
Reloading to Shoot Accurately and Ohio River Catfishing
Season 37 Episode 55 | 26m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Advice on shooting accurately, and targeting trophy catfish on the Ohio River.
An expert shares how to save money and shoot more accurately all at the same time. We're targeting trophy catfish on the mighty Ohio River.
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Reloading to Shoot Accurately and Ohio River Catfishing
Season 37 Episode 55 | 26m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
An expert shares how to save money and shoot more accurately all at the same time. We're targeting trophy catfish on the mighty Ohio River.
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THERE ARE FOUR MAIN COMPONENTS: THE BRASS, PRIMER, POWDER AND PROJECTILE.
>> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... >> THIS IS A CASE TRIMMER.
AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT UNTIL IT DOESN'T GO ANYMORE.
>> WE ARE TALKING WITH AN EXPERT AND LEARNING HOW TO SAVE MONEY AND SHOOT MORE ACCURATELY ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
>> THEN... >> WHEN YOU ARE CATFISHING, YOU WANT TO USE THE BAIT THEY EAT.
>> ON THE MIGHTY OHIO RIVER TARGETING TROPHY CATFISH.
>> A FEEDING FRENZY TODAY IT'S ALL NEXT ON "KENTUCKY AFIELD."
>> OH MY GOODNESS.
>> THAT'S A PRETTY FISH.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
>> THIS POND IS PLUM FLOATED WITH FROGS.
>> THEY'RE EVERYWHERE IN HERE.
(DOG BARKING) (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.
23 YOU LIKE SHOOTING FIREARMS AND YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING AMMUNITION, YOU MAY HAVE ANOTHER OPTION.
WE ARE HERE TODAY AT NICHOLASVILLE RELOADING SUPPLIES AND GUNS AND I'M HERE TO LEARN ABOUT SOMETHING I'VE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME AND THAT'S RELOADING.
I'M HERE WITH RANDY BICKLEY AND YOU HAVE BEEN RELOADING FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
>> YES, SIR.
HERE AT THE STORE WE GET CUSTOMERS ON A DAILY BASIS THAT COME IN.
WHAT ARE THE BASIC FUNDAMENTALS TO RELOADING.
WHAT IS THE BARE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT THAT I WOULD NEED?
HOW EXPENSIVE IS IT TO GET INTO?
>> TELL ME A COUPLE REASONS WHY SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO GET INTO RELOADING.
>> COST IS PROBABLY WHAT MOST PEOPLE THINK OF FIRST AND FOREMOST.
YOU TAKE AN ODD BALL CALIBER LIKE WE ARE GOING TO DEMONSTRATE TODAY A 325, WINCHESTER SHORT MAGNUM.
IT'S RELATIVELY NEW CART RAJ, 15, 18 YEARS OLD BUT IT'S EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND THE AMMUNITION.
ONE BOX OF 20 ROUNDS IS TYPICALLY AROUND 80, $85 AFTER TAX.
IF YOU HAVE TO MAIL ORDER IT, THEN HAVE YOU FREIGHT INCLUDED IN THAT SO YOU CAN EASILY GET INTO THE $100 PER 20 ROUNDS.
NOT ONLY COST, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO SQUEEZE AS MUCH ACCURACY OUT OF A GUN AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN.
CUSTOM RELOADING SAVES MONEY BUT ACTUALLY CAN INCREASE YOUR GUN'S ACCURACY AS MUCH AS 60% IN CASES.
ANOTHER REASONS OUT OF DATE OR ANTIQUATED.
A LOT OF CALIBERS OUT THERE YOU PHYSICALLY CAN'T BUY COMPONENTS FOR.
YOU HAVE TO HARD CASH YOUR OWN LEAD.
HAVE YOU TO RESEARCH DIFFERENT POWDER CHARGES.
AND ANOTHER REASONS PERSONAL SATISFACTION OR GRATIFICATION.
TO KNOW THAT YOU PHYSICALLY BUILT THAT LOAD.
THINK OF IT LIKE A SHOTGUN.
OUR GRANDFATHERS HAD ONE BREAK OPEN SHOTGUN.
THAT WAS THEIR MEAT PROVIDER AND HUNTED 95% OF THEIR GAME WITH THAT.
THEY CHANGED PROJECTILE SHOT SIZES, DIFFERENT GRAINS OF POWDER.
>> I SEE YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF COMPONENTS TO HELP BUILD A RIFLE ROUND.
