♪ ♪ >> WELL, LOOK AT THAT LITTLE JOKER.

>> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... >> NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT BUT THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR RIGHT THERE.

>> THE POSSIBILITIES OF ENDLESS WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR OWN LURES.

BUT WHEN YOUR FAVORITE BAIT IS NO LONGER MANUFACTURED, IT MIGHT BE YOUR ONLY OPTION.

NEXT... DID YOU NOY THAT KENTUCKY IS HOME TO ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE ECOSYSTEMS IN THE WORLD?

WE ARE EXPLORING IT WITH THE EXPERT.

>> WOW!

>> THEN...

IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME TO CATCH SOME FISH.

>> ANOTHER WHITE BASS.

>> WE ARE MAKING A QUICK STOP AT TAYLORSVILLE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.

>> THE CRAPPIE ARE STACKED IN HERE.

>> 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.

DURING THE PAST YEAR, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE OUTDOOR PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN HARD TO FIND.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR TACKLE, YOU HAVE AN OPTION.

YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE YOUR OWN.

WELL, IF YOU FISH, CHANCES ARE YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED A SITUATION WHERE YOUR FAVORITE LURE IS EITHER NO LONGER PRODUCED OR HAS BECOME VERY, VERY HARD TO FIND.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE LURES IS A SHORT ARM COLORADO BLADE SPINNER BAIT.

WELL, I HAD A COMPANY THAT USED TO MAKE THESE AND THEY USED TO MAKE THEM HERE IN KENTUCKY.

AND I BOUGHT HUNDREDS OF THESE JOKERS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE OUT OF BUSINESS.

SO TODAY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO BUILD A SHORT ARM SPINNER BAIT PERFECT FOR THESE LAKES LIKE CUMBERLAND, DALE HOL HOLLOW, THAT HAVE SMALL MOUTH, CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER.

THIS IS A PERFECT LURE CHOICE.

PROBABLY MY FAVORITE.

ALL THIS MATERIAL.

THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACES YOU CAN GO.

I GO TO A PLACE CALLED LURE PARTS ONLINE.

YOU CAN BUILD ANY SPINNER BAIT YOU WANT.

HERE IS THE BAIT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE.

I'M GOING TO MAKE A SKIRT COLOR IN A TEQUILLA SUNRISE THAT IS A LITTLE PURPLE, LITTLE PINK, LITTLE BLACK AND BLUE.

I'M GOING TO MAKE THE SKIRT FIRST AND SHOW YOU EXACTLY HOW DO THAT.

SO TYPICALLY THESE SKIRT COMBINATIONS ARE 40 STRAND SKIRTS.

SO THAT MEANS I WANT TO HAVE 40 STRANDS ON THIS LURE.

WELL, IF YOU BUY SKIRTING MATERIAL, THEY'LL COME AT A PACKAGE LIKE THIS.

THERE ARE 10 OF THESE IN HERE.

AND EACH ONE HAS 20 STRANDS.

SO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE BUILDING A SKIRT IS TAKE WHICH EVER COLOR YOU ARE GOING TO USE THE MOST OF, AND PUT IT DOWN FIRST.

SO THAT'S 20 STRANDS OF METALLIC PURPLE.

NOW, I'M GOING TO GO WITH A PINK COLOR.

I'M GOING TO USE HALF OF THIS.

PUT THAT DOWN.

I'M GOING TO GO WITH SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO FIVE, SIX STRANDS OF BLACK METAL FLAKE WITH BLUE IN IT.

I'M GOING TO ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE PURPLE.

WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NOW IS I'M GOING TO TAKE THE LID OF A MARKER.

I'M GOING TO PUT UP WITH OF THESE SKIRT COLLARS RIGHT HERE ON THIS.

THEN I'LL FOLD THIS UP LIKE A LITTLE BURRITO AND RUN IT DOWN IN HERE AND THEN SLIDE THE SKIRT COLLAR OFF ON IT.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, HERE'S WHAT I'VE GOT.

I'VE GOT MY SKIRT COLLAR RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF MY SKIRT.

I JUST WANT TO ROLL THAT DOWN RIGHT TOWARD THE MIDDLE.

NOW IT'S TIME TO FREE THESE TYPES AND BOTTOMS BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SKIRTS ARE STILL CONNECTED.

THAT WOULD NOT MAKE FOR A PRETTY PRESENTATION.

YOU NEED TO GRAB A PAIR OF SHARP SCISSORS AND JUST CUT THE ENDS.

