU'VE GOT THAT THING LOOKING LIKE A LURE YOU CAN UP YOUR GAME FROM HERE, RIGHT?

>> I CAN.

>> WHAT CAN YOU DO TO MAKE IT LOOK MORE LIKE A BAIT FISH.

>> WE ARE GOING TO PAINTING.

WE ARE GOING TO PUT ALL THE DETAILS IN, MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WHATEVER FISH YOU WANT, RAINBOW TROUT OR A BASS.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT IS FASCINATING TO SEE HIS AGE, WHAT HE IS ALREADY DOING AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HE DOES WHEN HE GETS OLDER.

I KNOW HE HAS AN INTEREST IN BECOMING A MECHANICAL ENGINEER.

>> FROM WHAT WE CAN SEE, HE IS GOING TO PUT THAT TO GOOD WORK AND BE JUST RIGHT BEFORE HIM.

I DON'T THINK SITTING BEHIND IN AN OFFICE IS SOMETHING HE WILL BE READY TO DO.

>> HOW PRETTY IS THAT BAIT?

>> PICK A COUPLE OF LURES YOU THINK WE HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO CATCH A FISH AND I THINK I GOT A SPOT THAT WE CAN GO AND SEE IF WE CAN'T TURN THIS INTO A BIG LARGE MOUTH BASS, WHAT DO YOU THINK.

>> CARTER, I WAS IMPRESSED WATCHING YOU MAKE YOUR LURES.

TODAY WE ARE GOING TO PUT THEM TO THE TEST.

WE ARE OUT HERE AT A FARM POND.

YOU BROUGHT A HANDFUL OF LURES YOU MADE ANDER WITH GOING TO COME-- AND WE ARE GOING TO COME OUT HERE AND TRY TO CATCH A FISH.

>> LET'S DO IT.

>> THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE A RATTLE TRAP.

YOU WANT ME TO THROW THIS ONE?

>> YEP.

>> LET ME GET TIED UP AND WE'LL GO DOWN THERE AND SEE HOW THESE THINGS WORK.

>> LET'S DO IT.

>> THEY LOOK GREAT.

HERE WE GO.

MAN, THEY ARE SETTING RIGHT IN THE MOSS.

YOUR LURES WORK.

>> THEY DO.

>> THEY VIBRATE GOOD.

AND IN THIS VEGETATION, I'LL SLOW THEM DOWN AND LET THEM COME TO THE SURFACE AND RESTART THEM AGAIN.

THE BASS LOVE THEM.

>> NICE FISH.

HERE WE GO.

THAT IS AWESOME.

FIRST BASS OF THE DAY.

>> ARE THE CAER, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF SEEING YOUR PASSION FOR LURE MAKING AND TO COME OUT HERE AND TO SHOW ME HOW THIS BAIT WORKS, HOW YOU DESIGNED IT, WEIGHTED IT AND TO GO OUT HERE AND MAKE IT ALL WORK AND CATCH A FISH IS PRETTY AWESOME.

YOU ARE TRULY AN INSPIRATION, MAN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I THINK THAT IS SUPER COOL WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT TYPE OF WOOD PRODUCTS AND LURES YOU ARE GOING TO BE MAKING WHEN YOU HIT 16.

>> YEP.

>> AMAZING WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DO.

LET'S CATCH ANOTHER ONE.

>> RELEASE IT.

>> RABBIT SEASON WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

IT'S TIME TO START MAKING PLANS FOR A HUNT AND GETTING THOSE DOGS IN SHAPE.

>> WE FOUND TIME TO GET OUT AND TAKE THIS HUNT.

YOU CALLED ME AND SAID I GOT SOME PROPERTY IN SIMPSONVILLE AND YOU WANTED TO RABBIT HUNT IT.

IT HAS TAKEN SOME TIME BUT BEE PUT IT TOGETHER.

>> THIS IS MY MOM AND DAD'S FARM.

WE OWN SOME ACREAGE IN NELL SON COUNTY.

