>> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... >> NOW THIS IS A BIG BULL.

>> WE ARE IN THE HILLS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY FOR THE OPENING WEEKEND OF BULL ELK FIREARM SEASON.

CATCHING UP WITH BIOLOGIST, CONSERVATION OFFICERS AND HUNTERS.

THEN... PERHAPS THE BEST TIME OF THE YEAR TO TARGET TROPHY, SMALL MOUTH BASS IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

WE'LL SHOW YOU ONE OF OUR FAVORITE TECHNIQUES.

>> GOT TO FIND THE FOOD BAR.

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.

THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

WE TAG ADD LONG WITH A CONSERVE OFFICER AND BIOLOGIST TO SEE WHAT THEY DO DURING THE ELK SEASON.

>> TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 25.

IT'S THE OPENING DAY OF BULL ELK FIREARM SEASON IN KENTUCKY.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN UNIT 6 MARTIN COUNTY ON THE TRACK, ONE OF OUR REGULATED AREAS.

WE ARE GOING TO CONDUCT COMPLIANCE CHECKS AND PATROL.

WE GET A LOT OF TRESPASSING COMPLAINTS BECAUSE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THEY'LL PUT IN AT A DIFFERENT AREA.

THESE ARE THE TRACKS TRESPASSERS USUALLY TAKE ENTERING THE PROPERTY ILLEGALLY.

WE JUST SAW TWO HUNTERS ON THE RIDGE OVERLOOKING ONE OF THE FIELDS.

WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO GET TO THE VEHICLE AND DO A COMPLIANCE CHECK ON THEM.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE HUNTER ORANGE REQUIREMENT, SO WE ARE GOING TO SEE HOW HER TO DOING THIS MORNING.

WHEN WE COME UP ON THE VEHICLES WE ARE DWROAG GOING TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THEIR HANG TAGS.

THEY GET THOSE FROM THE WEBSITE, PURCHASE THEIR ELK FROM IT AND REQUIRED TO HANG IT ON THE WINDSHIELD WHILE THEY'RE HUNTING.

WHICH I'M NOT CURRENTLY SEEING.

WOILT WE'LL PARK HERE AND WALK IN AND SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING.

JUST TRIED TO CONDUCT A COMPLIANCE CHECK WITH THE VEHICLES.

IT ENDED UP BEING THE LAND OWNERS.

THEY INFORMED US THEY HAVE HAD RECENT TRESPASSING ISSUES SO THEY BROUGHT US OUT HERE TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO HUNT.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND BAIT OR CAMERAS OR SIGNS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HUNTING ILLEGALLY AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM IF THEY'RE THERE.

>> WE ARE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY AND ANOTHER ELK SEASON IS HERE.

HOW MANY ELK SEASONS HAVE YOU WORKED NOW?

>> I THINK THIS MAKES SEVEN OR EIGHT.

>> WE HAVE BEEN COLLECTING DATA ON ELK SINCE BEFORE THEY GOT TO KENTUCKY AND WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING WHAT MAKES A HEALTHY ELK HERD, RIGHT?

>> YOU YOU.

>> WHAT ARE YOU COLLECTING TODAY?

>> TODAY WE TOOK A LIVER SAMPLE TO HELP US GAUGE SOME DIFFERENT MINERAL LEVELS.

WE ARE IN AN AREA WHERE THE STRIP LINE ACTIVITIES HAVE OCCURRED THERE COULD BE HEAVY METAL BUILT UP.

WE ARE TRYING TO COLLECT LIVER SAMPLES TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE FOR WHAT NORMAL LEVELS ARE.

WE ARE PULLING TEETH LIKE YOU'VE SEEP US DO BEFORE.

FOR METRICS TO HELP US GET AN IDEA HOW OLD THE ELK ARE THAT WE ARE HARVESTING.

GET A GOOD AGE DISTRIBUTION.

THIS IS NEW FOR US THIS YEAR.

