♪ >> THIS IS JUST A REAL GOOD TO FISH FOR CRAPPIE OR BLUEGILL IN TIGHT QUARTERS LIKE THIS.

>> THIS WEEK ON "KENTUCKY AFIELD," CHAD'S SON LEO JOINS US FOR AN AFTERNOON OF CRAPPIE FISHING AND HE'S GOT FISH SANDWICHES ON HIS >> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT TO YOUR FISH FRY?

I DON'T THINK YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.

>> NEXT WE'RE IN THE TURKEY WOODS WITH JIM STANDARD LOOKING FOR A GOBBLER.

THEN APRIL DOESN'T JUST MEAN TURKEY SEASON.

THE WHITE BASS ARE RUNNING AS WELL.

IT'S ALL NEXT ON "KENTUCKY AFIELD"."

>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY AFIELD."

I'M YOUR CHOSE CHAD MILES.

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

THE WITH DAYS GETTING LONGER AND DAYLIGHT SAVINGS KING IN, IT'S THE PERFECT TIME TO PICK UP THE KIDS AFTERRAL CARPOOL AND HIT A FARM POND FOR SOME FISHING.

LEO, CAN YOU CARRY THAT?

>> MM-HM.

>> YOUR RIG IS A LITTLE HARDER TO CAST.

>> YEAH.

>> SO ONCE WE LOCATE THE CRAPPIE, I'LL LET YOU REEL THEM IN IF YOU CAN START CASTING THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND TRY TO START CATCHING THEM ON YOUR OWN.

YOU KNOW A GOOD CRAPPIE A BIT, I DON'T?

>> FISH IN MY TUMMY.

>> FOR YOUR TUMMY.

THEY ARE SO GOOD TO EAT, LEO.

YOU KNOW.

YOU'VE HAD CRAPPIE BEFORE.

WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO HAVE THEM?

>> THE FISH AND RICE.

>> UH-OH.

>> THAT ONE'S A CRAPPIEY.

>> THAT'S A CRAPPIE AND THAT ONE'S PROBABLY BIG ENOUGH TO KEEP.

>> IT'S A KEEPER!

IT'S A KEEPER.

>> THIS IS A HOMEMADE STRINGER HERE NOW.

LITTLE JOKER CAME OFF.

>> DID YOU GET A BITE?

>> YEAH.

I HAD HIM ON AND HE CAME OFF.

>> TRY AGAIN.

HERE YOU GO.

WHEN I WAS A KID, WHEN THE BLUEGILL WAS ON THE NEST, MY DAD USED TO TAKE LITTLE WHAT'S CALLED A POP OFF FLY AND TIE THOSE ON THE BOTTOM OF ONES THOUGH CASTING LIKE THAT AND I'D BRING IT ACROSS THE NEST AND THAT IS THE WAY I LEARNED HOW TO CAST IS RIGHT THERE.

CASTING ACROSS BLUEGILL HERBS WEDNESDAY.

WHEN YOU GO HOME AND YOU'VE GOT 20 MINUTES BEFORE IT GETS DARK AND YOU GOT HEM HOPE FROM PRACTICE AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TIME TO GO TO A POND, JUST GRAB YOU A CASTING CORK AND LEARN HOW TO CAST IT?

>> GOT ANY BITES YET?

>> NOT YET.

WHERE DID YOU GET YOURS?

DEEPER OR CLOSER TO BANK.

>> PROBABLY RIGHT WHERE MY BOBBER IS RIGHT NOW.

>> I DON'T ANY THIS IS A CRAPPIE.

IF IT IS, WE'VE GOT A GOOD ONE.

OH, MY GOODNESS, LEO.

>> WHAT IS THAT IN.

>> LOOK AT THAT CRAPPIEY.

>> THAT'S A CRAPPIE?

>> OH, MY GOODNESS.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG OLD BASS.

WANE TO CATCH ONE.

THAT DIDN'T WORK.

>> LOOK AT THAT CRAPPIE.

THAT IS TWO FISH SANDWICHES RIGHT THERE!

>> WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THAT THAT ONE TO THAL SCHOOL FISH FRY.

>> YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT TO YOUR FISH FRY?

I DON'T THINK YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.

HOW DID YOU SAY YOU WANTED IT, ON SOME RICE?

>> YEP.

>> WHAT A PRETTY FISH.