TELL ME ALL THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF A MANUFACTURED FACTORY ROUND.
>> WHAT YOU HAVE PICKED UP IS A FACTORY WINCHESTER SUPER X ROUND.
AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THESE ARE LOADED CHARGES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN FIRED.
THESE ARE THE ONCE FIRED CASES THAT CAME FROM THOSE, THE BYPRODUCT THAT WE WANT TO SALVAGE THE CASE IS 45 TO 50% OF RELOADING CASE.
SO IF YOU HAVE THE CASE IN THIS CASE FOR A ONE THAT'S RARE, YOU ARE SAVING 45 TO 50% OF THE COST RIGHT THERE THIS BRASS HAS BEEN WASHED.
IT HAS NOT BEEN PROCESSES SEASED.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT STEP TODAY.
THIS IS FINISHED AMMUNITION FROM THE SAME BRASS THAT THAT WAS.
WE ARE TAKING THIS BULLET, FIRING IT, CREATING THIS BRASS WE ARE GOING TO INSPECT AND WASH THIS BRASS.
WE ARE GOING TO CLEAN IT WE ARE GOING TO RESIZE AND DEPRIME IT.
THEN WE WILL TRIM IT.
WE WILL BEVEL, REMOVE THE BURR FROM THE FLASH RIDER.
A PARTICULAR POWDER CHARGE, TYPE AND WEIGHT WITH A PARTICULAR PROJECTILE, COME BACK TO THIS MACHINE AND ACTUALLY SEED THE BULLET IN AND MAKE SURE IT'S THE OVERALL CORRECT LENGTH.
THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.
FOUR MAIN COMPONENTS.
BRASS, PRIMER, POWDER AND PROJECTILE.
>> THIS IS A VERY QUICK OVER VIEW BY RELOADING.
BY NO MEANS AFTER WATCHING THIS WILL YOU BE PROFICIENT AT RELOADING.
THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
YOU'VE READ A LOT OF MANUALS AND DONE THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
THIS IS A BASIC OVERVIEW OF WHAT RELOADING IS, RIGHT?
>> THIS IS AS QUICK AND DOWN AND DIRTY AS I CAN BE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
>> SO IF YOU THINK IT IS SOMETHING YOU MAY WANT TO GET INTO, FIRST STEP WOULD BE WHEN YOU ARE OUT SHOOTING, SAVE YOUR BRASS.
YOU SAID THIS IS 40% OF YOUR COST?
>> IT CAN BE WITH PISTOLS NOT SO MUCH SO BUT RIFLES IT IS.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS DEMONSTRATION WITH ONE PARTICULAR RIFLE CALIBER ONLY.
WE ARE GOING TO REFER TO OUR RELOADING MANUAL SHOWING YOU THE PROSISES OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BULLET IGNITES.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT EQUIPMENT.
HAVE YOU TO HAVE A SET OF DYES.
THERE ARE NO FEWER THAN SIX MANUFACTURERS OF DYES.
THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN PRICE AND DIFFERENCES IN QUALITY THIS SET OF DYES IS A BRAND NEW SET OF DIES DYES.
THERE IS A SHELL HOLDER THAT IS HAS TO GO IN EACH INDIVIDUAL ROUND AND THE LABEL ON THE BOX PHYSICALLY WILL TELL YOU IT'S A FULL LENGTH DIE SET FOR THE 325 WSM AND IT USES A SHELL HOLDER NUMBER 43 THIS IS THE ACTUALIZING YOU CAN BUY USED EQUIPMENT ONLINE AVERAGE NORMALLY 100 TO 150 FOR A PRESS YOU HAVE PRESSES THAT ARE CALLED TURRET PRESSES THAT THAT HAVE A TOP TOOL HEAD HOLDER IF YOU WILL, A TURRET.
YOU CAN PUT MULTIPLE DIE AS ROUND THAT TURRET, PUT ONE SHELL IN AND EVERY TIME YOU PULL THE HANDLE YOU WILL ROTATE THE TURRET AND DO THE NEXT STEP, ROTATE THE HEAD AND DO THE NEXT STEP SO IF YOU WERE GOING TO LOAD MULTIPLE ROUNDS, YOU MIGHT WANT A TURRET.
>> EVEN IF YOU WANT TO DO WHAT I HAVE DONE, IF YOU WANT TO DO 40 ROUNDS YOU ARE GOING TO INSPECT YOUR BRASS, YOU ARE GOING TO WASH YOUR BRASS, YOU ARE GOING TO REINSPECT THE BRASS BECAUSE THE DIRT AND THE POWDER FOULING MAY BE HIDING A SUPERFICIAL CRACK YOU DIDN'T SEE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS A DIRT SMUDGE.