COLLECTING TESTICLES TO HELP OUR SISTER AGENCY WITH A RESEARCH PROJECT.

THEY'RE CURIOUS IF MAYBE THERE COULD BE ISSUES WITH THE SPERM QUALITY IN THOSE ANIMALS PROBABLY RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF FOUNDERS THEY STARTED THE POPULATION WITH AND WE ARE TRYING TO SERVE AS A CONTROL FOR THEM TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY IN OUR ANIMALS.

>> PENNSYLVANIA HAS ELK AND THEY'RE INVOLVED IN THE LIVER DEAL AS WELL.

YOU CAN TAKE THEIR DATA AND COMPARE IT TO OUR DATA AND HELP YOU GAUGE WHAT IS HEALTHY AND WHAT IS NOT.

>> YOU GET A BLOOD PANEL NOW, THEY CAN TELL YOU YOUR SUGAR IS WITHIN THIS LEVEL.

IT'S HIGH OR LOW.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF REFERENCE RANGESES FOR ELK.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT THE LIVER STUFF.

WE ARE GETTING THE SAMPLES FROM PENNSYLVANIA BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH MINING ACTIVITY IN THE AREA.

WE ARE HELPING TO BUILD A BIGGER RANGE TO SEE IF THERE IS HEAVY METALS IN THE GROUND HERE OR NOT.

>> WE JUST GOT A COMPLAINT THERE ARE TWO GROUPS OF A.T.V.

RIDERS ON THE PROPERTY ILLEGAL.

WE KNOW ALL THE HUNTERS SELECTED FOR THIS AREA AND THERE IS NO A.T.V.

USE ON THE PROPERTY.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE OUR HUNTERS OR ANYBODY WITH PERMISSION TO BE HERE.

SO APPARENTLY WE ARE FOLLOWING THE LAND OWNER TO THE AREA WHERE A GROUP OF HUNTERS HAVE CALLED IN AND REPORTED SEEING AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN CATCH THEM AND SEE WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

WITH THE LAND OWNER, HE WAS SHOWING US PLACES WHERE SIDE BY SIDES HAVE BEEN COMING IN AND WE WALK THERE TRYING TO FIND SIGNS AND AS SOON AS WE GOT DONE THERE, WE GOT THIS CALL.

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF IT MIGHT BE RELATED OR HOW FAR FROM THE AREA THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS BEFORE.

>> THAT'S ONE OF THE HUNTERS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S WITH THE HUNTER.

I'M SURE WHO THEY WERE.

HAVE TO SORT ALL THIS OUT ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY.

HOW Y'ALL DOING.

DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE A LONG WAY FROM-- THEY DON'T ALLOW ANY AMP T.V.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE JOY RIDING.

I DON'T SEE ANY FIREARMS OR ANY SIGN THEY WERE TRYING TO ILLEGALLY HUNT.

THEY HAVE NO PER MISSION TO BE HERE AND THIS PROPERTY DOESN'T ALLOW ANY A.T.V.

USE.

THEY'RE COMPLYING AND THEY UNDERSTAND THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.

WE WON'T ISSUE ANY CITATIONS JUST SEND THEM ON THE WAY.

YOU KNOW IT'S OPENING DAY OF ELK SEASON, DON'T YOU?

>> DIDN'T KNOW.

>> THERE ARE PEOPLE BACK HERE THAT HAVE DROOPERS AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT CALLED AND COMPLAINED THE SIDE BY SIDES ARE DRIVING BY AND ALL THAT STUFF.

TWO OPERATORS ARE GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH A.T.V.

VIOLATIONS AND CRIMINAL TRESPASSING.

THANK YOU ALL AND BE CAREFUL.

JUST GLAD WE CAUGHT UP TO THEM AND EDUCATED THEM.

HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE ANY DEALINGS WITH THEM THE REST OF ELK SEASON.

NOW LUKE, THIS IS A BIG BULL SO YOU GOT THIS BULL THIS MORNING, DIDN'T YOU?

>> YEAH.

