♪ ♪ >> SO IT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE DOING.

CERTAIN PROTOCOLS YOU HAVE TO.

>> BY AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR FLAG OR YOUR MARKS UP THERE.

>> THIS WEEK ON KENTUCKY AFIELD... WE WENT LIVE ON FACEBOOK TO ANSWER ALL OF YOUR FISHING QUESTIONS AND WE ARE BRINGING YOU THOSE ANSWERS RIGHT NOW.

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 TONIGHT WE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE SALADO WILDLIFE EDUCATION CENTER FOR AN HOWRP TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT FISHING.

JOINING ME TONIGHT, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FAMILIAR FACES.

FIRST OFF WE HAVE TO MY IMMEDIATE LEFT, JEFF CROSBY, CENTRAL FISHERIES BIOLOGIST.

TO HIS LEFT, JEFF ROSS, JEFF WHO IS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FISHERIES.

HOW ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT?

>> GOOD.

>> AND ANOTHER FAMILIAR FACE, WE HAVE SERGEANT THOMAS BLACKWELL.

THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

>> YES, SIR.

>> THE WEATHER TODAY WAS GREAT.

IT'S GOT ME WEARING SHORT SLEEVES.

I'M WEIGHT TO GET OUT AND GO FISHING AND WE GOT A LOT OF REALLY GREAT THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.

WE'VE GOT QUESTIONS ROLLING IN.

SO WE ARE GOING TO GET BUSY AND GET STARTED.

RIGHT OFF THE BAT, JONATHAN VIA FACEBOOK WANTS TO KNOW WHAT A HEALTHY DEPTH RANGE FOR NEW POND CONSTRUCTION.

AND HE WANTS TO KNOW ANY DOS AND DON'TS THAT HE CAN MAINTAIN HEALTHY FISH POPULATION.

SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DON'TS.

BUT GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE REST.

>> WELL, WHAT WE RECOMMEND, SAY TBRINS FOR INSTANCE, AN ACRE POND 12 TO 15 FEET.

YOU DON'T WANT AN ACCESSIBLY DEEP POND.

IT DOESN'T HELP YOU.

IT CAN CAUSE ISSUES.

BUT FOR AN ACRE POND, 12 TO 15 FEET IF IT IS A HALF ACRE, YOU WANT 10 TO 12 WOULD BE WHAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED.

BUT YOU KNOW, MANAGING FISH POPULATIONS AND PONDS, IT COULD BE A LOT OF FUN, IT COULD BE A LOT OF STRESS AND FRUSTRATION, TOO.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOUR SPECIES WE RECOMMEND: BASS, BLUEGILL ARE THE TWO MAIN ONES, RED EAR SUN FISH AND CHANNEL CATFISH ARE WHAT WE ALSO RECOMMEND FOR PONDS, NOT A NECESSITY BUT NOT A BAD FISH TO STOCK.

BUT THE MANAGEMENT OF BASS AND BLUEGRASS IS THE MAIN THING AND IT COMES DOWN-- BLUEGILL AND IT COMES DOWN TO NUMBERS.

IF YOU HAVE EXCESSIVE NUMBERS, YOU WILL HAVE BAD GROWTH AND STUNTED FISH SO THAT'S WHERE WE RUN INTO A LOT OF PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY WITH BASS IN PONDS.

>> SO DO WE HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW LONG YOU GO BEFORE YOU START ACTUALLY TAKING FISH OUT AND THEN PEOPLE THAT SPEND THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO PUT IN A POND, THEY NEVER WANT TO TAKE ANY FISH OUT AND THAT CAN BE A BAD THING, CAN'T IT?

>> YES, IT IS.

GENERALLY AFTER A NEW POND, WE RECOMMEND ABOUT THREE YEARS IS A GOOD TIMEFRAME TO WAIT BEFORE YOU START HARVESTING FISH.

BUT AGAIN, IN A NUTSHELL, YOU ARE GOING TO SACRIFICE NUMBERS TO GAIN THE QUALITY OF FISH AND IT IS VERY COMMON WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE PHONE ABOUT BASS NOT GROWING.