HEY, NOW, THIS THING DIDN'T GET IN THIS POND THIS YEAR.

IT'S BEEN THERE A COUPLE YEARS.

THAT CRAPPIE'S GOT TO BE AT LEAST FOUR YEARS OLD.

WHAT A FISH.

LOOK A THEM SIDE BY SIDE.

[LAUGHTER] WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

>> MINE IS DOUBLE THE SIZE.

>> DOUBLE?

I'D SAY IT'S FOUR TIMES.

>> HOW DID YOU CAST THAT GOOD?

A LITTLE ONE.

>> IT IS A LITTLE CRAPPIE.

BUT LOOK HOW THICK THE CROSS OF THAT BACK IS.

THE MEAT IS RIGHT HERE.

SO EVEN THOUGH THAT CRAPPIE IS ONLY 9 INCHES LONG, THERE'S AS MUCH MEAT ON THAT AS WHAT YOU WOULD GET ON A BLUEGILL.

NOW, THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD GO OUT ON A LAKE AND KEEP A CRAPPIE THAT SIZE, BUT ON THIS UPON WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT.

-- ON THIS POND.

ONCE YOU GET RIGHT IN THAT AREA YOU DON'T HAVE TO PULL IT MUCH.

YOU BOUNCE IT AROUND.

YOU GOT HIM.

DID YOU SEE HIM?

>> YEAH, I SAW HIM BUT HE JERKED AWAY.

>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

>> WHERE'S THE HONEY HOLE?

>> A LITTLE BIT DOWN FROM US IS THE SPOT I'VE CAUGHT THE MOST CRAPPIE.

THIS IS A BEAVER DAM, SO I'LL BET YOU THERE ARE CRAPPIE RIGHT HERE WHERE THIS BEAVER DAM IS.

IT TELLS ME THAT ALL THIS STICKS ARE ALSO OUT THERE IN THE WATER.

>> TO GO FISHING?

>> I GOT TO GO TO THE WATER.

I CAN'T PICK THIS UP ON 4-POUND.

IT'S GOING TO BREAK MY LINE.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL FISH.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE MANY OF THESE TO HAVE A GOOD SOLID MESS OF FISH.

WOW.

LET ME SHOW YOU THE BEST WAY TO CATCH THESE.

I JUST HAVE THIS LITTLE 8-OUNCE JIG AND IT'S GOT THIS LITTLE CURLY TAIL.

ALL YOU NEEDTEAU TO DO IF YOU'RE IN TIGHT QUARTERS AND YOU GOT STICKS AROUND YOU, ALL I'M GOING TO DO THE IS FLIP IT OUTER TEN OR 15 FEET AND LET IT GO TO THE BOTTOM.

THEN AS IT START PICKING THE ROD UP, LOOK AT MY ROD.

>> IT'S GOING UP.

>> LOOK.

THERE'S A FISH.

ALL I'M DOING IS CASTING IT OUT THERE BECAUSE THE WATER IS GETTING MORE SHALLOW AS IT GETS CLOSER TO BANK.

ALL I'M DOING IS KEEPING THE BAIT 2 OR 3 INCHES OFF THE BOTTOM.

THIS IS JUST A REALLY GOOD WAY TO FISH FOR CRAPPIE OR BLUEGILL IN TIGHT QUARTERS LIKE THIS.

THROW THE OUT THAT WAY AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO.

>> I CAUGHT HIM FINALLY.

>> THAT'S A BASS, I THINK.

YEP, LARGE MOUTH.

>> NO!

>> HEY, NORMALLY WE LOVE CATCHING LARGE MOUTH.

>> NOT TODAY.

>> THAT'S NOT THE OBJECTIVE TODAY.

NICE JOB, THOUGH.

>> WHOA.

>> HERE YOU GO, LEO.

>> I'M GOING TO CATCH A MONSTER.

THERE'S A MONSTER RIGHT THERE.

>> THAT'S A MONSTER.

IS IT FUN?

>> YES.

WHY IS A RAINBOW ON THE END LIKE THAT IN.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT?

FISHES HAVE THAT COLOR ON THEM, THAT REALLY PRETTY COLOR.

THAT'S A WHITE CRAPPIE.

>> IT'S LIKE METALLIC.

>> IT'S GOT BLUES AND PURPLE ALL UP THERE ON THE TOP.

WHAT A PRETTY FISH, HUH?

>> MM-HM.