>> SO YOU ACTUALLY ARE FROM HAZARD KENTUCKY RIGHT HERE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.

YOU GO IT TO SEE ELK AROUND HERE VERY OFTEN?

>> YEAH, KIND OF.

YOU EVER SEE THEM THIS BIG?

>> SOMETIMES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO IT WASN'T LIKE A BRAND NEW EXPERIENCE FOR YOU BUT HUNTING ELK, THIS IS YOUR FIRST ELK HUNT, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> MAN, THIS IS SUCH A NICE BIG ANIMAL.

COLLECTING DATA IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO A BIOLOGIST, RIGHT?

YOU GOT A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN COLLECT IT.

ONE IS ON THE HOOF AND YOU COLLECT THAT DATA BASED ON RANGE AND HOW FAR THEY'RE MOVING WITH THE GPS COLLARS.

WE SAW ONE OF THOSE TODAY.

>> ONE OF THE ELK AT THE CAMP TODAY WAS A COLLARED ANIMAL.

WE TRY TO GET THESE BACK FROM THE HUNTERS IF WE CAN.

A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE ABLE TO REUSE THEM AND PUT THEM OUT ON OTHER ANIMALS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH EFFORTS.

IT'S COOL FOR THE HUNTERS THAT HARVEST THESE.

A LOT OF TIMES THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION ON THE ANIMAL.

WE CAN GIVE YOU THE HISTORY.

THIS BULL WAS CAPTURED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.

NOT TOO FAR FROM THE PROPERTY IT WAS HARVESTED ON AND WE CAN KIND OF GIVE THESE GUYS A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT HOW OLD HE IS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

OBVIOUSLY SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL.

WE WANT TO MAINTAIN A HIGH COMPLIANCE WHILE WE ARE DOING COMPLIANCE CHECKS ON THE PUBLIC WEE.

REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS FOLLOWING HUNTER ORANGE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING A HAT, VEST, VISIBLE 360 DEGREES, CHEST AND BACK.

>> THAT IS AWESOME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I'M OFFICER FROM FISH AND WILDLIFE.

BY THIS POINT IN THE ELK SEASON, WE HAVE PICKED THE HUNTERS TO HAVE THEIR HUNTING LICENSE.

>> YOU HAVE YOUR LICENSE WITH YOU?

>> YES, SIR.

>> IF YOU HAVE YOUR HUNTER EDUCATION CARD IN THERE, I'LL TAKE THAT, TOO.

>> IT'S A LITTLE BEAT UP.

>> WE LIKE TO SEE COMPLETION OF THE HUNTERS EDUCATION CARD AND HAVE THAT ON THEIR PERSON AND THAT APPLIES TO EVERYBODY BORN AFTER JANUARY 1, 1975,.

>> LICENSE, CONFIRMATION NUMBER ON THE BACK OF IT.

>> ONCE YOU'VE BOUGHT YOUR HUNTING LICENSE, YOU PUT PUT FOR THE ELK PERMIT, ONCE YOU ARE DRAWN, YOU HAVE TO BUY YOUR ELK PERMIT AND HAVE IT WITH YOU IS I DON'T ARE WEAPON UNLOADED?

>> YES, SIR.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY USE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT.

RIGHT NOW IT'S RIFLE SEASON SO THEY NEED A 270 CALIBER OR LARGER.

USING A DETACHABLE MAGAZINE OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD MORE AMMUNITION, IT HAS TO BE A MAGAZINE NOT ABLE TO HOLD MORE THAN 10 ROUNDS.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE A SHOTGUN, AT LEAST 20 GAUGE AND SINGLE PROJECT I'LL.

NO FUTURE METAL JACKETS OR TRACER AMMUNITION.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AWESOME.

>> NO PROBLEM.

>> THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL ELK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ELK OF A LIFETIME.

>> THE GUYS HELPING ME OUT, THEY THINK AROUND 370ISH MAYBE.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE HEIGHT NOT KNOW THAT THESE REGULATED AREAS ARE PRIVATELY OWN AND THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN SET OF REGULATIONS.

YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND TYPE IN THE NAME OF THE TRACK YOU ARE GOING TO BE HUNTING AND IT WILL GIVE YOU A PROPERTY DESCRIPTION WHETHER IT ALLOWS A.T.V.S OR DOESN'T, IT IS ILLEGAL TO HUNT ELK OVER BAIT.

MANY OF OUR REGULATED AREAS, ILLEGAL TO BAIT PERIOD.

EVEN FOR DEER.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT BEING A SUCCESSFUL HUNTER IS WHEN YOU FIND OUT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DRAWN AND WHERE YOU ARE DRAWN FOR, THAT'S REALLY WHERE YOUR HUNT NEEDS TO BEGIN.

>> WE CAME OUT THE SATURDAY OF LABOR DAY WEEKEND MY WIFE AND I, SCOUTED AND I HAVE THE MAP WITH THE BOUNDARIES AND EVERYWHERE I WOULD FIND A SIGN, WOULD I MARK IT.

>> I WOULD SUGGEST COMING DOWN AND SCOUTING THE DAY BEFORE, MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO HUNT, KNOW THE BOUNDARY LINES.

THAT TAKES THE GUESS WORK OUT ONCE YOU GET IN THE FIELD AND MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

GOOD TO MEET YOU.

>> SO HOW FAR OF A SHOT DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE?

>> 65 YARDS.

>> HAVE YOU BEEN PRACTICING WITH YOUR RIFLE BEFORE THE HUNT?

>> YEAH.

>> WHAT KIND OF GUN ARE YOU SHOOTING.

>> 300 SHORT AGO.

>> THAT'S A GOOD ROUND.

IT WILL PUT THEM DOWN.

TELL ME ABOUT THE HUNT.

DID YOU HAVE TO SIT OUT THERE LONG.

HOW LONG DID IT TAKE?

>> 45 MINUTES TO GET ALL THE WAY UP THERE.

>> DID YOU HEAR THE BULL BUGLE.

HOW DID IT HAPPEN?

>> IT BUGLED AND WE SCOOTED UP SOME MORE AND THEN IT WAS DOWN THE HILL AND THEN HE GOT GOT THE SHOOTING STICKS AND SET IT UP AND SAID SHOOT IT.

>> YOU HAD A GUIDE WITH YOU AND TOOK SOME SHOOTING STICKS, THEY SAW THE BULL AND KNEW WERE YOU IN THE RIGHT AREA AND MADE SOME BUGLES AND HE ANSWERED YOU?

>> YEAH.

>> GOT IN THERE 65-YARD, GOT YOUR SHOOTING STICKS OUT.

I GUESS YOU DRUG THIS OUT BY YOURSELF, DIDN'T YOU?

>> NO.

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT DAY TO GET OUT AND SEE SOME ELK.

WE'VE SEEN SOME IN THE FIELD AND SOME HARVESTED.

HOPEFULLY YOU COLLECTED THE DATA SAMPLE THAT CAN MAKE FOR A HEALTHIER HERD IN THE FUTURE.

>> YES, SIR.

>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING US OUT.

THIS A GREAT TIME.

>> LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY A STONE'S THROW AWAY FROM MAMMOTH NATIONAL PARK IS THE NOLIN RIVER WILD MANAGEMENT AREA.

IT'S OWNED BY THE U.S. AWAYY CORPS OF ENGINEER AND MANAGED FOR HUNTING AND FISHING OPPORTUNITIES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.

NOLIN RIVER LAKE WMA OFFERS SLEBT HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEER, TURKEY AND SMALL GAME.

THE BEST ACCESS TO THE WMA IS BY BOAT OR PERMISSION OF A PRIVATE LAND OWNER TO CROSS THEIR PROPERTY TO THE ADJACENT WMA.