IT'S USUALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE STUNTED OUT AND THERE ARE TOO MANY OF THEM AND THEY NEED TO REDUCE THE POPULATION.

AND THE BASS EAT THE BLUEGILL TO KEEP THEM IN CHECK, TO KEEP THEIR NUMBERS DOWN TO KEEP THEM GROWING WELL.

>> AND YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL FOR AND TALK TO A BIOLOGIST, CALL OUR INFO CENTER AND GET MORE INFORMATION ON STOCKING A POND.

HEY, IF YOU GOT THE RESOURCES TO PUT A POND IN, THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN HAVING GOOD FISHING CLOSE TO HOME.

>> IT'S GREAT.

>> THAT COULD BE A LOT OF FUN.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY THE DARKER THE BETTER FULL MOON NIGHTS.

YOU STILL CATCH THEM BUT YOU FIND THE SHORELINES THAT THE AND THIS MAY BE A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME STRUGGLES WITH STRIPERS THAT AT CUMBERLAND.

MAINLY DUE TO TWO BAD YEAR CLASSES, ONE THAT WE STOCK NORMAL NUMBERS THAT DIDN'T SURVIVE VERY WELL AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR WE WEREN'T ABLE TO OBTAIN ENOUGH.

WE GET OUR STRIPERS FROM OTHER STATES.

SO THERE IS A GAP ABOUT 20 TO 2Y THAT WE USED TO DO 350,000 AND THEN EVERY THREE YEARS, WE WOULD DO 500,000, LIKE A PULSE.

WE ARE GOING TO PULSE ALL THE TIME NOW AND WE GOT GOOD STOCKINGS IN IN 2020 AND 21.

AND THE 20S ARE ABOUT TO GET INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, HARVEST AL SIZE.

SO THINGS ARE LOOKING UP.

I KNOW PEOPLE STRUGGLE OUT THERE AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT DENYING IT.

THERE WAS DEFINITELY A GAP THERE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO THUMP THE NUMBERS UP AND GET IT BACK GOING.

>> HALF A MILLION PUT IN IN 2020?

IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?

>> 2020 WAS LIKE 400 AND SOMETHING AND THEN ACTUALLY IN 2021 IT WAS OVER 5.

>> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE.

>> THE 20-YEAR CLASS IS GOING TO CROSS 22 INCHES LATER IN THE YEAR.

IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A FALLER WINTER FISHING BUT THE NEXT SPRING THERE SHOULD BE A BUNCH OF THEM ON THE BANKS.

>> SUCH AN AMAZING FISH AND TALK ABOUT FISH AND THE NIGHT.

THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT.

IT COULD BE TOP WATER FISHING AND THAT'S THE WAY PEOPLE PREFER TO CATCH THEM BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH FUN.

ALSO, SO YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FISHING THE SHADOW AREAS, WHICH SOUNDS CRAZY TALKING ABOUT AT NIGHT.

NIGHT TIME MOON SHADY.

YOU WANT TO FISH THE SHADOW AREA AND THEN WHAT ABOUT WIND?

>> YOU KNOW, IF IT GETS WINDY, SOMETIMES IT MAKES THE TOP WATER FISHING A LITTLE ROUGH AND YOU CAN USE SOME LURES THAT JUST-- LIKE I HAVE USED SLIVERS WORK REAL WELL.

THEY GET DOWN BELOW AND NOW YOU ARE FISHING SUBSURFACE, BUT NOT YOU DON'T HAVE TO FISH SUPER DEEP WITH THEM.

BUT YEAH, THE WIND CAN CUT INTO THE TOP WATER BITE PRETTY GOOD.

>> YOU CAN FIND A NIGHT WHERE YOU GET LESS WIND AND IF YOU GET LESS WIND, FISH DEEPER WHERE THEY'RE AT BECAUSE IT MAKES IT VERY HARD FOR THEM TO PICK UP THAT BAIT ON THE SURFACE WHEN IT'S WINDY AND BROKE UP BY THE WIND.

>> AND IT IS DEPENDENT ON THE BAIT.