YOU ARE GOING TO REINSPECT IT.
YOU ARE GOING TO INSPECT EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS IF YOU ARE RELOADING TO BE IN A HURRY, YOU NEED TO FIND ANOTHER HOBBY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TAKE LIGHTLY THIS IS SOMETHING YOU REALLY WANT TO DO SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY AND YOU HAVE TO GO BY THE BOOK.
AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO GET THE TABLE CLEARED OFF AND WE ARE GOING TO GET SET UP SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY START DOING SOME RELOADING.
NOW WE ARE SET UP TO ACTUALLY RELOAD.
AND THIS IS RELOADING ONCE THE BRASS HAS ALREADY BEEN CLEANED: WE'VE INSPECTED THE 10 ROUNDS.
ANY TIME YOU USE A SIZING DIE, HAVE YOU TO USE LUBRICANT OR THE BRASS WILL GET STUCK IN THE DIE.
SO I'VE ALREADY PLACED THESE 10 ROUNDS IN MY INDIVIDUAL LOADING BLOCK ROUGHLY 45° ANGLE.
I'M GOING TO MAKE TWO PASSES SO THAT THE OVER SPRAY PHYSICALLY GOES DOWN IN THE CHAMBER AND AS WELL AS THE TOP WE WON'T THE OVERSPRAY PATTERN TO CAPTURE AS MUCH AS WE CAN IT IS GOING TO CREEP AROUND THE BRASS FROM THERE WE HAVE THE PRESS SET AND ADJUSTED WE'RE GOING TO PUSH DOWN UNTIL IT BOTTOMS OUT, PULL IT BACK UP.
WHAT THAT ACTUALLY DID, I DEPRIMED IT AND I FULLY RESIZED IT AND I HAVE TO GO BACK UP AGAINST THE EXPANDER BALL TAKING IT BACK AGAIN SO THIS BRASS THE PRIMARIER HAS BEEN REMOVED, FULLY RESIZED.
NOW WE HAVE SIZED THEM AND WE NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK WHAT OUR CASE LENDS IS.
RIGHT NOW OUR CASE LENGTH IS 2.105.
OUR BOOK TELLS US OUR TRIM LENGTH IS 2.090 IS A CASE TRIMMER AND I'M GOING THE TURN IT UNTIL IT DOESN'T GO ANYMORE.
SO NOW THAT WE HAVE TRIMMED IT, WE ARE AT 2.090 AND AS YOU SEE THE BURR FORKING, THAT'S HOW MUCH METAL IT IS TRIMMING WHEN YOU SEE THE BURR FORMING.
SO NOW WE HAVE THESE EIGHT ROUNDS.
NOW THAT WE'VE DONE THAT, WE NEED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF TURNS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THREE CUTTING FACES.
THAT PARTICULAR EDGE TRIMS THE OUTSIDE, WHICH IS THE BEVEL.
THIS PUT A CHAMPER ON THE INSIDE.
THE INSIDE HELPS THE BULLET FEED INTO THE BRASS WITHOUT DISTORTING OR SCRATCHING, REMOVING MATERIAL FROM THE DIAMETER OF THE PROJECTILE ITSELF.
THE NEXT STEP THAT I'M GOING TO DO WE ARE GOING TO DEBURR THE INSIDE OF THE FLASH HOLE.
THE FLASH HOLE IS THE HOLE IN THE VERY CENTER OF THAT PRIMER POCKET AREA.
YOU WANT THAT BURR REMOVED.
THAT'S HOW MUCH MATERIAL I JUST REMOVED STICKING INSIDE THAT HOLE.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PUT A GLO OF ON TO HELP HOLD THE BRASS.
WE'VE' FINISHED THAT.
THIS IS A BEVELER.
I WANT TO PUT A ROUNDED EDGE TO HELP FUNNEL THE PRIMER IN THERE.
NOT ALL BRASS IS GOING TO REQUIRE THIS STEP.
YOUR CASE INSPECTION WILL DETERMINE WHETHER IT NEEDS TO BE DONE OR NOT SO FROM HERE WE HAVE FINISHED THE CASE PREPARATION.