PROPERTY CONTAINS A MIXTURE OF WOODED AREAS AND WILDLIFE FOOD PLOTS AND OFFERS BOUNTIFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR FISHING, BOATING AND OTHER WATER ACTIVITY.

REMEMBER THAT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA USERS MUST ABIDE BY THE KENTUCKY HUNTING FISHING AND TRAPPING REGULATIONS AND REGULATIONS ON WMA DIDDIVE FROM STATEWIDE REGULATIONS.

BE SURE TO LOOK AT THE WEBSITE FOR THE SPECIFIC WMA YOU ARE HUNTING.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WMA OR LATEST REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS THAT PERTAIN TO IT, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT FW.KY.GOV OR CALL US.

>> WINTERS HERE IN KENTUCKY ARE A GREAT TIME TO GO HUNTING AND CAN BE A FANTASTIC TIME TO CATCH A BIG FISH.

OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

THIS IS A FANTASTIC LAKE TO CATCH GOOD SIZED AND TROPHY SIZED SMALL MOUTH.

THIS GETS A LOT OF PRESSURE NOW.

TO COME HERE AND TRY TO CATCH AN EIGHT OR NINE OR 10-POUNDER IS A FISH OF A LIFETIME.

I'VE FISHED THIS LAKE A LOT AND NEVER BROKEN EIGHT POUNDS.

THE LAKE IS FISHING REALLY, REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW SO HOPEFULLY I'M GOING TO TRY TO THROW SOME SWIM BAITS, JIGS BUT I'M GOING TO START WITH THE SWIM BAIT AND SEE IF WE CAN'T CATCH SOME FISH.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> WE CAN DO IT.

LET'S GO.

>> I WILL TELL ENTHUSIASM TIME OF YEAR WATER TEMPERATURE IS 46 GR.

IT'S ALL ABOUT A REAL SLOW PRESENTATION AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE CATCH FISH THIS TIME OF YEAR, THE BITES ARE NOT ADDRESSIVE-- AGGRESSIVE.

IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE GETTING A BLUEGILL JUST PECKING IT.

YOU THINK THE LITTLE FISH ARE DRIVING YOU NUTS.

WELL, THEY'RE NOT LITTLE FISH.

THEY'RE BIG FISH.

NOW YOU WANT TO ESTABLISH A FOOD SOURCE.

CHECK THIS OUT.

>> HOW ABOUT THAT?

YOU THINK THEY'RE ACTIVELY FEEDING?

THEIR MOUTH IS PLUMB FULL OF SHAD.

>> HOW ABOUT THAT?

>> AN 18-INCH FISH.

WE HAVE BEEN HERE FIVE MINUTES.

WE KNOW THEY'RE FEEDING ON SHAD ACTIVELY AND WE ARE CATCHING FISH IN 15 TO HAVE 18 FEET.

NOW WE ARE ON TO SOMETHING.

WE JUST RUN AROUND AND DO THIS ALL DAY.

>> YOU NEED A NET?

>> I DON'T THINK HE'S THAT BIG.

SOMETIMES THEY GET BIGGER WHEN THEY GET TO THE BOAT THOUGH.

NOT A BAD FISH.

A LOT FATTER THAN LAST ONE.

THAT'S A MGHTY FISH THERE.

-- THAT'S A HEALTHY FISH THERE.

THAT'S A THICKER FISH THAN LAST ONE.

>> PROBABLY ABOUT THE SAME LENDS.

LOOKING AT THAT 18, 19-INCH FISH.

>> 18 AND A LITTLE BIT.

>> YOU EXPECT A FISH THAT SIZE TO PULL THE POLE OUT OF YOUR HAND.

THAT WAS IT.

>> JUNE THEY WILL.

2:30 IN THE MORNING.

>> ABSOLUTELY THEY WILL.

>> GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIGGER.

>> IF YOU FIRST STARTED FISHING DOWN HERE, HOW OFTEN DID YOU THROW SOFT PLASTICS?

>> WE WERE THROWING MOSTLY SPINNER BAIT.