SO IF YOU ARE IN A COVE OR SOMETHING AND YOU HEAR A LOT OF BAIT UP AGAINST THE BANK, YOU ARE PROBABLY IN THE RIGHT SPOT, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THE STRIPERS COME UP INTO THEM.

>> YOU ARE FISHING FOR A BIG FISH, AND YOU FISH YEAR LONG, REALLY, REALLY DEEP AND THEN WHEN WHEN THE BAIT COMES INTO SPAWN, TALKING ABOUT MAY, YOU CAN'T GET TOO SHALLOW.

THEY WILL BE?

A FOOT, TWO FOOT OF WATER SOMETIMES, WON'T THEY?

>> YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED.

YOU CAN CATCH SOME REALLY NICE WALLEYE.

CHANNEL CATS ON TOP WATER AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY BASS SPECIES.

>> IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

WHAT MY FAVORITE TIMES, I LIKE TO NIGHT FISH BUT TO GET OUT THERE AND CHASE THOSE FISH, STRIPERS AND SMALL MOUTH AND WALLEYE, ALL OF THEM CHASING THEM AND DURING THE SPAWN, FOR, YOU KNOW, SHAD, THAT'S A LOT OF FUN.

NEXT QUESTION IS JONATHAN SAID HE HAS STARTED SPEAR FISHING WHILE SEXUAL ABUSE ADIVING.

WE DON'T SEE-- SPEAR FISHING WHILE SCUBA DIVING.

HE SAID NO SPORT FISH CAN BE SHOT BUT UNCLEAR WHERE SOME SPECIES FALL IN THIS CATEGORY.

WANTS TO KNOW PARTICULARLY ARE BLUEGILL SPORT FISH?

>> BLUEGILL ARE NOT CONSIDERED SPORT FISH SO HE IS GOOD THERE.

IT'S MORE LIKE YOUR ROUGH FISH, CATFISH, THOSE TYPES OF SPECIES NOT CLASSIFIED AS SPORT ARE GOING TO BE THE FISH YOU CAN GO AFTER SPEAR FISHING.

>> SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT LAKE HE IS DOING THIS IN BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE A ROUGH TIME DIFFERENTIATING BLUEGILL AND RED EAR.

THERE IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE DAIFL, RIGHT?

>> YES AND IF YOU PICK UP A FISHING GUIDE OR LOOK AT THE ONE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR GOING OUT HERE SOON, ALL OF OUR FISHING GUIDES HAVE IDENTIFICATION OF THE FISH SPECIES IN THE BACK THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT.

WE GIVE THAT INFORMATION OUT SO YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING AND THERE IS INFORMATION ABOUT SPEAR FISHING, SCUBA DIVING, DOING THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY.

>> HAVE YOU CHECKED MANY PEOPLE DOING THAT?

>> I CAN SAY I HAVE NOT CHECKED EVEN ONE UNDERWATER SPEAR FISHERMAN.

>> THERE ARE CERTAIN PROTOCOLS TO GO BY, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR FLAG OR EARMARKS UP THERE.

>> AND A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION IS IN THE FISHING GUIDE.

>> IT SOUNDS INTERESTING.

GOING DOWN AND SEEING HOW THE FISH ARE SETTING UP, TO ME, THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE AMAZING NEXT ONE IS FROM TROY.

WILL GRASS CARP HELP WITH LILLY PADS OR IS A CHEMICAL TREATMENT BETTER WAY TO GET RID OF THEM?

>> I THINK THE CHEMICAL TREATMENT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER, NOT SAY THAT THEY WON'T EAT A FEW, FOR THEM TO CONTROL WELL, I KNOW THAT THEY-- IT'S PROBABLY LOW ON THEIR PREFERENCE LIST.

LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

CHEMICAL TREATMENT, YOUR TREATMENT TO THOSE LILLY PADS.

SO THE CHEMICALS THAT YOU WOULD USE FOR LILLY PADS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PICKED UP?

WHERE WOULD YOU GET SUSPECTING LIKE THAT-- SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP?