>> THERE, BUDY.

>> THAT'S A NICE ONE.

>> THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD FISH.

LET'S GO TO THE BANK.

YOU KNOW WHAT, LEO?

YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS?

WHEN YOU WERE IN SCHOOL THIS MORNING, DID YOU KNOW WE WERE GOING FISHING TODAY?

>> NOT AT ALL.

>> THAT'S WHAT I LIKE.

SOMETIMES YOU DO NOT HAVE BASEBALL PRACTICE, DIDN'T OF VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE TODAY.

YOU FINALLY GOT A DAY OFF AND LOOK AT THE WEATHER, IT'S BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE.

WE DECIDED TO COME OUT HERE.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE BONUS IS.

>> WHAT?

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK SNITS.

>> OH, FOOD.

>> WE GET TO TAKE THESE BABIES HOME AND FILLET THESE UP.

I HAD A GREAT TIME WITH YOU.

THANKS FOR COMING OUT HERE WITH ME.

DID YOU HAVE FUN?

>> YES.

>> I HOPE WE GET TO DO THIS AGAIN REAL SOON.

>> ME TOO.

>> LET'S GO, BUD.

>> ARCH IS THE MONTH THAT MANY KENTUCKIANS GET TOGETHER AS A FAMILY AND PURSUE TURKEYS.

NOW LET'S HEAD TO TODD COUNTY AND JOIN THE STANDARD FAMILY AS THEY CHASE SOME GOBBLERS.

3.

>> WELL, DAD, IT'S OUR FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR.

TURKEY SEASON OPENS TOMORROW.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> WE'VE BEEN ON A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL HUNTS TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS BUT WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S THAT I'M GOING TO BE CARRYING THIS CAMERA WITH ME THIS TIME AND HOPEFULLY IF ALL GOES WELL, THE VIDEO YOU TAKE DOWN TO -- WE ACTUALLY FRIED THIS LAST YEAR AND YOU ENDED UP TAKING A NICE BIRD BUT IT WAS THE ONE HUNT THAT WE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE CAMERA AT HOME.

>> YEAH, I HOPE IT WORKS OUT THIS TIME.

WE HAD SOME GOOD ENCOUNTERS LAST YEAR, THOUGH.

>> THAT'S A LONG BEARD.

>> WE SAW SOME GOBBLE ORES A COUPLE OCCASIONS.

>> WE JUST CAN'T GET THEM TO COME IN RANGE TODAY.

>> JUST COULDN'T GET THEM IN GUN RANGE.

BUT THIS YEAR I'M SURE WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

WE'VE BEEN SCOUTING.

WE KNOW WE HAVE A FEW GOBBLERS ON THE FARM.

WE HAVE A UN.

WE'RE READY TO HUNT.

BALANCE GET OUT THERE THIS EVENING AND SEE IF WE CAN HEAR GOBBLERS ON THE ROOST.

>> THERE'S A GOBBLE.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

WE'LL COME BACK HERE TOMORROW, SEE IF WE CAN GET HIM.

SET UP FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

I HEARD A FEW GOBBLES IN THE DISTANCE.

STAY HERE A WHILE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

THIS HASN'T PRODUCED ANYTHING.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING IN QUITE A WHILE SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE UP THE WOODS A WAYS.

ONE THING ABOUT TURKEY HUNTING, IF YOU YOU CAN ALWAYS GET UP AND MOVE TO ANOTHER PLACE, SOMETIMES A DUSTIN SETUPS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS CAN BE EFFECTIVE.

TURKEY.

REAL CLOSE.

HE'S WALKING RIGHT PAST.

WELL, NO LUCK AT THIS SETUP.

LET'S HEAD BACK TO THE FARM AND GIVE IT A TRY THERE.

JAKES.

THERE THEY GO.

WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.

THERE'S A GOBBLE.

MAYBE 150 YARDS OUT.

THERE HE IS.

HE'S LOOKING AT OUR DECOYS.

HERE HE COMES.

COME ON UP HERE.

HE'S MOVING TO THE LEFT.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS GOING FOR THE DECOYS.

HE'S CIRCLING AROUND.

WELL, HE STARTED RIGHT ON PAST.

I THINK KNOW WHERE HE'S GOING TO REST TONIGHT, THOUGH, WHEN WE HAVE TO COME BACK TOMORROW AND GET HIM IN THE MORNING.