I FISHED WITH ERNIE TAYLOR.

HE GUIDED DOWN HERE QUITE A BIT.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED FISHING DOWN HERE, WE WOULD FIND THE GRASS AND GET OUT AT THE VERY END OF IT, 25, 28-FOOT DEEP THEN WE WENT TO DIFFERENT TYPES JIGS OR THE PLASTIC WE GOT A ROD BENDER.

>> I DIDN'T GET THAT LITTLE BROWNIE I BELIEVE I FOUND AN OLD LARGE MOUTH.

>> YOU SURE DID.

HOW DID YOU DO THAT SOME.

>> VERY CAREFULLY.

>> FOR ME IT'S ONE LARGE MOUTH FOR EVERY 20 SMALL MOUTH.

>> BUT YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE ME NO SMALL MOUTH SO I HAD TO CATCH A LARGE MOUTH.

NEXT.

>> WE NEED YOUR BROWNED COUSIN.

THAT'S A HEALTHY FISH.

DURN IT LOOSE.

I'M GOING TO GET THIS 10-POUNDER RIGHT HERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THERE YOU GO.

I'LL GRAB THE NET ON THIS ONE IF YOU DON'T MIND.

I CAST IT UP IN HERE AND THERE IS A LOT OF ROCK THAT IS EASY TO GET HUNG ON.

GOT ON THE BACK SIDE AND WHEN I SNAPPED IT FREE, I THOUGHT DARYL HOOKED MY LINE SETTED THE HOOK AND THAT'S WHAT HIT IT.

20 AND A LITTLE MORE THAN A HALF ALMOST 21 INCHES.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD FISH RIGHT THERE.

>> GET THAT ONE BACK IN THE WATER.

WHAT I'M THROWING HERE IS JUST THIS LITTLE 3/8-OUNCE TUNGSTEN LURE.

SWIM BAIT.

I'M THROWING IT EXPOSED.

RUN THE BAIT ON THERE AND THESE SWING IMPACT FATS HAVE A LITTLE AREA WHERE YOU BRING THE HOOK UP.

WHAT THIS THING DOES, IS IT GOES DOWN AND IT SETS AND WHEN I START TO PULL IT, IT COMES UP LIKE THIS AND VERY LITTLE MOTION WILL GET THE TAIL MAKING IT MOVE AND I PULL IT ACROSS THE BOTTOM, STAND IT BACK UP THE REASON IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A BIG STRIKE IS THE FISH CATCHING ITS ATTENTION IS PICKING IT UP.

WHEN THEY PICK IT UP, YOU'LL FEEL SOMETHING VERY, VERY SLIGHT.

IF YOU ARE NOT USING A REALLY SENSITIVE ROD AND FULL CARBON LINE, YOU MAY NOT FEEL IT AT ALL.

THERE WILL JUST BE NO BAIT.

WHEN THAT HAPPENS, YOU'VE HAD A STRIKE.

>> NEED A NET?

I DON'T KNOW IT'S THE RIGHT COLOR.

>> 10-POUND TEST LINE THE RIGHT COLOR.

>> THERE YOU GO.

HE'S OUT HERE DEEP LOOK HOW LIGHT COLORED HE IS.

>> I'LL TELL TELL YOU.

WE RAN ALL OVERTHE LAKE AND WE CAN SEE THE BOAT RAMP AND HERE THEY SET RIGHT BESIDE US.

A NICE FISH AND YOU SEE THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN THEY START TO COME UP YOU WILL SEE SOME REALLY COLORED UP AND A PALED COLORED FISH AND THESE ARE FISH IN DEEP WATER JUST COMING UP.

>> THANK YOU LITTLE FISH.

>> HE RAS READY TO GET GOING YOU BOUGHT TO FIND THE LOUNGE WHERE THEY ARE AT THE AIRPORT GOT TO FIND THE FOOD BAR.

I'M PRETTY GOOD AT FINDING IT JUST GOT PULVERIZED.

CAME BACK.