>> AT YOUR LOCAL AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY STORE LIKE YOU KNOW, SOUTHERN STATES, TRACTOR SUPPLY, MATT FROM INSTAGRAM.

WANTS TO KNOW THE BEST PLACES TO WHITE BASS FISH.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST FISH THAT PEOPLE REALLY START, CRAPPIE AND WHITE BASS IS ONE OF THOSE SPRING TIME FISH THAT PEOPLE REALLY TRY TO GO AFTER AND IF YOU HIT IT RIGHT, IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST FISHING IN THE STATE.

A COUPLE PLACES IN YOUR AREA THAT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR WHITE BASS FISHING.

>> TAYLORSVILLE IS UP THERE IN THE NEXT MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF, THEY WILL BE MAKING THAT RUN UP THE SALT RIVER, VERY POPULAR SO I WOULD EXPECT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE IN THE NEXT MONTH.

THE UPPER PART OF HARRINGTON, AGAIN, THAT'S HISTORICALLY BEEN GOOD.

SEEING PRETTY GOOD POPULATIONS OF WHITE BASS THERE.

THE OHIO RIVER IS A NICE PLACE TO CATCH WHITE BASS.

>> YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL FISHING DOWN THERE, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

RIGHT IN THE SHADOWS OF THE OHIO RIVER, SOME OF THE BIGGEST WHITE BASS I'VE EVER SEEN.

YOU CAN CATCH SOME MONSTROUS WHITE BASS DOWN THERE.

HAVE YOU TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

BE CAUTIOUS, THE ROCKS ARE SLICK AND CERTAIN AREAS WHERE IT'S FAST MOVING WATERS SO YOU HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS BUT IT CAN BE REALLY GOOD.

WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE NEXT ONE-- WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE NEXT ONE, NOLIN RIVER.

>> NOLIN IS REALLY GOOD.

I WAS GOING TO THROW OUT SOME MORE.

CAVE RUN, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HAS FAIRLY GOOD WHITE BASS FISHERY.

KENTUCKY LAKE ACTUALLY IN THE FISHING FORECAST GOT BUMPED UP TO GOOD, SO THEY'RE SEEING AN IMPROVEMENT IN THAT FISHERY MAY BE WORTH TRYING.

>> ARE THEY CATCHING THOSE IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER ON THE BOTTOM SIDE?

BECAUSE I HAVE CAUGHT THEM THERE BEFORE.

>> IN THE LAKE.

>> OKAY.

THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE MAIN ONES THAT COME TO MIND I KNOW DEWEY HAS SOME IN THERE BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A REAL STRONG POPULATION.

>> ROUGH RIVER IN THE LAKE HAS GOT HYBRIDS.

DO THEY HAVE WHITE BASS AS WELL?

>> NO, HYBRIDS.

>> I KNOW WE'VE CAUGHT HYBRIDS DOWN THERE.

YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT KENTUCKY LAKE.

PEOPLE GO TO KENTUCKY LAKE IN THE FISHING AND KENTUCKY LAKE IS GREAT AND PEOPLE THINK OH MAN, THE CARP HAVE TAKEN OVER THE RIVER SYSTEM YOU CAN GO BELOW THE DAMS AND I WENT DOWN TO JIM DUNE AND CAUGHT ALL THREE SPECIES OF THE STRIPER, HIGH HYBRIDS AND WHITE BASS.

THEY'RE THERE.

>> WE STOCK BOTH HIGHRIDS-- HYBRID AND STRIPED BASS.

WE TRY TO STOCK HYBRID IN THERE IF WE HAVE TROUBLE.

BUT IT'S A GOOD FISHERY, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THREE OF THEM THERE ARE AREAS YOU CAN FISH FROM.

>> GREAT FISHING DOWN THERE.

>> GREAT OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE FROM CAVE RUN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO KENTUCKY LAKE AND SEVERAL LAKES IN BETWEEN.

THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD WHITE BASS FISHING AND THE OHIO RIVER WHICH RUN THE NORTHERN BORDER.

A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHITED BASS.

NEXT QUESTION IS FROM PHIL.

