♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... >> OH MAN, THAT FISH COME OFF.

>> CAME BACK AND HIT IT AGAIN.

>> KAYAKS NOT ONLY GIVE YOU MORE ACCESS TO MORE WATER, THEY'RE ALSO A LOT OF FUN.

>> OH MY GOODNESS.

OH MY GOODNESS!

>> NEXT..., KENTUCKY'S WHITE BASS RUN IS HISTORIC AND VERY POPULAR.

WE ARE ON THE NOLIN RIVER TRYING TO PUT A PATTERN TOGETHER.

>> A LITTLE BIT OF FRESH WATER, THE QUESTION IS WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?

>> AND THEN ONE THING NO OUTDOORS PERSON ENJOYS.

TICKS.

WE ARE TALKING TO THE EXPERTS TO FIND OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO KEEP THEM AT BAY.

>> YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR BIOLOGY AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE INTERACT WITH THEM.

>> 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.

YOU KNOW THE BOUGHTY OF WATER THAT ACCESSIBLE TO BANK FISHING?

MAYBE YOU SHOULD GIVE KAYAK FISHING A TRY.

>> OH MY GOSH, I FEEL LIKE A KID IN THE CANDY STORE.

I'M SO SICK OF COLD WEATHER AND ICE STORMS.

SO MARCH AND APRIL HAPPEN TO BE THE PERFECT MONTHS TO COME OUT AND CATCH PRE-SEAN LARGE MOUTH BASS.

A GREAT TIME OF YEAR TO CATCH A GIANT.

WE HAVE A NICE BREEZE SO I'M GOING TO THROW OUT REACTION STYLE BATES, SPINNERBAITS OUT IN THE KAYAK, NO SNOW, NO ICE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN.

>> HERE WE GO.

WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?

OH MY GOODNESS!

OH MY GOODNESS!

OH MY GOODNESS!

OH MY GOODNESS!

OH MY GOSH, MY FIRST BASS OUT OF THIS POND!

MY FIRST BASS OUT OF THIS POND HAS GOT TO BE SEVEN AND A HALF POUNDS OR BETTER.

OH MY GOSH.

LOOK AT THAT!

VERY, VERY FIRST BITE.

WE ARE GOING TO THE SHALLOW WATER.

I THIS I THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF BASS DOWN HERE.

I DON'T THINK THERE ARE A LOT THIS SIZE BUT I HOPE THERE IS.

CHECK THIS FISH OUT.

WAY MORE THAN MY WHOLE HAND IN ITS MOUTH.

I DO HAVE A SCALE.

I GOT TO KNOW WHAT THIS THING WEIGHS.

SEVEN POUNDS SIX OUNCES.

THAT AIN'T BAD WHEN YOUR VERY FIRST BITE IS SEVEN POUNDS SIX OUNCES.

THIS IS WORTH THE HASSLE.

THIS IS A PLACE NOT EASY TO GET TO.

THE WIND IS BLOWING WHICH IS GREAT FOR FISHING.

IF YOU CAN FIND A WATERSHED LIKE THIS THAT DOESN'T GET A TON OF PRESSURE, MARCH AND APRIL ARE THE MONTHS TO COME OUT HERE AND POTENTIALLY CATCH A FISH OF A LIFETIME.

SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST FISH I'VE EVER CAUGHT HERE, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'LL CATCH A BIGGER ONE.

IT IS ALREADY WORTH THE TRIP.

SEVEN POUNDS SIX OUNCES.

LET'S GET THIS THING BACK IN THE WATER.

WE'VE ONLY GOT THREE FEET OF WATER.

THAT'S WHY IT'S A GOOD IDEA IF YOU CAN, TO BRING A DEPTH FINDER.

YOU CAN CHECK IT THIS WAY BUT I KNOW I'VE GOT THREE FEET OF WATER AND THE TEMPERATURE KEEPS RISING: WE ARE ALMOST AT 54.

HERE WE GO.

LOOKY THERE.

BEAUTIFUL TWO POUNDER THERE THIS ONE HIT A SPINNER BAIT IN THE SHALLOW WATER THERE IS A MUD LINE IN FRONT OF ME.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER SIX OR EIGHT INCHES DEEPER AND THAT'S WHERE THE FISH WAS HET SETTING.

I HAVE A FEELING THERE MAY BE MORE.

THAT FISH COME OFF.

CAME BACK AND HIT IT AGAIN.

LIKE THE ONE I JUST CAUGHT.