I'LL TRIM IT TO THE EXACT LENGTH LATER ON.

BUT THIS FREES THE SKIRT OUT THERE YOU GO.

THIS SKIRT IS READY TO GO ON MY SPINNER BAIT WHEN I'M DONE.

AFTER YOU GET THAT DONE, THE NEXT THING I'M GOING TO DO IS IS SHOW YOU THE ACTUAL WIRE AND HEAD ON THE SPINNER BAIT.

THIS IS THREE OUNCE SPINNER BAIT.

I'M GOING TO MAKE HALFS LATER ON.

THE NUMBER ONE THING ON A REALLY GOOD QUALITY SPINNER BAIT IS OBVIOUSLY THE HOOK.

THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE IN CONTACT WITH THE FISH.

YOU WANT A REALLY GOOD HOOK AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS A REALLY HIGH QUALITY SWIVEL.

MY OBJECTIVE HERE IS TO MAKE THIS SPINNER BAIT GIVE THE MOST THUMP WITH THE ABSOLUTE SLOWEST RETRIEVE.

LOOK HOW FREE THIS BLADE IS.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE LIKE HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT?

WELL, IF YOU WANT TO RETRIEVE THE LURE THROUGH THE WATER AS SLOW AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN AND JUST GET THAT THUMP, THUMP, THUMP ON THE END OF YOUR ROD TIP, THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT, A REALLY HIGH QUALITY SWIVEL.

SO I'VE GOT MY ARM HERE.

YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN I BOUGHT THIS SPINNER BAIT, I COULDN'T BUY 'EM IN A SHORT ARM.

THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE THESE WIRES ARE MADE TO BE CUT AND BENT SO YOU CAN SEE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN THE LENGTH OF THIS ARM AND THIS SPINNER BAIT.

THE NEXT THING IS THE GAUGE OF THE WIRE.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER THAN WHAT I WOULD THROW ON A HALF OUNCE.

THIS IS LIKE .32 AND I USUALLY THROW A .35 TO A .38 ON A HEAVIER WEIGHTED BIGGER BLADE.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING TO PUT A NUMBER 5 COLORADO BLADE.

THIS IS A BLACK NICKEL.

THESE SWIVELS ACTUALLY COME WITH THE SPLIT RINGS ALREADY ON THEM.

I NEED TO TAKE THE SPLIT RING AND PUT A BLADE ON THE SPLIT RING.

THERE WE GO.

NOW LOOK AT THAT BLADE.

SEE HOW EASILY THAT THING IS SPINNING?

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.

SO NOW A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT A SHORT ARM SPINNER BAIT.

A SHORT ARM SPINNER BAIT WORKS EXTREMELY WELL BECAUSE IT MAKES A LITTLE BIT SMALLER PROFILE IN THE WATER, MAXIMUM THUMP AT A SLOW RETRIEVE SPEED AND THE NEXT THING YOU SEE WHERE THE THING IS SPINNING IN PROXIMITY TO THE HOOK?

A FISH CULLS UP AND HITS THAT BLADE, IT ALMOST CAN'T HARDLY AVOID NOT HITTING THE HOOK.

IT'S RIGHT THERE.

SO I'M GOING TO SHORTEN THIS ARM.

SO WHAT I NEED TO DO NOW IS TO MEASURE THIS AND ON THIS ONE HERE, IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT AN INCH AND THREE QUARTERS.

NOW REMEMBER, I ALSO HAVE TO PUT THIS BEND IN THERE SO WHEN I CUT IT, I'M GOING TO CUT IT A FULL TWO INCHES.

AND THEN GIVE IT A TWIST.

ONCE I GET IT TO THAT POINT RIGHT THERE, I NEED TO GET MY O.

SLIDE THIS UP OVER THE TOP.

IT'S GOT A LITTLE HOLDER IN THERE, ADJUST YOUR SKIRT OUT.

NOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY NEED JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TRIM.

EVEN IT UP.

MAKE IT PRETTY.

THERE YOU GO.

NOW I HAVE THE SAME SPINNER BAIT I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE FINDING WITH THE SAME HIGH QUALITY SWIVEL, SAME SIZE BLADE, SAME LENDS OF ARM, HIGH QUALITY HOOK AND THE SKIRT COLOR I LIKE TO THROW BEST.

TRAILER.

TIMES I'LL RUN A I LIKE THE DARKER COLORS.

OF COURSE WE ARE NIGHT FISHING SO THAT BAIT THERE IS NOW READY TO GO FISHING.