WE JUST SLIPPED INTO THE WOODS HERE.

WE HEAR A TURKEY GOBBLING DOWN THE CREEK THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE EDGE OF THE WOODS AND GET SET UP.

HOPE HE'LL COME OUR WAY.

WE JUST GOT TO TAKE OUR SETUP WHERE WE HEAR THE GOBBLING.

HE'S NOT TOO FAR AWAY.

WE'VE GOT TO DO SOME CALLING AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GET HUM TO COME OUR WAY.

HE'S GOBBLING PRETTY GOOD.

SOUNDS LIKE HE'S COMING THIS WAY.

WE SHOULD SEE HIM PRETTY SOON.

THERE HE IS.

COMING RIGHT TO THE DECOYS.

GO AHEAD AND TAKE HIM.

[SHOT] OH, YEAH, THAT WAS GREAT.

I WASN'T EXPECTING TO COME IN THAT SOON.

LOOK UP AND THERE HE WAS ALREADY CLOSE TO US.

LOOKS LIKE A GOOD BIRD.

LET'S GO CHECK HIM OUT.

>> AWESOME.

THAT'S A PRETTY BIRD.

HE HAS A GOOD BEARD, GOOD LONG BEARD DOWN HERE.

WE'VE GOT A GOOD SET OF SPURS.

AS SOON AS WE COME IN WOODS THIS MORNING, WE HEARD HIM GOBBLING.

WE MADE A FEW CALLS AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE HE SHOWED UP.

WENT STRAIGHT TO THE DECOYS, JUMPED ON THAT JAKE.

I DIDN'T SHOOT RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SHOOT OUR DECOY, BUT AS SOON AS I GOT A SHOT, WE TOOK HIM.

THIS HAPPY THIS HUNT.

>> GAD DAD, I SURE ENJOYED HUNTING WITH YOU THIS MORNING.

IT'S BEEN A GOOD EXPERIENCE.

>> THANK YOU, JAMEISON.

WE'VE STILL GOT ENOUGH DAYLIGHT LEFT WE CAN GET OUT HERE AND GET YOU A BIRD.

SO LET'S GET THIS BACK TO THE TRUCK AND GET ON BACK OUT HERE IN THE WOODS.

>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> HAVE YOU EVER WONDER HOW AN ARTIST GETS THEIR INSPIRATION?

FOR OR ARE US THE RICK IT'S BY GRABBING A ROD AND REEL AND GOING WHITE BASS FISHING.

LET'S.

>> LET'S GO GET THEM.

>> I'M READY.

>> YOU KNOW, RICK, THESE ARAL HALLOW GROUND WHEN IT COMES TO WHITE BASS, GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS OF FISH.

>> FISHING IN THE OLD DAYS.

WE'VE GONE BACK IN TIME.

>> UH-OH.

>> THERE WE GO.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

>> THAT'S A BIG FEMALE, IT LOOKS LIKE.

>> THERE YOU GO.

NOW, THAT IS A NICE WHITE BASS.

>> YES.

>> THAT'S WHY YOU COMMENTS NOWLAN RIVER.

I'VE CAUGHT WHITE BASS OUT OF SIX, SENT, EIGHT DIFFERENT WATERWAYS IN KENTUCKY AND I DO THINK THAT NOLIN HAS THE BIGGEST.

>> YES.

BEAUTIFUL FISH.

LET'S GET HER BACK IN THE WATER.

>> THERE WE GO.

LOOK AT THIS FISH RIPPING THIS DRAG.

>> WELL, THAT'S A GOOD THING.

>> LOOK, THERE'S THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE UNDERNEATH.

IT LOOK, SEE THEM?

>> YEAH, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THEM COMING RIGHT UP UNDERNEATH THEM.

THAT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT IS A GIRD SHAD.

>> THAT IS A GIRDS SHAD.

THOSE ARE BIG GIRDS SHAD.

I WONDER WHY THEY'RE MENTION WITH THE WHITE BASS SO BAD.

YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, THOSE ARE GIRDS SHAD.

GIZZARD SHAD.

.

>> ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THIS WHITE BASS RUN IS THERE'S A LOT OF ON THIS NOWLAN RIVER.

>> THERE IS.

>> YOU CAN TRAVERSE MOST OF THIS AREA.

ALSO YOU CAN GO DOWN TO BACON CREEK AND THERE'S AREAS YOU CAN WALK A LONG WAY AND FISH.