WHAT CAUSES THE SMALL MOUTH BASS TO START THE PRE-SPAWN EATING PATTERN THEN WHEN THEY GO TO SPAWN, SPECIFICALLY IN THE LAKES.

HE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY MOVE FROM THEIR WINTER TIME SPOTS AND WHAT DRIVES THAT MIGRATION TO THEIR SPAWNING BEDS.

>> I WOULD SAY WATER TEMPERATURES AND PROBABLY THE LENGTH OF DAY.

PHOTO PERIOD.

THAT WILL PROBABLY CUE A LOT OF THAT, PROBABLY MORE SO WATER TEMPERATURES THAT START TO WARM UP.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO SPAWN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN THE LARGE MOUTH, BUT STARTING INTO THE 50s, I THINK THEY'LL START MAKING THE MIGRATION TOWARDS THE SPAWNING AREAS.

>> YEAH, THE AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT AND THE TEMPERATURES, OKAY.

RUSTY WANTS TO KNOW LOTS OF RUMORS FLYING AROUND ABOUT LAUREL LAKE IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY IS GOING TO STOP RECEIVING FISH STOCKING IN THE FUTURE.

CAN ANYONE ELABORATE CONFIRM OR DENY THIS?

IS IT TRUE AND WHY?

>> NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.

WOE DID STOP STOCKING TROUT IN THE LAKE.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN UPSET ABOUT THAT BUT TRULY IF YOU FOLLOW OUR ANGLER SURVEYS AND KRILL SURVEYS, THEY'VE DROPPED TO ZERO.

A FEW PEOPLE, BUT NOT MUCH AT ALL MPLEGHT SO WE BETTER UTILIZE THE FISH IN THIS OTHER PLACES.

BUT THAT WAS ONE THING WE STOCKED BUT WE ALWAYS STOCKED WALLEYE AND WE ARE BUMPING UP THE NUMBER WE ARE GOING TO PUT IN THERE THIS YEAR, SIMILAR TO LAKE CUMBERLAND.

SO NO, THERE IS NO PLANS TO STOP STOCKING AT LAUREL DEPENDING ON WHAT IS NEEDED AND WHAT WOULD BE MOST EFFECTIVE, THAT WE COULD CONTINUE, RAISE NUMBERS UP OR WHATEVER, BUT NO PLANS AT ALL TO STOP THAT LAKE IS TREATED LIKE EVERY OTHER RESERVOIR.

MORE WALLEYE IS THEY REMOVED THE STOCKING OF RAINBOW TROUT.

>> YES.

>> RAINBOW TROUT, THE VAST MAJORITY WERE EATEN BY LARGE MOUTH BASS AND THEY WANT THEM IN THERE.

THAT'S THE ISSUE.

>> THAT'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE OF THE COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FROM THAT SIDE THAN-- >> IT'S NOT THE TROUT FISHERMEN THAT WANT MORE TROUT.

IT'S THE LARGE MOUTH GUYS.

TROUT IS A REALLY GOOD FORAGE FOOD FOR LARGE MOUTH BASS, RIGHT?

>> THE LAKE HAS A LOT OF SHAD IN IT AS WELL.

IT'S NOT FORAGE TO FISHING FOR SURE.

>> THE TROUT ARE RAISED FOR TROUT STREAMS BUT WE USE TROUT FOR A LOT OF REASONS FOR FISHING HERE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

I MEAN OUR FINS LAKE, NOTORIOUSLY RECEIVE A LOT OF TROUT.

>> FINS LAKE, FISHING CLOSE TO HOME.

EASY FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS AND WE'VE GOT TONS OF STREAMS ACROSS THE STATE.

OUR STREAMS DON'T HOLD TROUT FOR THE MOST PART THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER BECAUSE THEY GET TOO WARM BUT WE PUT THEM IN IN THE SPRING AND THE FALL SO YOU GOT ALL THOSE, A LOT OF THE TAILWATERS AND CUMBERLAND TAILWATER, ONE OF THE BEST FISHERIES AROUND.

>> NEVER GET A CHANCE TO GET GIVE THAT A TRY.