>> WELL, DARYL, AS YOU WELL KNOW, I LOVE TO NIGHT TIME SMALL MOUTH FISH.

I LOVE TO THROW A SPINNER BAIT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE A BREEZE LIKE WE HAVE TONIGHT YOU LOVE THE SPINNER BAIT, TOO.

>> I DO, CHAD.

>> I'M GOING TO MAKE ME SOME SPINNERBAITS SO I MADE A COUPLE FOR US TO THROW TONIGHT, HOPEFULLY WITH THE WIND COMING IN HERE ON CUMBERLAND, WE CAN GET A GOOD NIGHT TIME BITE GOING.

>> SOMETIMES THEY'LL COOPERATE AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.

WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO TONIGHT.

>> SOME NIGHTS YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH SPINNER BAIT AND SOME NIGHTS THEY WON'T TOUCH.

>> IT WHEN THEY'RE NOT HITTING A SPINNER BAIT, YOU HAVE CAN FORGET IT.

YOU CAN'T MAKE THEM HIT IT.

YOU CAN SAY I'M GOING TO MAKE THEM HIT IT AND THEY'LL SAY NO.

>> SOMETIMES THE BEST REACTION I HAVE IS A REACTION ON A SPINNER BAIT.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO CATCH BIG FISH BIG NUMBERS, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH A SHORT ARM SPINNER BAIT.

>> YOU ARE RIGHT.

>> WE'RE GOING TO FISH UP THE LAKE AND FISH OUR WAY BACK.

SEE WHAT WE CAN'T GET.

>> LET'S GO.

YOU LIKE KEEPING THE BOAT OUT AND THROWING IT IN.

>> I LIKE THE SPINNER BAIT TO BE DOWN AT LEAST 20.

THE BOAT NEEDS TO BE SETTING IN 40 OR 50, DEPENDING ON HOW IT FALLS OFF AND KEEP THE SPINNER BAIT BLADE TURNING RIGHT OFF THE BOTTOM IF YOU CAN.

>> FISH ON.

ROOK AT THAT JOKER.

GOT A SMALL MOUTH ON.

BOY, HE INHALED THAT SPINNER BAIT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW A FISH THAT SIZE CAN HIT THAT HARD.

WHEN THAT BAIT GOES INTO THE WATER AND THEY DECIDE TO EAT IT, THEY'LL JUMP ON IT.

>> THAT FISH AIN'T 13 INCHES LONG WHR.

HE TOOK THAT, HE ABOUT TOOK THAT ROD OUT OF MY HAND.

SEE IF WE CAN'T CATCH ANOTHER ONE OUT ON THIS POINT.

>> FISH ON.

>> GOT 'EM IN THERE.

WE FINALLY FOUND ONE.

THERE YOU GO.

A LITTLE BIT NICER FISH THAN WHAT I JUST CAUGHT.

NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR RIGHT THERE.

THANK YOU, LITTLE BOY.

>> THERE WE GO.

THERE HE GOES, QUICK.

QUICK RELEASE.

>> I DIDN'T GET A GOOD HOOK SET ON HIM BECAUSE HE ABOUT KNOCKED THE ROD OUT OF MY HAND.

>> THIS IS A LITTLE BITTY BITTY JOKER.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE HOOKED SUCH A LITTLE FISH.

THIS IS A SPOTTED BASS.

DECIDED HE WANTED A LITTLE OF THAT SPINNER BAIT ACTION.

>> WE GOT SOAKING WET.

>> WE GOT IN A LIGHTNING STORM BUT NOT EXACTLY WHAT OUR PLANS WERE.

WE HOPED TO COME TO CUMBERLAND AND STACK ON A SPINNER BAIT.

WE DON'T GET TO DICTATE THE WEATHER THOUGH.

>> THEY DIDN'T WANT NO PART OF THAT SPINNER BAIT THAT YOU MADE.

DIDN'T WANT NO PART OF IT.

>> WE'LL TRY IT AGAIN.

WE'LL DO IT BROTHER.

>> FRESH WATER MUSSELS.

THEY LAY ALONG THE BOTTOMS OF OUR STREAMS, RIVERS AND LAKES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF KENTUCKY OFTEN UNSEEN BUT THEY'RE TRULY IMPORTANT.

>> I HAVE TO TELL YOU I HAVE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE FOR 13 YEARS AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO, TO GET OUT HERE ON THE GREEN RIVER WITH YOU.

FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOURSELF THAT HAVE STUDIED MUSSELS YOUR ENTIRE LIFE, THIS IS NIRVANA, IS IT NOT.

>> FOR FRESH WATER MUSSELS, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE WORLD.

75 SPECIES WHICH IS ONE THIRD OF IN THE GREEN RIVER.

>> YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON A LOT OF MUSSELS, ESPECIALLY THE ENDANGERED MUSSELS.

THAT'S A LITTLE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY, RIGHT.

>> 17 LISTED THREATENED SPECIES.

WE HAVE ENDANGERED MUSSELS IN KENTUCKY.

IS IS ONE OF THE BEST RIVERS IN THE OHIO RIVER SYSTEM.

>> PEOPLE SAY MUSSELS IT'S PART OF THE ENVIRONMENT BUT THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE MUSSELS ARE ESSENTIALLY FILTERS.

>> FILTER FEEDERS, PULLING OUT THE MUD AND SILT NOBODY LIKES AND EATING THINGS THAT CAN HARM US LIKE BACTERIA, HARMFUL ALGAE.

THEY'RE EATING THAT MATERIAL AND GETTING IT OUT OF THE WATER.

THERE IS OVER PROBABLY 50 TO 100,000 LITTLE FILTERS OUT THERE RUNNING CONSTANTLY AND THESE THINGS ARE NOT SMALL.

THEY'RE SOMETIMES THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL, SOMETIMES THE SIZE OF A DINNER PLATE.

>> ONE OF THOSE ENDANGERED OR FEDERALLY LISTED SPECIES IS WAS WE ARE PUTTING IN TODAY.

>> A PINK SPECIES WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR A WHILE.

THE FIRST RELEASE WAS IN 2007 AT THIS SITE.

12 YEARS LATER WE ARE COMING BACK, BRINGING MORE.

WE HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND SAND IN THE GREEN RIVER AT 10 LOCATIONS.

SO WE THINK AFTER A COUPLE MORE YEARS WE ARE GOING TO BE DONE WITH THAT SPECIES, WE ARE SEEING IT REPRODUCE IN THE WILD IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE WE SEE JUVENILES POPPING UP.

>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE WHEN YOU CAN GET NARL REPOPULATION.

THAT'S THE GOAL.

>> THAT'S THE GOAL.

>> THIS IS THE PINK MUCKET, CORRECT?

>> CREECT.

>> FIRST IS THE GREEN AND THE PURPLE I HAVE BEEN DOWN TO THE FACILITY AND TAGGED THESE BEFORE.

THESE ARE TAGGED THESE TAGS ARE THE WAY TO TRACK INDIVIDUALS.

THIS HAS A B TAG ON IT WITH THE NUMBER 29 SO WE MEASURED THIS ANIMAL AND RECORDED IT.

THE PURPLE BASICALLY INDICATES EVERYTHING THAT GOES OUT IN 2019 HAS PURPLE ON IT, IT MAKES IT EASIER.

>> TWO YEARS OLD.

>> HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO PRODUCE OFFSPRING.

>> FOUR OR FIVE MORE YEARS FROM NOW.

THE ANIMAL CAN HOLD SEVERAL THOUSAND SAND LAR HAVE A, THEY HAVE TO CANNES TACT A FISH HOST THIS ONE IS A SPECIES IT HAS A FISHING LIKE LURE THAT IS MAYBE TWO OR THREE INCHES LONG, SIT THERE AND JERK IT BACK AND FORTH AND A BASS COMES ALONG, STRIKES AT THAT AND AS SOON AS IT HITS IT IT WILL GET LARVAE ON ITS GILLS.

>> TO GET IT BACK, HAVE YOU TO FIND THE PREFERRED HOST FISH, CHECK THE POPULATION BECAUSE IF THAT IS DOWN, THEN YOU KNOW THERE IS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM.

I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO PUT THESE IN AND ARE WE GOING TO CHECK TO LOCATE MUSSELS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS?

>> WE ARE AND SEE WHAT SPECIES ARE HERE AND LOOK AT THE TREMENDOUS DIVERSITY.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF MUSSELS TODAY.

>> WHAT ARE THE STICKS YOU HAVE IN THE WATER?

>> WE HAVE TO MARK THE SITE IF WE ARE GOING TO NON TORE IT.