THEY'RE IN HERE AND THEY'RE CHOKING THIS SPINNER BAIT DOWN.

HERE WE GH.

THIS IS A LITTLE BETTER FISH HERE I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

YOU COME OUT HERE, THERE IS NOTHING MORE FUN THAN RUNNING A SPINNER BAIT IN REAL SHALLOW WATER.

ALL I'M DOING IS PULLING THIS BAIT JUST FAST ENOUGH TO KEEP IT OFF THE BOTTOM.

I DON'T WANT TO PULL IT TOO FAST BUT IF I KEEP MY ROD TIP UP IN THE AIR AND KEEP THE BAIT RIGHT OFF THE BOTTOM, THEY'RE GETTING READY FOR THE SPAWN.

YOU CAN SEE THAT.

A BIG FAT BELLY.

AND WHEN THEY HIT A SPINNER BAIT, YOU SEE YOUR LINE TAKE OFF RUNNING.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT JOKER JUST DID.

DISU SEE THAT THING SWELL AT THE BOAT?

DID YOU SEE THAT?

THAT THING TRIED TO GET IN THE KAYAK WITH ME.

LITERALLY WAS FOUR FEET FROM THE BOAT WHEN HE HIT: I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

SHALLOW WATER.

EARLY MARCH, APRIL SPINNER BAIT FISHING.

IT DOESN'T GET MUCH MORE FUN THAN THIS.

A TWO POUNDER ON THE SPINNER BAIT.

I LOST HIM RIGHT THERE.

A LITTLE BITTY ONE.

IF YOU KNOW OF A RIVER BED THAT IS SHALLOW AND HARD TO FISH IN THE SUMMER, CONSIDER GETTING ON IT EARLY IN THE YEAR BEFORE THAT VEGETATION COMES UP AND A KAYAK IS A GREAT WAY TO ACCESS A BODY OF WATER LIKE THIS.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU WANT TO CATCH REALLY BIG FISH, COME OUT EARLY AND I MEAN STARTING IN MARCH, EARLY MARCH.

AND IF YOU ARE IN FOR NUMBERS, THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO MAKE IT LATER ON AND IN APRIL.

BUT THROWING A WILLOW SPINNER BAIT, SWIM JIG, SWIM BAIT, SOMETHING YOU CAN MOVE SLOW.

HERE WE GO.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

I'VE HAD A BLAST TODAY.

THIS IS A WATERSHED LAKE THAT WAS ACTUALLY IMPOUNDED IN THE 40S AND 50s.

THE REASON FOR THIS IMPOUNDMENT WAS TO MAKE THIS LAND MORE FERTILE.

THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD SIT HERE FOR 10 OR 15 YEARS, DRAIN OUT AND THE LAND WOULD BE MORE FERTILE AND USED FOR CROPS AND GROWING TOBACCO.

WELL,IT NEVER DRAINED AND NOW HERE WE ARE LITERALLY 70, 80 YEARS LATER AND THIS IMPOUNDMENT IS FANTASTIC FOR CATCHING FISH.

YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD OF KENTUCKY'S WHITE BASS RUNS.

IF YOU EVER WANTED TO GIVE IT A TRY, RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME.

IT'S MID MARCH AND HERE IN KENTUCKY THAT MEANS IT'S TIME TO CATCH CRAPPIE ALSO WHITE BASS.

THEY'RE REALLY NOT PULLING INTO STAGING AREAS TIGHT.

WE WANT TO DO IT DIFFERENT AND BRING A BOAT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A BOAT TO WHITE BASS FISH.

AS A MATTER OF FACT I PREFER IT FROM THE BANK BUT WHEN THE FISH ARE MOVING LIKE THEY ARE NOW, WE'LL TRY TO USE THE ELECTRONICS AND MOVE UP AND DOWN THE RIVER AND FIND THEM STAGING ON THESE SHOALS.

WATER IF.

REALLY WARM RAINS THAT WE'VE HAD, WE ARE 52°.

ONE OF THE HARDEST FIGHTING FISH IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

>> WE CAME UP THE RIVER AND THERE IS AN INLET WITH THE WATER ON IT THE QUESTION WHAT IS HAVE WE GOT HERE.

THIS HERE IS A MALE AND THE MALES WILL RUN UP THE RIVER BEFORE THE FEMALES.

THEY GET EXCITED.

THIS IS MILT FROM A FISH SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A MALE FISH.

HOPEFULLY WE FIND SOME FEMALES.