SEE IT'S GREAT FOR WALKING AND ANGLING.

>> YOU CAN TAKE YOUR FISH WHERE YOU WANT TO FISH, IN PARK COUNTY OR DO YOU WANT TO FISH IN GRAYSON COUNTY DEPENDING ON WHAT SIDE OF THE RESERVE YOU'RE ON.

AS I TOLD YOU BEFORE, CHAD, I USED TO WALK THIS RIVER A LOT BECAUSE LIVED DOWN A MILE DOWN THE RIVER IN HART COUNTY, ON THE HART COUNTY SIDE.

I HAD A STUDIO HERE FOR MY ARTWORK MOSTLY DEALING WITH FISH BUT I HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT FISHED THROUGH THE YEARS BEFORE THAT DOING ARTWORK FOR THEM AND SHOWING THEM SOME OF SOME OF MY NEW ARTWORK.

THEY NEEDED A KRILL CLERK DOWN HERE IN 1986.

THEY CALLED ME UP AND ASKED ME IF I WAS INTERESTED TO DO IT.

>> YOU WERE A KRILL CLERK WORKING RIGHT HERE.

>> RIGHT HERE.

>> ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SOMEONE COME UP TO THEM AND SAID, THIS GUY IS FISH AND WILDLIFE AND GOING TO ASK ME FOR MY LICENSE.

AND THEY ASK YOU QUESTIONS LIKE, LAKERS WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF FISH YOU GET TO KEEP?

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU WERE DOING BE, RIGHT?

>> MY APPLY MAYOR JOB IS RECORDING HOW MANY FISH THEY CAUGHT, HOW MANY THEY'RE KEEPING.

I'D ESTIMATE OR MEASURE THEIR FISH AND SOMETIMES E. WA THEM BUT THROUGH A TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION FROM EACH ANGLER AS I COULD GET.

WHEN THE CARRILLO CLERK JOB WAS UP THEY OFFERED ME A JOB AS FISHERIES TECH.

IN FISHERIES I WORKED FOR EIGHT YEARS AND THEN I MOVED UP TO INE, INFORMATION AND EDUCATION SECTION.

MY PRIMARY JOB WAS DOING THE COVERS OF THE MAGAZINE AND NATURE NOTEBOOK INSIDE THE MAGAZINE AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WAS NEEDED.

I ENDED UP DESIGNING MANY EDUCATIONAL POSTERS, INCLUDING THE FISHES OF KENTUCKY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR ANGLERS THAT SHOWS ALL THE COMMON FISH THAT YOU MIGHT CATCH WHEN YOU'RE FISHING HERE IN KENTUCKY, AND ECOSYSTEM PAINTINGS THAT ARE USED FOR EDUCATION.

WE CALL IT THE THEM THE RIVER CONTINUUM AND THEY WERE USED IN SCHOOLS AND PEOPLE PUT THEM IN THEIR OFFICES AND KIDS PUT THEM IN THEIR ROOMS, AND WE'RE STILL GETTING REQUESTS FOR THEM BUT SOME OF THEM WE'RE ACTUALLY OUT OF, AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY OTHER STATES, SURROUNDING STATES THAT USED THEM AS WELL.

BUT MY PRIMARY JOB NOW IS THE COVERS.

AND I'VE BEEN ON THE MAGAZINE STAFF AND AGAIN THEIR ARTIST ARTIST/ILLUSTRATOR SINCE 1984.

>> AMAZING.

IT USED TO BE CALLED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> HEAP HUNTING GROUND.

>> RICK, HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH YOUR CONFORMITY A "KENTUCKY AFIELD" MAGAZINE COVER.

YOU KNOW THE SEASON THAT YOU'RE PAINTING SO THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA.

>> I TRY TO ETCH MATCH IT CLOSE TO THE FEATURE ARTICLE IN MAGAZINE AND I COLLABORATE WITH THE WRITERS AND CHIS EDITOR BUT HE GIVES ME A LOT OF ARTISTIC LICENSE TO HELP FORM HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO.

>> GOTCHA.

>> I'M PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

>> THAT IS REALLY COOL.

IT'S AMAZING THE CAREER THAT YOU HAVE HAD.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, RICK, JUST ABOUT 300 YARDS DOWN THE BANK HERE THERE'S AN AREA THAT GETS KIND OF -- >> SHALLOW?