HIRE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND GIVE IT A TRY.

>> SPEAKING OF TROUT, FLOYD FORK IN BETWEEN FRANKFORT AND LOUISVILLE, WE ARE GOING TO BE UP IN THE STOCKING THERE TREMENDOUSLY.

WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN 12,000 FISH FOR THE YEAR.

I THINK THE STOCKING WILL BE THE FIRST ONE JUST WENT IN.

SO WE HAVE BEEN STOCKING IT BEFORE BUT WE ARE PUTTING A LOT MORE IN NOW.

SO FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, AND THEN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.

AND IT'S LIKE WE ARE STOCKING-- WE USED TO STOCK LIKE ONE SPOT.

WE ARE GOING TO STOCK LIKE OVER 15 MILES FROM LIKE 64 DOWN TO, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THAT.

>> SEATON VALLEY BRIDGE.

>> YOU HAVE ABOUT 20 MILES OF STREAM THERE THAT PUBLIC CAN ACCESS BECAUSE OF THE PARKLANDS AND SO YEAH, THERE ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT 15 MILES OF THAT GOING TO BE STOCKED WITH TROUT AND OF COURSE SOME OF THE TROUT WILL MOVE AROUND.

IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO FISH FOR TROUT THIS TIME OF YEAR LATE FALL EARLY WINTER AND INTO THE EARLY SPRING TIMEFRAMES WE WILL BE STOCKING THEM A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE THEY CAN GO FOR AN OUR HOUR OR TWO AND FISH.

YOU GOT ACCESS TO CATCH TROUT AND TROUT TEND TO BE MORE WILLING TO BITE, RIGHT?

>> AND ACCESS IS GREAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE LOUISVILLE LOOP AND THE PATH THAT GOES THE EXTENT OF THE AREA PORKING LOTS, PLACING, WALKING STRAIL ALONG THE MAJORITY OF THE STREAM SO IT'S GREAT ACCESS, GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

>> NOW IF A PERSON WANTED TO GET OUT AND FISH FOR THOSE AND HAVE A NORMAL FISHING LICENSE, WHAT ELSE DO THEY NEED TO GO FISH FOR TROUT?

>> IF THEY'RE GOING TO HARVEST TROUT, THEY NEED A TROUT PERMIT.

$SO $10.

UNLESS YOU ARE AT HATCHERY CREEK, HAVE YOU TO HAVE ONE.

AT THE FINS LAKE YOU DON'T NEED ONE IF YOU ARE JUST FISHING FOR TROUT AS LONG AS YOU DON'T KEEP THEM BUT AS SOON AS YOU KEEP ONE, YOU BETTER HAVE A TROUT PERMIT ON YOU.

>> GOT YOU.

THAT COMES IF YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS BUYING A SPORTSMAN'S LICENSE, THAT IS PART OF IT AS WELL AS A SENIOR LICENSE, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> IF YOU PURCHASE THOSE LICENSE, YOU HAVE THE TROUT STAMP.

>> ALSO ABOUT SEASONAL CATCH AND RELEASE STREAM WHICH MEANS FROM OCTOBER THROUGH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY TO WHAT, THE FIRST OF MARCH?

>> END OF MARCH.

>> HAVE YOU TO RELEASE THE FISH BACK INTO THE STREAM.

AFTER THE END OF MARCH, YOU CAN HARVEST.

>> BECAUSE THE FISH-- THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER GETS TO A POINT WHERE YOU MIGHT AS WELL KEEP THEM AT THAT POINT IN TIME, RIGHT?

>> CORRECT.

>> BEFORE THAT, IT'S CATCH AND RELEASE RESOURCE.

NEXT QUESTION IS FROM RICHARD.

HE WANTS TO KNOW DO CATFISH EAT MUSSELS?

WHO WANTS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION?

>> I WORKED WITH BLUE CATS WAY BACK WHEN AND WOULD YOU SEE A LOT OF ASIAN CLAMS IN THERE BUT THEY WILL EAT MUSSEL.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH-- THEY FEED ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

THEY WILL FEED ON THEM BUT NOT THEIR PRIMARY FORAGE FOR SURE.