WITH MOST SPECIES, THE FEMALES ARE BIGGER.

WE FISH THIS SPOT, MADE SEVERAL MORE CASTS NO LUCK.

WE ARE MOVING UP TO THE NEXT SHOAL.

SKINNIER WATER.

MORE CURRENT.

HOPEFULLY THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE AT.

>> SPINNER BAIT.

THIS IS SUCH A GREAT WALK IN OPPORTUNITY.

LOOKS LIKE HE IS THROWING SOMETHING WITH PINK ON IT AND A NICE WHITE BASS.

I LIKE THE SHEER ROCK WALL.

WE MAY HAVE DEPTH RIGHT ON THE EDGE.

HERE WE GO.

LITTLE BITTY ONE.

THIS IS A CRAPPIE?

SURE IS.

LITTLE CRAPPIE.

THIS ONE IS NOT GOING TO BE BIG ENOUGH TO KEEP.

THE THING IS ABOUT SIX INCHES LONG, NOT QUITE ENOUGH.

SOMETIMES IT'S THE SMALL SMALLEST AMOUNT OF INFLUX OF WATER CAN JUST CHANGE THE OXYGEN IN HERE.

YOU SEE HERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DRAIN COMING IN.

SO THIS IS A SPOT THAT IS GOING TO WANT TO GIVE A TRY AND HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

THEY'RE IN THERE.

YOU NEVER THINK THAT THAT LITTLE BIT OF WATER RIGHT THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH, BUT THIS IS A BETTER FISH.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

HOPE IT LETS US KNOW.

WHITE BASS.

THERE YOU GO.

A LITTLE BITTY SPOT WITH INFILL OF WATER AND TWO CASTS IN A ROW, TWO FISH.

NEED ABOUT 10 OF THESE.

HERE WE GO.

YOU CAN TELL IT'S GOT THIS ROD DOUBLED OVER HOW HARD THESE THINGS FIGHT.

IT'S NOT A HUGE FISH BUT THEY'RE JUST SO INCREDIBLY STRONG.

ANOTHER MALE FISH.

YOU KNOW, THE FEMALES ARE THE ONES HAULING THE EGGS SO YOU REALLY CAN COME UP HERE AND CATCH YOUR LIMIT WITH THE MALES AND YOU ARE NOT HURTING THE POPULATION.

DEFEND ANOTHER WHITE BASS.

THAT IS SITTING RIGHT AGAINST THAT ROCK WALL.

SO WE FLOATED A LOT OF THE RIVER TODAY AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE SPOTS WHERE WE ARE GETTING FISH HELD UP ARE EITHER WHERE THERE IS AN INFLUX OF WATER OR WHERE YOU'VE GLOT A LITTLE BIT OF SHEER DROP WHERE THE WATER IS DEEPER AND THERE IS NOT AS MUCH CURRENT.

THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE THEY'RE AT.

HERE WE GO.

RIGHT AT THE BOAT.

NICE FISH RIGHT THERE AGAIN.

THIS IS JUST PUTTING THE PATTERN TOGETHER AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, EVERY DAY IT CHANGES.

YOU MIGHT HAVE IT WHERE YOU GOT A LOT OF FLOW AND YOU JUST DROP INTO A POOL AND THEY WILL BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

IN THE AREAS WHERE THERE IS A SLIGHT BIT OF WATER AND DEPTH ON SHEER ROCK.

WE'RE GOING MESS AROUND HERE AND GET US THE LIMIT OF WHITE BASS.

YOU KNOW IT'S EARLY.

SO THIS IS USUALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE LOOKING RIGHT AROUND THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH TO APRIL IS REALLY WHEN THIS STARTS TO HAPPEN.

THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD SOME WARM WEATHER.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I GET THIS FISH IN, I'M GETTING THIS JACKET OFF.

IT'S GETTING HOT RIGHT ON THIS SHEER ROCK WALL AGAIN.

THAT'S A LITTLE JOKER THERE, BUT STILL FIGHTS LIKE CRAZY OUT OF THE CURRENT.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WE JUST MADE ABOUT A TWO OR 300-YARD FLOAT TRYING TO FISH EVERYTHING.

NOT A BITE.

NEXT SHEER ROCK WALL, THERE IT IS, CAUGHT A FISH.

THIS IS A LITTLE SMALLER THIS IS A MALE THOUGH.

BIG ENOUGH TO CLEAN.