WE ARE TEMLY READY TO COME BACK TO THE PRESS AND NOW WE ARE READY TO LOAD THESE FINAL ROUNDS SO NOW WE ARE SET UP BACK UP AT THE ACTUAL RELOADING PRESS WE HAVE REMOVED OUR SIZING DIE, WILL ENCASE IN THE CASE FEEDER AND PULL BACK ON THE PRIME LEAVER WHICH LOADED A PRIMER IN THE CUP, LOWERED THE HANDLE, PUSH THE CUP FORWARD AND PUSH FORWARD WITH THAT, YOU CAN SEE THE NEW PRIMER IS ACTUALLY JUST A LITTLE BIT BELOW FLUSH.
IT IS PUSHED DOWN IN.
YOU CAN SEE THE RADIUS EDGE THAT WE TRIMMED AND I NEVER TOUCHED A PRIMER.
YOU DON'T WANT THE OILS FROM YOUR SKIN TO CONTACT THE PRIMER OR THE POWDER WE ARE LOADING 65 GRAINS.
I WANT MY TENTH TO BE ON 0.
AND 24 CASE IT NEEDS POSSIBLY ONE KERNEL.
IT IS DEAD EVEN ON 0.
THAT'S EXACTLY 65 GRAPES I'M GOING TO SLOWLY POUR THAT IN STAP IT FOR A SECOND AND REPEAT THE PROCESS.
NOW THAT I HAVE DUMPED THE POWDER IN, I'M GOING TO TAKE A FLASHLIGHT AND SECONDARY CHECK AND MEASURE THERE IS POWDER IN THERE.
IRDON'T WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE OF MISSING ONE THESE ARE THE PROJECTILES WE ARE USING AND THEY'RE GOING TO SEAT THAT FAR DOWN INSIDE THE BRASS BECAUSE WE ARE LOADING IT TO THE OVERALL RECOMMENDED LENGTH BUT AS YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE POWDER LINE WOULD BE THAT BULLET IS STICKING DOWN INTO THE POWDER.
THAT POWDER IS GOING TO COME UP INTO THE CASE NECK.
NOW WE ARE READY TO SEAT THE PROJECTILE INSERT IT INTO THE CASE MOUTH CENTERED AND FULLY CLOSE THE PRESS AND BRING OUR HAM BACK UP I'VE TAKEN THE ADVANTAGE OF SETTING THIS ASSEMBLY.
IT IS THE RIGHT STRENGTH WE ARE NOT CRIMPING AT ALL.
AND OUR CASE LENGTH IS 2.860 ON THE MONEY.
YOU ARE COMPLETELY LOADED, MY FRIEND.
>> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS PROCESS, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN, VERY EDUCATIONAL AND NOW I HAVE A PREMIUM ROUND THAT YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME HOW TO DUPLICATE WHEN I NEED MORE ITER IT WAS A VERY QUICK AND BRIEF SESSION AND LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING YOU FURTHER THIS ALONG AS YOU CONTINUE TO DO THIS IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FALL IS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT MANY KENTUCKIANS HIT THE WOODS TO GO HUNTING BUT DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE FISHING.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THE BIG RIVERS.
>> THE LAST TWO OR THREE WEEKS FISHING HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD DOWN HERE, CATCHING A LOT OF NUMBERS AND GOOD QUALITY FISH IN THE MID 20-POUND RANGE, LOW 30S.
IN BETWEEN FRONTS RIGHT NOW AND THE WATER FLOW IS GOOD TODAY, WE HAVE A BIG COLD FRONT COMING IN TOMORROW AFTERNOON SO FISHING OUGHT TO BE PRETTY GOOD TODAY I WOULD THINK I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET SOME BAIT CUT UP.
>> WHEN YOU ARE CAT ISSUING YOU WANT TO USE WHAT BAIT THEY EAT RUN OUT THE NOSE AND THESE CUT BATES LIKE THIS, BECAUSE IF YOU THROW THEM OUT THERE AND THE GUTS IS THE BEST PART FOR SCENT.
WRAP AROUND THE HOOK AND COME UP THROUGH THE TOP HERE LIKE THAT AND THEN WE GOT MAYBE ABOUT, THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 25-30-INCH LITRE AT THE MOST LEAD ERR.
I WANT MY HOOK DROPPER CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT.
A LITTLE SWIVEL, ROLLING T SWIVEL.
YOU JUST SLOWLY DROP THIS DOWN KEY TO THE BUMPING DEAL IS HAVING MULTIPLE SIZE SINKERS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE MULTIPLE SIZE SINKERS, YOU CAN'T GET IT RIGHT.