WE MARK IT FROM THE BANK AND RANDOMLY SAMPLE IN THE COORDINATE SAMPLE AND WE WANT TO COUNT EVERYTHING THAT IS INSIDE THIS GRID THAT WILL GIVE US A GOOD ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY MUSSELS IN THE WHOLE AREA WE ARE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND AND HOPEFULLY SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS AND MAYBE EVEN A RARE ONE OR TWO.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR A LONG TIME.

AND YOU ARE WORKING NOW WITH KENTUCKY WILDLIFE.

>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR ME TO GO HELP RESTORE ENDANGERED MUSSELS.

>> WE ALL WORK IN FRANKFORT AND HAVE BEEN TO THE MUSSEL FACILITY AND SEAT GREAT WORK THEY DO, BUT TO GET OUT IN THE FIELD AND SEE HOW IT IS IMPACTING THIS RIVER SYSTEM IS AMAZING.

>> IT IS REALLY EXCITING.

AND YOU KNOW, KENTUCKY WILD, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A NEW PROGRAM, I'VE WORKED HERE SINCE 1994.

WE HAVE HAD A STAFF OF FOLKS THAT WORKED JUST ON THE SPECIES THAT MAYBE FOLKS DON'T HEAR ABOUT, THINGS LIKE SALAMANDERS SONG BIRDS, BIRDS OF PREY, ALL THE CREATURES OUT THERE THAT MAKE UP 90% OF WHAT KENTUCKY'S WILDLIFE ARE AND FOLKS DON'T SEE AND MUSSELS ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT >> THAT IS A BIG CATCH OUT OF A ONE METER SQUARE AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPECIES OF MUSSELS HERE, RIGHT.

>> THIS IS A PINK MUCKET.

THIS WAS PUT OUT TWO YEARS AGO.

WE KNOW THEY'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD.

WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE THESE IN THE POPULATION.

ANOTHER FEDERAL ENDANGERED LL IN KENTUCKY.DOING FAIRLY THE GREEN RIVER, IT HAS SOME OF THE GUEST POPULATIONS IN THE WORLD.

THIS IS A MONKEY FACE.

THREE DIFFERENT AGES HERE.

YOU CAN TELL BUTT BY ALL THE LINES ON HERE.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THE RINGS LIKE DO YOU A TREE.

THIS IS A FLUTED SHELL.

GETS ITS NAME FROM THE RIDGES ON THE SIDE PISTOL GRIP.

>> PISTOL GRIP?

>> BECAUSE IT'S THE SHAPE OF A PISTOL GRIP.

WE HAVE THE THREE RIDGE.

THIS GETS REALLY LARGE THIS IS THE MOST COMMON THING WE HAVE IN THE GREEN, A MUCKETTE.

AND THIS IS A YOUNG ONE THIS IS KIND OF PINK HILL SPLITTER AND IT GETS ITS NAME BECAUSE WHEN IT'S IN THE SUBSTRAIGHT, IT WILL BE LIKE THAT AND YOU STEP ON IT, IT CAN REALLY INJURE YOUR FOOT.

>> LOOK AT THIS ONE.

IT HAS BEEN STEPPED ON OR SOMETHING.

BUT IT'S REPAIRED ITSELF.

IT'S REMARKABLE THAT CAN IT DO THAT: THIS IS A SPIKE AND HERE IS A CLOSELY RELATED ONE CALLED THE KIDNEY SHELL.

THE POCKETBOOK.

A LOT OF COMICAL NAMES TO THESE GUYS.

>> LET'S GET THESE BACK TO THE GRID AND RELEASE NEW ONES TODAY >> HERE IN KENTUCKY IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP A ROD AND REEL IN YOUR VEHICLE BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE AN HOUR TO TRY TO CATCH SOME FISH.

>> I CAME IN HERE TODAY THINKING I MIGHT BE ABLE TO CATCH SOME LIGHT BASS OR SAUGER BUT YOU CAN TELL, IT'S A VERY NICE DAY FOR LATE OCTOBER AND WHEN IT COOLS IN THE FALL, THE FISH WILL RUN UP TO THE SHALLOW WATER AND BECAUSE THAT TEMPERATURE CHANGES FASTER WHEN YOU GO IT COOLER NIGHTS, WHEN YOU GET THREE OR FOUR DAYS IN THE 80s IN OCTOBER, GUESS WHAT?

THIS WATER WARMS FASTER SO THE FISH MOVE BACK INTO DEEP POCKETS, DOESN'T GET DEEPER THAN THIS.

THIS IS THE ROCK QUARRY.