NOLIN RIVER IS A GREAT WAY TO SPEND AN AFTERNOON IN MARCH.

A LITTLE EARLY BUT EVERYBODY IS CATCHING FISH SO WE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYBODY HAD CAUGHT A CRAPPIE OR WHITE BASS.

THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH, FIRST WEEK OF APRIL.

THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE.

BEFORE YOU HIT THE WOODS THIS SPRING, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THE PRECAUTIONS NEEDED TO PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST TICKS.

WE ARE OUTSIDE TODAY WITH JONATHAN LARSON WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ENTOMOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND YOU GUYS DO A TON OF RESEARCH.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF BUG PZ HERE IN KENTUCKY.

SOME ARE GOOD, SOME ARE BAD, SOME ARE INDIFFERENT.

WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGY AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE INTERACT WITH THEM.

>> YOU GUYS HAVE AN ENTIRE PROGRAM THAT STUDY THE IMPACT ON NATURE AND LANDSCAPE AND THEIR IMPACT ON PEOPLE.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF BASIC RESEARCH THAT GOES ON IN THE DEPARTMENT.

PEOPLE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE INSECTS THEMSELVES LOOKING AT THE WAY THEY SMELL, LOOKING AT THE WAY THEY SURVIVE BEING FROZEN OVER THE WINTER.

WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WORKING ON PROTECTING POLLINATORS LIKE BEES AND MONARCHS AND OTHERS WHO DO WHAT I DO, LOOK AT CROP PESTS OR ORNAMENTAL PESTS AND THE HUMAN HEALTH ASPECT.

ONE OF THE HUMAN HEALTH ASPECTS IS TICKS.

TICKS IN KENTUCKY HAVE A REAL INTERESTING HISTORY.

WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT JUST WHERE THEY ARE, WHAT THE SPECIES ARE.

WE HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON WHO LIVES HERE.

BUT NOT EXACTLY EVERY COUNTY THAT THEY LIVE IN AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TEACH PEOPLE WHAT RISKS THEY MAY ENCOUNTER IF THEY'RE GOING OUTSIDE IN A CERTAIN PLACE AND HELP THEM KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE.

>> WE'LL TALK TO AN INDIVIDUAL THAT ARE STUDYING TICKS IN KENTUCKY.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> SO WHAT KEPT YOU INTERESTED IN STUDYING TICKS?

>> ORIGINALLY I WAS INTERESTED IN ANY KIND OF VECTOR DISEASE SO TICKS ARE BIG VECTORS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH DISEASES AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ON THEIR TICK SURVEILLANCE AND I TOOK IT AND I LOVE IT.

IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

>> FOR PEOPLE WHO SPEND A LOT OF TIME OUTDOORS, OUR TURKEY SEASON IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

IN APRIL, TICKS ARE STARTING TO COME OUT.

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT TIMES OF THE YEAR AND TYPES OF AREAS THAT TICKS ARE MOST PREVIOUS PREVALENT?

>> TICKS ARE ACTIVE IN HUMID AREAS.

AS IT GO ETC.

CLOSER TO THE SUMMER, IT GETS HOTTER OUTSIDE, THEY WILL BECOME MORE ACTIVE AND YOU WILL FIND THEM IN AREAS OF LIKE FORESTS AND FIELD HABITAT SO AREAS WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO HUNT FOR LIKE YOU SAID, TURKEY OR ANY OTHER ANIMALS.

THEY LIKE TO STAY PRETTY HIDDEN SO IN GRASSY FIELDS OR THEY'LL HIDE ON THE EDGES OF BRANCHES LIKE THIS AND WAIT FOR A HOST TO COME BY AND GRAB ON TO YOU.

>> SO THEY CAN BE HARD TO SEE AND SOMETIMES REALLY SMALL, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE WEARING CAMMO, THEY CAN HIDE ON THERE.

TELL ME WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO OUT TURKEY HUNTING, HIKING, WHAT YOU WOULD DO TO PREVENT BECOMING A HOST FOR A TICK.

>> THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS PROVIDE SOME KIND OF INSECTICIDE.

YOU APPLY IT TO YOUR CLOTHES AND IT CAN WORK FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER APPLICATION.

THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT ON YOUR SCREEN.

THEY GET ON TO THE PROMETHERON AND THEN DIE OFF.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO PEOPLE TO APPLY TO THEMSELVES.

>> DEET IS A GOOD ONE TO USE.