>> ZEBRA MUSSELS, I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN SEEN IN THE DIKES WITH THE BLUE CATS.

>> WELL HOPEFULLY THEY KEEP IT UP.

>> NEXT QUESTION, ANY ISSUES WITH STOCKING FLORIDA STRAINED LARGE MOUTH OR ALABAMA BASS?

>> THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING QUESTION BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN READING A LOT ABOUT THIS ALABAMA STRAIN BASS.

TELL ME ABOUT THE ALABAMA STREAM BASS AND WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO STOCK THOSE?

IF YOU LOOK AT NEWS FROM OTHER FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES, NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA, THE ISSUE IS FROM THEY'RE FROM A LOT FURTHER SOUTH, NOT NATIVE UP HERE AND THE BIG PROBLEM IS THEY'RE GETTING TRANSPORTED UP BECAUSE THEY GROW PRETTY WELL DOWN SOUTH AND PEOPLE THINK WE'LL GET THE BIG SPOTTED BASS.

HYBRIDIZE WITH SMALL MOUTH AND DESTROY LAKES FISHERIES WHERE YOU ARE DONE, YOU LOST IT.

THEY OUTCOMPETE LARGE MOUTH SO YOU END UP WITH A LAKE WITH A BUNCH OF HYBRID SPOTTED BASS THAT DON'T GROW VERY WELL.

>> ALABAMA BASS AND SPOTTED BASS LOOK SIMILAR.

BUT YOU ARE SAYING THAT WHEN THEY COME INTO A LAKE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT A FISH THAT MIGHT BE A HALF SMALL MOUTH, HALF SPOTTED BASS.

YOU DON'T SEE MUCH OF THAT BUT YOU DO SEE IT WITH THE ALABAMA BASS IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?

>> YEAH, THEY KIND OF JUST-- THEY KEEP HYBRIDIZING WITH THEM AND YOU SLOWLY LOSE YOUR TRUE SMALL MOUTH POPULATION THAT WHILE THEY'RE OUT COMPETING THE LARGE MOUTH, IT'S A LOSE-LOSE SITUATION FOR SURE.

>> ANY ISSUES WITH STOCKING FLORIDA STRAINS OR ALABAMA, THE ANSWER IS THERE ARE BIG ISSUES.

>> BIG ISSUES, FLORIDA STRAIN IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

THEIR PERFORMANCE IS REALLY DICTATED BY THEY CALL THEM HEATING DEGREE DAYS, HOW LONG THE GROWING SEASON IS AND HOW THE WINTERS ARE NOT AS HARSH AS THEY ARE UP HERE BUT IF THEY GET UP TOO R TOO FAR IN LATITUDE GOING NORTH, THEIR PERFORMANCE DROPS WAY OFF AND IF YOU STOCK THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO HYBRIDIZE AS WELL WITH THE LARGE MOUTH, OUR NORTHERN STRAIN LARGE MOUTH AND YOU COULD END UP WITH JUST AN INFERIOR GENE THAT SWAMPS OUT.

THE NORTHERNS ARE BUILT TO BE UP IN THIS TYPE OF CLIMATE.

AND THERE IS A LINE.

TENNESSEE IS STOCKING THEM AND VIRGINIA, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S FURTHER SOUTH THAN WHERE WE ARE AT.

SO IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD IDEA RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T THINK THE PERFORMANCE IS GOING TO BE GOOD BASED ON, YOU KNOW, STUDIES AND YOU CAN'T TURN IT AROUND ONCE YOU PUT THEM IN.

SO EVEN TENNESSEE, FOR THE MOST PART, HAS TRIED TO KEEP THEIR CUMBERLAND DRAINAGE PURE NORTHERN STRAIN JUST IN CASE ALL THE STOCKING THEY DO TURNS SOUTH ALONG THE WAY.

THERE ARE SOME ISSUES BUT IT'S A GOOD THING DOWN SOUTH, THEY GROW GREAT AND DO WELL BUT YOU CROSS A LINE GOING NORTH AND THEY DON'T DO AS WELL.