YOU DON'T WANT THE BAIT ZIPPING BACK HERE TOO FAST AND YOU DON'T WANT IT SITTING THERE EITHER.
I'M NOT QUITE ON BOTTOM YET.
I HIT BOTTOM THERE.
AND THE TRICK TO THIS IS ONCE YOU ARE-- YOU FILM-- THE SINKER IS FEELING LIKE A FLICK DOWN THERE.
REAL SOFT.
AS I'M DOING THAT, I GOT MY THUMB BAR ENGAGED AND I'M JUST FEELING THAT BOTTOM AND AS THAT CURRENT IS PUSHING THAT BAIT BACK, I'M LETTING IT GO BACK.
I'M SLIPPING A LITTLE BIT OF LINE OUT OF MY THUMB THERE, AND WE'LL JUST KEEP WALKING BACK.
IF I TELL PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE FIRST LEARNING THIS, YOU CAN'T GET THE BAIT FAR ENOUGH BACK FROM THE BOAT.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FEEL THAT SINKER HIT BOTTOM.
IF YOU ARE NOT FEELING THAT SINKER HIT BOTTOM THEN YOU ARE NOT IN THAT STRIKE ZONE.
YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE STRIKE ZONE AND IT TAKES TIME AND PRACTICE ON BEING ABLE TO DO IT.
RIGHT THERE IS ONE RIGHT THERE YOU GOT A FISH HOOKED UP GIVING US A DEMONSTRATION LET ME GET THE NET.
>> PROBABLY EIGHT OR NINE POUNDER THERE.
>> LOOK HOW FAT THAT FISH IS.
>> THINK THEY'RE FEEDING UP FOR THE FALL.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY JUST GETTING STARTED LET'S SEE WHAT HE WEIGHS HERE.
PROBABLY 10 POUNDS NICE FISH.
LET HIM GO.
>> YOU'RE FINE.
I GOT A BITE RIGHT NOW, TOO HE'S WOMENNING RIGHT TOWARD US GOT A DOUBLE HAVEN'T BEEN HERE 20 MINUTES SWITCH SIDES WITH YOU.
NOW WHO GETS THE NET?
[LAUGHTER] WHOEVER'S FISH IS BIGGER.
THEY'RE SUCH STRONG FISH I AIN'T USED TO REELING FISH IN EITHER.
>> MAN, YOU WERE WAY BACK THERE.
THAT'S A NICE FISH OH YEAH PROBABLY 16, 17-POUNDER HERE.
>> I GOT ABOUT THE SAME SIZE FISH.
LET ME HELP YOU OUT LOOK AT THE BELLY ON THAT THING GOOD LORD, LOOK AT THAT BELLY THAT IS SOME OHIO RIVER CATFISH AT ITS FINEST RIGHT THERE AMACING AND SO STRONG WE JUST CAUGHT 40-POUND OF CATFISH SCH THAT WOULD BE A GOOD START FOR A TOURNAMENT.
>> IT SURE WOULD RELEASE THE JOKERS AND LET THEM GROW, ESPECIALLY THE ONE CHAD'S GOT HEALTHY FISH.
PROBABLY 12 POUNDS, RIGHT AT IT.
>> IS THIS SOMETHING YOU REALLY WANTED TO GIVE A TRY?
BEFORE YOU BUY, YOU KNOW, JUST ALL THE GEAR, HAVE A GUIDE COME OUT HERE AND LEARN IT BECAUSE-- HIRE A GUIDE BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BUY STUFF THAT YOU REALIZE YOU DON'T NEED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
CATCHING 25-POUNDERS WONDERING WHERE THE BIG ONES ARE AT.
>> YEAH.
SPOILED IS WHAT THAT IS CHAT IS GETTING INTO THIS.
FIRST STARTED HE WAS WILLING TO NET MY FISH.
HASN'T BROUGHT IT UP BEGIN YOU GOT A NICE FISH THAT'S A NICE FISH.
MAN, HE'S MID 20s THAT IS A LONG FISH RIGHT THERE WE ARE GOING TO BREAK 30 POUNDS IF WE KEEP MESSING AROUND HERE.
22.
>> THAT'S A GOOD FISH, MAN.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FISH.
ALL ALL HIS FRIENDS, IT WAS WELL WORTH IT.
GO EAT YOU SOME OF THAT WE'LL MOVE IN SOME FASTER CURRENT HERE AND WE ARE GOING TO DRIFT BACK AS WE ARE WALKING THE BATES BEHIND US GOING HUNTING FOR THE BIG FISH GOING AFTER THE BIGGER BLUES.