I HAVEN'T HUNTED THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IN SIX YEARS OR SO.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

>> HOPEFULLY, WE WILL SEE.

I'M PART OWNER IN ONE OF THESE DOGS.

THE OTHER IS MY UNCLE'S.

I THINK THEY'LL DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB.

YOU BROUGHT FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITH YOU TODAY.

>> MY BROTHER-IN-LAW DAVE AND THEN BRANDON...

I JUST MET HIM THIS MORNING.

WE HAD AN OPEN SPOT.

>> THESE DOGS ARE READY.

I'M READY.

LET'S GET AFTER IT WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> FIRST MISS BUYS THE FIRST CUP OF COFFEE.

>> GO IN THERE CRY BABY, HOP IN THERE.

LOOKS LIKE A SPOT I COULD IMAGINE SOME RABBITS BEING.

I LOVE WATCHING THE BEAGLES.

HOW EXCITED THEY GET WHEN THEY JUMP THE FIRST RABBIT.

THEY CAN'T CONTROL THEMSELVES.

RABBIT RIGHT THERE.

LET'S LET THE DOGS RUN IT.

>> THERE GOES ANOTHER ONE.

>> ANOTHER RABBIT BEHIND IT!

>> WE GOT RABBITS GOING EVERYWHERE.

(DOGS BARKING) >> 130 YARDS.

SOMEHOW THEY'VE LOST IT.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THING, THOSE RABBITS HELD PRETTY TIGHT.

RIGHT THERE WHERE IT TURNS THERE, CHAD, THERE IS A DRIED UP POND THERE AND THERE IS A LOT OF HOLES IN THERE.

IN THE BANK AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW.

>> THESE DOGS ARE ACTING LIKE THEY RAN IT INTO A HOLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE JUST STOPPED.

THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WE ARE ON, WE ARE KNOT VERY FAR FROM THE INTERSTATE.

OF COURSE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THIS WAS FARMLAND.

THIS IS AN ISSUE STATEWIDE, BUT PARTICULARLY WITH SIMPSONVILLE WITH 64 RUNNING THROUGH IT AND PROXIMITY TO LOUISVILLE BUT THIS IS WHERE I GREW UP.

IN SOME WAYS IT IS SAD TO SEE BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLACES STILL LEFT TO HUNT.

>> GOOD SHOT.

>> THERE YOU GO.

NICE JOB BRANDON.

>> SAY DEAD.

>> DEAD.

>> DEAD.

>> BETTER GET IT FROM HER.

SHE'LL WANT TO HAUL IT OFF.

>> THAT'S A BIG BUNNY.

>> YEAH.

>> NICE JOB.

>> NICE TO GET THE OTHER ONE, TOO.

>> THERE IS DEFINITELY ANOTHER ONE IN HERE.

>> DEFINITELY ANOTHER ONE IN HERE.

>> BUNNY, SHOOT!

DID YOU GET IT?

I HIT IT.

>> TALLY HO, TALLY HO!

>> DID YOU GET IT?

>> HE'S DEAD.

(DOG WHINING) >> THERE WE G. THAT'S THE SECOND BUNNY.

WE'VE JUMPED FIVE RABBITS AND GONE LESS THAN 150 YARDS AND SEEN ANOTHER RABBIT IN HERE SO WE ARE GOING TO GO IT RIGHT BACK IN HERE AND GET BUSY.

DOGS ARE WORKING IT RIGHT NOW TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT.

THIS IS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT.

I SHOT THIS RABBIT IN HERE AND IT TRICKLED OUT.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO LET IT GET AWAY.

JOSEPH FINISHED IT OFF.

>> RABBIT!

RABBIT!

RIGHT HERE!

>> YOU GOT 'EM!

>> NO.

>> YOU GOT 'EM!

>> YEP.

DEAD RABBIT.

>> HERE I WAS PUTTING MY RABBIT IN MY PACK AND I HEAR YOU SAY THERE IT GOES.

I COULDN'T GET A SHOT.

MAN, YOU PUT A NICE SHOT ON THAT BUNNY.