>> LET'S GO SEE WHAT'S DOWN THERE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> IT'S WORTH A TRY.

>> HERE WE GO.

GOT A SMALL ONE HERE.

>> PRETTY FISH.

>> CHECK THIS JOKER OUT.

CHADS, MAYBE THIS IS THE SPOT.

>> THERE YOU GO.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU COME HERE FOR.

>> LOOK.

>> UH-OH.

>> BROKE.

>> YOU TOOK THE END OUT OF THE JIG.

>> THAT WAS A REAL FISH.

>> WALK JUST A LITTLE PAST YOU HERE.

I'M GETTING READY TO CATCH ONE.

>> IT'S A ACCIDENT DECENT FISH HERE.

NOT LIKE THE LAST ONE.

STILL A PRETTY GOOD FISH.

THERE YOU GO.

YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT WONDER HOW IN THE WORLD DOES THIS RIVER SYSTEM SUSTAIN THEM OF THESE FISH.

AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS THESE FISH SPEND MOST OF THE YEAR OUT IN THE LAKE BUT THEY HAVE TO SPAWN IN MOVING WATER, SO NOW YOU THINK ABOUT THE SIZE OF THAT LAKE IN A VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE RUNNING UP THIS RIVER TO SPAWN.

THAT'S WHY THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM IN HERE.

WOULD YOU SAY THOUSANDS?

WE ARE TALKING LITERAL MILLIONS OF THESE JOKERS UP IN HERE SO THE COMPETITION FOR FOOD IS PRETTY FIERCE.

OOH.

>> LOCK A THAT LITTLE GIRL THERE, GOT ONE.

>> DON'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT.

THAT FEELS LIKE A GOOD ONE TOO.

>> THAT'S YOUR BEST ONE OF THE DAY RIGHT THERE FOR SURE.

>> HE'S CLOSE.

>> LOOK AT THIS.

TWO AT A TIME.

>> THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT, ISN'T IT?

>> THAT IS THE WAY TO DO IT.

MY GOODNESS, THAT'S A GOOD FISH.

SEE WHAT I GOT HERE NOW.

THAT IS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD FISH, RICK.

>> HE LOOKS LIKE HE COULD HAVE SOME EGGS.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

I'VE GOT A GOOD ONE AND YOURS MAKES MINE LOOK PITTFUL.

>> LOOK HOW FAT THAT ONE YOU HAVE IS.

>> I THINK WE CAN CALL THAT A DOUBLE.

>> DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT RIGHT THERE.

>> NO.

THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL, AREN'T THEY.

>> ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL FISH.

LET'S GET THEM BACK, BACK IN THE RIVER.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS RUN YOU LOOK UP AND DOWN THE BANKS.

THEY'VE ALL CAUGHT THEIR LIMITS AND GONE HOME.

TOO BAD WE DIDN'T BRING A STRINGER.

WELL, I.

HEY, THERE WILL BE NEXT YEAR.

>> THIS IS GOING TO MAKE MORE WHITE BASS.

>> THERE YOU GO.

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

>> CHECK OUT SIX-YEAR-OLD LAWSON CECIL 2 HIS FIRST CATFISH 2022.

THIS FISH WAS CAUGHT ON HIS PAPA'S FARM IN HANCOCK COUNTY.

HERE WE HAVE NINE-YEAR-OLD PACKER HOLDER OF SPOTSVILLE, KENTUCKY ME.

WENT BACK TO THE EXACT SAME FARM AND LOCATION HIS GAD DAD GOT HEROS FIRST DEER AND TOOK THIS NICE BUCK.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CHECK OUT THE SIZE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL BLUE CATFISH CAUGHT BY CHARLES JOHNS.

THIS FISH WEIGHED 46 POUNDS.

NICE JOB.

HERE WE HAVE MADDIE AT KERR SON WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW THROUGHOUT CAUGHT AT MIDDLETON MILLS PARK IN KENTON COUNTY.

11-YEAR-OLD CARES ROGERS WENT OUT AND GOT THESE TWO DOES ON FREE YOUTH WEEKEND IN HARDIN COUNTY.

NICE JOB.

>> APRIL HAS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST MONTHS TO BE AN OUTDOORS PERSON HERE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

TURKEY SEASON IS NOW IN, AND THE FISH ARE BITING.

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

ALWAYS ASK PERMISSION AND THANK THE LANDOWNER.

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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