>> YOU GOT ONE.
YOU'RE HOOKED UP.
>> ANOTHER DOUBLE.
STRIPPING SOME LINE HERE GET SOME REALS ON HIM IF YOU CAN.
I GOT MY ROD UP.
>> SOMEONE PULL THAT HOOK OUT.
LET HIM WEAR HIMSELF DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
>> THERE'S MINE.
CHUCK HIM BACK.
THERE HE IS.
OH YEAH THIS COULD BE BIG FISH OF THE DAY RIGHT THERE.
>> GOT 'EM.
THAT'S OUR 30 BOUND-- 30-POUNDER.
WOULD BE NICE TO GET 30 ON FILM.
MOVED OVER HERE, FIRST SPOT.
>> DOUBLED ON OUR VERY FIRST CAST.
>> IT'S NOT ALWAYS LIKE THIS.
IT'S GOOD FISHING BUT THIS IS RIGHT NOW IS SPECTACULAR FISHING LOOK AT THAT.
THAT FISH IS GOING TO HIT 30, ISN'T HE.
>> THAT'S A NICE FISH.
>> THAT IS A NICE FISH.
>> ABOUT 37.
>> 37 POUNDS.
>> I THIS I THAT MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST CATFISH I'VE EVER CAUGHT.
I'M NOT SURE.
I'VE GOT ONE OR TWO CLOSE TO THAT SIZE.
>> HE IS ALMOST PUSHING 38.
WHAT A FISH.
THAT IS WHY WE GET UP AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING RIGHT CHASE THAT BIG SUCKER RIGHT THERE.
IT NEVER GETS OLD.
DONE DOING THIS A LONG TIME.
IT'S A FEEDING FRENZY TODAY.
I HAVE TO EXPERIENCE IT TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING HOW STRONG THESE FISH ARE OH MY GOODNESS.
I'D SAY THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
THERE WE GO UPPER 40S.
WOW.
WHAT A FISH.
BUMPING ON THE OHIO RIVER WHAT A FISH.
HE'S 43.
43-POUND.
JUST A BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL FISH.
>> THIS IS WHY YOU RELEASE THEM RIGHT HERE.
THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE OUT HERE.
YOU ARE WILLING TO PUT THE TIME ON THE WATER OR HIRE A GUIDE WHO HAS PUT THEIR TIME ON THE WATER.
>> WE ARE PUSHING 200 POUNDS ON OUR BEST FIVE FISH TODAY.
WE ARE CLOSING IN.
WHEN THE WEATHER IS RIGHT, CATFISHING IS ALL ABOUT RIVER CONDITIONS.
RIVER LEVEL AND YOU GET-- YOU PUT FRESH BAIT ON THERE AND LEARN THAT TECHNIQUE, AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS.
WE'LL GET HIM BACK IN THE WATER HERE WE ARE VERY LUCK NECESSITY KENTUCKY WE HAVE MILES OF THE OHIO RIVER AND SOME MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET OUT HERE BELOW ONE OF THE DAMS, FIND A DEEP HOLE OF WATER AND GIVE BUMPING A TRY.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE A BUMP LIKE THIS, AIN'T ANYTHING LIKE IT AND IT PUTS CATFISHING ON THE PLAN WHAT IT CAN BE AND PRODUCE AND THAT'S WHY WE DO IT NOW LET'S CHECK IN WHO ELSE HAS BEEN OUT HAVING FUN IN THIS WEEK'S ONES THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY.
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD WHO TOOK HIS FIRST DEER USING A CROSS BOW.
NICE JOB NINE-YEAR-OLD MACY WHO CAUGHT THIS NICE BLUEGILL IN HER GRAND PARENTS FARM POND SIX-YEAR-OLD BLAKE WHO GOT HIS FIRST GOBBLER THIS YEAR DURING THE YOUTH TURKEY SEASON CHECK ON IT THIS BEAUTIFUL LARGE MOUTH BASS, THIS WAS HIS FIRST BIG BASS HE CAUGHT OUT OF SCOTT COUNTY.
NICE JOB.
>> RABBIT SEASON ONE OF MY FAVORITE HUNTING SEASONS COMES THIS WEEK IN THE EASTERN ZONE IN KENTUCKY.
CHECK YOUR LOCAL HUNTING AND FISHING GUIDE FOR MORE INFORMATION 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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