THIS IS A SPOT IF YOU FISH IN KENTUCKY, YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS WALK-IN SITE UNDER THE BRIDGE RIGHT HERE AT TAYLORSVILLE LAKE AND THERE IS NOBODY HERE BECAUSE IT'S OCTOBER.

EVERYBODY IS IN A DEER STAND.

GREAT TIME TO CATCH CRAPPIE.

THERE WE GO.

NOW THIS IS A WHITE BASS.

I THOUGHT I MIGHT CATCH THIS OR SAUGEYE.

IN THE SPRING TIME EVERYBODY KNOWS TO COME TO NOLIN RIVER, DICKS RIVER AND SALT RIVER HERE AND CATCH THESE THEY ALSO HAVE A RUN IN THE FALL MAINLY BECAUSE OF CHANGING WATER TEMPERATURES THESE ARE GREAT IN THE SKILLET.

>> ANOTHER WHITE BASS.

>> I'LL TELL WHAT YOU.

THE FISH ARE JUST STACKED IN HERE.

MOST PEOPLE ARE OUT IN THE WOODS, DEER STANDS, HOTTER THAN WHEN I LIKE TO BOW HUNT.

I SAY YOU GET A COUPLE 80-DEGREE DAYS IN OCTOBER, HIT THE WATER.

>> LOOKY THERE.

THERE'S A KEEPER ROP CRAPPIE.

HERE THEY HAVE TO BE 10 INCHES LONG AND THAT IS GOING TO MAKE IT AND IT'S THICK, TOO.

NOT A BAD LITTLE FISH.

THAT'S A NICE CRAPPIE RIGHT THERE.

RIGHT NOW THESE CRAPPIE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR ARE REAL THICK AND VERY, VERY, VERY HEALTH #E HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT WITH A BOAT, KAYAK, LIVE BAIT OR NOTHING.

JUST GRAB A HAIR JIG.

LOOK HOW THEIR EYES ARE SITUATED ON TOP OF THEIR HEAD.

THESE FISH FEED UP.

ALL I'M DOING IS TAKING THIS LITTLE BAIT AND KEEPING THIS HAIR JIG ABOVE THEIR HEADS OFF THE BOTTOM AND AS I TAKE THE BAIT, I'M PULSING IT THROUGH THE WATER AT A REAL SLOW SPEED, DOBLING ALONG AND THESE CRAPPIE ARE COMING UP AND WHITE BASS ARE COMING UP AND SMOKING IT.

IT'S A GREAT WAY TO KILL A COUPLE HOURS.

JUST OUT HERE HAVING FUN.

CATCHING THEM AND PUTTING THEM RIGHT BACK IN.

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

>> BROTHERS AND SISTER JACK AND MAGGIE BLAIR OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY CAUGHT THESE TWO STRIPERS ON THEIR FIRST STRIPER EXPERIENCE ON LAKE CUMBERLAND.

NICE JOB.

HERE WE HAVE A GREAT PICTURE OF MIKE HOLDING A BEAUTIFUL CUMBERLAND RIVER RAINBOW TROUT.

SEVEN-MONTH PREGNANT ALLISON HOWARD SAID BEING PREGNANT IS NOT STOPPING HER FROM FISHING.

THREE POUND BASS CAUGHT A NIAGARA LAKE IN HENDERSON, KENTUCKY.

LAUREN TAYLOR CATCHES THIS BLUEGILL AND IT TRIES TO SQUIRM AWAY.

NICE JOB.

HERE WE HAVE ISAIAH WITH HIS FIRST CRAPPIE CAUGHT AT BARREN RIVER LAKE.

NICE JOB.

COUSIN SAM AND SIMON CAUGHT THESE FOUR CATFISH USING CRICKETS AT BARREN RIVER LAKE.

NICE LARGE MOUTH BASS ON A SPINNER FISHING IN A FARM POND.

SHE TOOK THE PICTURE AND RELEASED THE FISH IN GOOD HEALTH.

NICE JOB.

CHECK OUT THIS AWESOME PICTURE OF SIX-YEAR-OLD BRADY NAPIER, HOLDING THIS NICE LARGE MOUTH BASS OVER SIX POUNDS CAUGHT ON LAKE MALONE.

NICE JOB.

>> WELL, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, TIME FOR OUR LIVE QUESTION AND ANSWER SHOW WITH KENTUCKY WILD.

MAKE SURE YOU JOIN US ON FACEBOOK TUESDAYS AUGUST 3 7:00 EASTERN AND GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY OUR PAM OF GUESTS.

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.