MOST INSECTICIDE REPELLANTS YOU CAN BUY AT THE STORE WILL HAVE A LIST OF THE INSECTS THEY REPEL AND ANY OF THE ONES THAT SAY TICKS ARE PROBABLY A GOOD CHOICE.

>> DEET CAN COME FROM LEVELS FROM 10% TO NEARLY 100%.

>> TUCKING YOUR PANTS INTO YOUR SOCKS, WEARING HIGH BOOTS AND SOX ARE EFFECTIVE.

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY I CAN COVER MYSELF SO THE TICKS CANNOT REACH MY SKIN.

DUCT TAPING YOUR SOCK AS ROUND YOUR ANKLES.

WEARING A BANDANA AROUND YOUR NECK, THOSE THINGS PROVIDE A BARRIER BETWEEN THE TICKS AND YOU.

I KNOW WHEN YOU ARE OUT IN ANY KIND OF HABITAT WHERE TICKS MAY BE, IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO DO TICK CHECKS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

>> HOW MUCH DOES REMOVING THE TICK PRETTY QUICKLY HELP IN AVOIDING ANY TYPE OF TICK BORN ILLNESS.

>> EXTREATMENT GENERALLY HIVE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

IF IT IS CARRYING THE BACTERIA, IT NEEDS 36 HOURS BEFORE YOU BECOME INFECTED SO IF YOU CAN REMOVE THE DICK-- IF YOU CAN REMOVE THE TICK AS SOON AS YOU SEE IT, THAT IS ESSENTIAL.

>> IF YOU FOUND A TICK EMBEDDED, THERE ARE A MILLION WAYS PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT REMOVING TICKS.

TELL ME WHAT YOU RECOMMEND.

>> THERE IS ONE SAFE WAY TO REMOVE A TICK.

WHEN IT EMBEDS INTO YOU, YOU WANT TO TAKE A PAIR OF TWEEZERS, GET AS CLOSE TO THE SKIN AS YOU CAN, PULL ON THE TICK STRAIGHT UP UNTIL IT LETS GO.

PEOPLE WILL SAY TWIST THE TICK.

THAT CAN CAUSE THE MOUTH PARTS TO BREAK OFF AND WHILE MOST OF THE BODY OF THE TICK WILL COME OFF, THOSE MOUTH PARTS WILL BE EMBEDDED IN YOUR SKIN.

>> SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALLERGIES TO TICK.

WHAT TYPE OF ALLERGIES DO YOU NEED TO BE CONCERNED WITH.

>> RED MEAT ALLERGY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS USUALLY PICKED UP FROM THE LONE STAR TICK.

IT HAS THE SUGAR MOLECULE.

>> I'M HERE TODAY AND I WAS RECENTLY SPEAKING TO ENTOMOLOGISTS AT U.K. AND THEY WERE TELLING ME ABOUT ALLERGIES FROM TICK.

>> GALACTOS ALPHA.

>> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY BUT IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE SOMETIME.

>> FIRST REPORTED AROUND 2008 BUT PROBABLY BEEN AROUND LONGER BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE WERE CASE REPORTS AS FAR BACK AS 1989.

MORE PATIENTS HAD REACTIONS TO MEAT THAT WE LOOK BACK AND SAY THAT WAS PROBABLY ALPHA GAL.

IT RESIDES IN PRETTY MUCH HOOFED ANIMALS.

>> IT IS A SUGAR.

MOST ALLERGIES ARE PROTEIN.

IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO PEANUTS OR SHELLFISH, IT IS A PROTEIN.

YOU REACT IMMEDIATELY.

WITH ALPHA GAL, IT TWO TO SIX HOURS AFTER YOU EAT THE MEAT.

MOSTLY BEEF AND PORK BUT IT CAN BE IN DEER OR ANY MAMMAL BASICALLY.

>> I WOULD SAY COMPARED TO ALLERGIES LIKE PEANUT AND SHELLFISH, IT IS MORE MILD REACTIONS, USUALLY HIVES IS THE MOST COMMON THING BUT THERE IS A SUBSET OF PATIENTS THAT GET ABDOMINAL PAIN AND DISTRESS, A DELAY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

I HAVE SEEN A FEW PATIENTS WITH LIP SWELLING AND DIDN'T HAVE THE HIVES WITH IT.

MOST PEOPLE HAVE HIVES AND ITCHING.

>> LIFE LONG DIAGNOSIS?

>> FOR MOST IT IS NOT THE LONE STAR TICK IS THE PRIMARY VECTOR THAT PASSES IT.