>> YEAH.

>> IT'S THICK IN HERE.

TOUGH SHOTS.

>> SO MANY RABBITS, I THINK IT'S CONFUSING THE DOGS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE HAVE JUMPED THREE OR FOUR RABBITS IN THIS AREA.

PERFECT HABITAT FOR RABBITS.

LET'S GO IN HERE AND STOMP AROUND A LITTLE MORE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A GOOD CHASE GOING ON.

>> ALRIGHTY.

>> NICE JOB.

ANY TIME YOU ARE RABBIT HUNTING WE KNOW THERE ARE DEER HUNTERS IN THE WOODS.

THEY'RE NOT ON THE PROPERTY WE ARE HUNTING BUT YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE WEARING PLENTY OF HUNTERS ORANGE WHEN YOU ARE RABBIT HUNTING FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY AND DEFINITELY FOR POTENTIAL INVOLVEMENT OR INTERFERENCE WITH A DEER HUNTER.

>> THERE HE GOES!

RABBIT!

(GUNSHOT).

>> GET IT?

>> I GOT 'EM.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIGGER THAN LAST ONE.

BUT IT'S FUN.

I LOVE IT.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US OUT TONIGHT.

>> NO PROBLEM.

TURNED OUT TO BE A REALLY GOOD DAY.

WE WERE EXPECTING RAIN BUT TAILED OFF WHEN WE NEEDED IT TO TAIL OFF.

>> WE GOT A FOUR OR FIVE HOUR HUNT IN.

RAN PLENTY OF RABBITS.

>> LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU ARE READY DO IT AGAIN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SOUNDS GOOD.

LET'S CHECK IN AND SEE WHO ELSE HAS BEEN HAVING FUN IN THIS WEEK'S ONES THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY >> CHECK OUT THE SIZE OF THIS NICE LARGE MOUTH BASS.

MORGAN CAUGHT THIS FISHING IN A FARM POND.

NICE JOB.

JOHN BAKER OF RICHMOND, KENTUCKY TOOK THIS NICE EIGHT-POINT BUCK HUNTING WITH HIS 308 RIFLE.

NICE BUCK.

CASE CAUGHT THIS NICE CATFISH WHILE JUG FISHING ON CAVE RUN LAKE.

CHECK OUT THESE BEAUTIFUL SMALL MOUTH BASS CAUGHT FROM LAKE CUMBERLAND.

NICE FISH.

THAT'S BASS FISHING.

HE CAUGHT THIS NICE LARGE MOUTH BASS AT HIS PAW PAW'S FARM IN WOODFORD COUNTY.

FOUR-YEAR-OLD TARYN WINK WILL IS EXCITED TO HAVE CAUGHT THIS BLACK CRAPPIE IN FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY.

NICE JOB.

>> CHECK OUT THIS PROUD SMILE ON GRIFFIN BROOKS WHILE HE HOLDS HIS FIRST STRIPER EVER.

HE CAUGHT THIS FISH AT LAKE CUMBERLAND.

NICE FISH.

>> THESE THREE YOUNG LADIES KNOW HOW TO CATCH BLUEGILL, SCARLET, SASHA CAUGHT OVER 30 WHILE FISHING IN PLEASANT RIDGE, KENTUCKY.

NICE JOB.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT DEER ARCHERY SEASON IS JUST OVER A MONTH AWAY.

IT'S TIME TO GET OUT THAT BOW AND ARROW AND START INSPECTING YOUR DEER STANDS.

AND REMEMBER HUNTING AND FISHING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS A PRIVILEGE.

ALWAYS ASK PERMISSION AND THANK THE LAND OWNER.

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

IF YOU HOLD A KENTUCKY FISHING LICENSE.

WITH NEARLY 100 DOTTING THE COMMONWEALTH, PUT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS IN YOUR SITES AND SEE WHAT MAKES KENTUCKY OUTDOORS OUTSTANDING.

GET ALL THE INFO ONLINE AT FW.KY.GOV.