GET READY THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE STARTING TO GET MORE AGGRESSIVE RIGHT THERE.

YOU SWING ON ONE AND MISS AND HE COMES RUNNING BACK AND HITS IT AGAIN THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW THEY'RE STARTING TO GET AGGRESSIVE.

>> THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD FISH.

GRAB THAT NET IF YOU DON'T MIND.

THAT IS A NICE ONE THERE.

THAT'S THE BEST ONE OF THE DAY.

>> THIS ONE HERE IS GOT SOME GIRTH TO IT.

NOT THAT TERRIBLY BELONG BUT LOOK HOW THICK AND HEALTHY THIS SMALL MOUTH IS.

20 AND A QUARTER.

FOUR POUNDS 8 OUNCES.

>> THAT'S A BEAUTY.

THAT'S THE REASON YOU COME TO DALE HOLLOW, CATCH A BIG FISH LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU, BUDDY.

AWAY HE GOES.

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

HERE WE HAVE TWO-YEAR-OLD WALKER DONNELLY FROM SMITH GROVE KENTUCKY HELPING HIS DAD ON A FAMILY DOVE HUNT IN EDMOND SON COUNTY.

NICE JOB.

MOLLY CRAMER AND THIS IS HER FIRST DEER EVER TAKEN WITH A BOW.

SHE TOOK THIS MASSIVE DEER IN MASON COUNTY, KENTUCKY CONGRATULATIONS.

HERE WE HAVE NICHOLAS MORGAN WITH A NICE THREE POUND BASS HE CAUGHT AT HIS NEIGHBOR'S FARM POND.

NICE JOB.

HERE WE HAVE THREE-YEAR-OLD HAITI WHO CAUGHT HER FIRST FISH EVER, A NICE BLUEGILL ON HER FAMILY'S POND ON HER PAW PATROL FISHING ROD.

THIS WAS CAUGHT BY BLACK RUSSELL MOUNT WASHINGTON KENTUCKY AND IFISH THIS WAS CAUGHT AT ROUGH RIVER LAKE USING A CRANK BAIT.

CHECK OUT THIS DEER TAKEN BY SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BARRETT FLETCHER FROM NELSON COUNTY.

HE TOOK HIS FIRST BUCK EVER DURING THE YOUTH SEASON ON HIS MOP AND MIMI'S FARM.

MICHAEL DUNNE DECIDED THIS WAS THE YEAR HE TOOK UP BEAU HUNTING BOW HUNTING AND GO THE THIS DOE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

A NICE BUCK THAT WAS TAKEN ON HIS DAD'S PROPERTY IN CAMPBELL COUNTY.

THIS IS JOE VICKERS OF CINCINNATI, OHIO WHO WAS FISHING FOR STRIPERS AT LAKE CUMBERLAND AND CAUGHT THIS LAKE STURGEON.

THIS FISH WAS RELEASED IMMEDIATELY.

HERE WE HAVE NINE-YEAR-OLD ARCHER WHITE WHO TOOK HIS FIRST DEER EVER.

TOOK THIS NICE EIGHT-POINT BUCK IN SADIEVILLE KENTUCKY USING A CROSS BOW.

NICE JOB.

KENTUCKY'S DEER HUNTING SEASON WILL COME AND GO BUT KENTUCKY IS ALSO A GREAT PLACE TO GRAB A PAIR OF BINOCULARS AND TAKE IN THE MIGRATORY BIRD THAT WINTER HERE.

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 HUNTING OR FISHING LICENSE, THEN YOU HAVE HELPED MAKE POSSIBLE KENTUCKY'S WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS, PLACES TO HUNT, FISH, BIRD WATCH OR JUST LET YOUR MIND WANDER WITH NEARLY 100 DOTTING THE COMMONWEALTH, PUT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS IN YOUR SIGHTS FOR FALL HUNTING AND SEE MORE OF WHAT MAKES KENTUCKY OUTDOORS OUTSTANDING.

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

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