THEY WILL GO IT BIT BY THE TICK AND THEIR LEVELS OF ALPHA GAL WILL GO UP.

AS LONG AS THEY DON'T KEEP GETTING BIT BY THE FISH, IT WILL FALL WHERE THEY CAN TOLERATE MEAT BUT IF THEY GET BIT AGAIN AND RESENSITIZED, IT CAN COME BACK.

>> IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE COME IN, WOULD YOU NOT TELL THEM TO AVOID THEIR PASSION OR ACTIVITIES OF BEING OUTDOORS RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.

TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTION.

TRY TO AVOID GETTING THE TICKS ON YOU.

CHECK YOURSELF FOR TICKS BUT I WOULD NOT DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM GOING OUT IN THE WOODS AND DOING WHAT THEY ENJOY DOING.

ALSO UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT YOU GUYS DO AT DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE TICK POPULATION MIRRORS THE DEER POPULATION.

FOR THAT REASON I WOULD TELL PEOPLE DON'T STOP HUNTING.

WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP CONTROL THE POPULATION.

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 SARAH ATKINS WITH A NICE TROUT FROM PAINTSVILLE LAKE.

NICE CATCH.

HERE WE HAVE THE ATKINS FAMILY LOOKS LIKE THEY WENT DEER HUNTING AND HAD A LOT OF LUCK.

FIRST CASE THEN CONNOR AND FATHER SEAN.

NICE JOB.

I'M NOT SURE WHO IS MORE EXCITED, RUBY OR HER PAW PAW AFTER CATCHING HER FIRST BASS EVER IN HIS POND.

NICE JOB.

CHECK OUT THIS NICE BUCK TAKEN BY WOODY PATRICK.

A 10-POINTER TAKEN WITH A CROSS BOW.

HERE WE HAVE A NICE WALLEYE OVER 23 INCHES LONG CAUGHT BY CHARLIE GIBBS OF E TOWN.

THIS FISH CAME OUT OF NOLIN LAKE.

HERE WE HAVE SIX-YEAR-OLD SILAS FROM HENRYVILLE INDIANA WITH A NICE BLACK CRAPPIE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THIS BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF A NICE LONG EARED SUN FISH, HIS FIRST FISH EVER, REMINDS ME OF SUMMER.

HERE WE HAVE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GABRIEL BEVINS WITH A NICE DEER, A SIX POINTER TAKEN IN MORGAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BENTLEY JONES TOOK HIS VERY FIRST DEER FROM McQUERY COUNTY, HIS FIRST BUCK, A NICE SIX POINTER.

10-YEAR-OLD EMMY WRIGHT TOOK THIS NICE DOE IN MEADE COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

BAILEY JOHNSON TOOK HER VERY FIRST DEER HUNTING WITH HER BOYFRIEND ZACH WHEELER.

CONGRATULATIONS.

HERE WOE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BUCK TAKE WEN A CROSS BOW BY NINE-YEAR-OLD KELSEY SORELLE.

NICE JOB.

CHECK OUT THE SIZE OF THIS NICE LARGE MOUTH BASS CAUGHT ABOUT I THREE-YEAR-OLD S.J.

VANCE.

THIS FISH WAS CAUGHT IN A POND IN POOLE, KENTUCKY.

HERE WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL NICE BUCK, AN EIGHT POINTER TAKEN BY KALEY MIRACLE.

THIS DEER WAS TAKEN WITH A .223.

NICE JOB.

HAPPY EASTER FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KENTUCKY AFIELD.

I HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MADE TIME TO GET OUTDOORS 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.

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SIMPLY SEARCH KENTUCKY AFIELD ON I'M CHAD MILES HOST OF KENTUCKY AFIELD, THE LONGEST RUNNING OUTDOOR SHOW IN THE NATION.

I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WATCHING KENTUCKY'S ELK HERD GROW TO THE LARGEST EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

ATTAINING BOON AND CROCKETT STATUS AND SHARED IN SOME AMAZING ELK HUNTS ALONG THE WAY.

>> THAT'S MY MAX SHOT RIGHT THERE.

>> THIS YEAR NEARLY 600 TAGS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND YOU CAN TAKE YOUR PICK OF TAGS TO PUT IN FOR AND POSSIBLY GO ON THE HUNT OF A LIFETIME.

APPLY BY APRIL 30 FOR YOUR CHANCE TO HUNT ELK HERE IN KENTUCKY.