THEY PUT A LOT OF ENERGY INTO GROWTH SO THEY'RE NOT GOOD AT HANDLING NORTH WINTERS BECAUSE THEY DON'T STORE THE ENERGY UP VERY WELL AND GET A LOT OF MORTALITY AND THEY SPAWN EARLIER THAN LARGE MOUTH SO IF WE HAVE A DRAWN OUT WINTER, IT COULD CAUSE A PROBLEM IN THAT AREA, TOO.

>> AS ANGLERS AND FISHERIES BIOLOGISTS, ANYTHING WE'VE LEARNED IN THE LAST 20 YEARS IS MAN, INVASIVE FISH OR FISH NOT NATIVE TO THE AREA MAY SOUND LIKE A GOOD IDEA BUT IT CAN BE A REALLY BAD THING WE ARE HAPPY TO STAY WITH OUR KENTUCKY SPOTTED BASS, LARGE MOUTH AND SMALL MOUTH AND LEAVE THE OTHER FISH TO THE SOUTH.

IF YOU WANT TO CATCH THOSE, TAKE A TRIP ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR AND TRY TO CATCH THEM BUT DON'T BRING THEM BACK.

>> MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD SOMETIMES SOMETIMES WHEN THE WORLD WARMS UP.

WE'LL HAVE ALLIGATORS AND IGUANA AS UP HERE IN KENTUCKY, WHO KNOWS.

BUT FOR NOW, NO, NOT A GOOD IDEA.

>> WE DON'T WANT ANYONE MESSING WITH OUR SMALL MOUTH FISH HERE.

YOU TALK ABOUT OUTCOMPETING EVEN WITH OUR NATIVE LAKES, I'VE SEEN LAKES WHERE THEY THINK THE SPOTTED BASS MAY OUTCOMPETE LARGE MOUTH BASS IN HIGH NUMBERS.

SO EVEN WHEN WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON, IF YOU WANT BIG LARGE MOUTH BASS IN KENTUCKY, YOU DON'T WANT TO BRING SOMETHING IN THAT CAN OUTCOMPETE OUR LARGE MOUTH BASS THAT MAY NOT GET YOUR DESIRED RESULT WHICH IS MORE, BIGGER BASS, RIGHT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

BE CAREFUL WITH THAT ONE.

>> LESLIE FROM FACEBOOK CAN KENTUCKY RESIDENTS FISH THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF OHIO WITH A KENTUCKY FISHING LICENSE?

>> WE HAVE A RECIPROCAL FISHING AGREEMENT WITH OHIO AND INDIANA.

YOU CAN BE ON THEIR SIDE OF THE WAING BANK AND FISH THE RIVER AS LONG AS YOU DON'T GO INTO THE TRIBUTARIES ON THEIR SIDE WHEN YOU ARE ON THE INDIANA OR OHIO SIDE, HAVE YOU TO ABID BY THEIR LIMITS AND KENTUCKY BY OURS.

YOU ARE GOOD WITH EITHER OR ON THE BANK AND NOT GOING INTO A STREAM OR TRIB TRITRIB U TEAR.

>> IS THE STOCKING ON GREEN RIVER LAKE STILL HAPPENING?

>> WE ARE STOCKING ALL THE RES RESERVOIRS.

WE DID HAVE ANOTHER, DURING THE COVID EARLY ON, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PRODUCE MUSKY ONE YEAR BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET OUR STAFF.

IT TAKES A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO SPAWN MUSKY CLOSE QUARTERS AND WE JUST COULDN'T DO IT.

SO WE HAD A YEAR WHERE THEY WEREN'T STOCKED, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE SEEING THAT IF THEY'RE NOT QUESTIONING WHETHER THEY'RE BEING STOCKED BUT NO, WE ARE STOCKING THE SAME RATE AS WE ALWAYS HAVE AND CAVE RUN, GREEN, BUCK HORN, DEWEY, PROBABLY MISSING ONE, BUT MAYBE THAT'S IT.

>> OKAY.

ALL THOSE LAKES ARE STOCKING IS ONGOING SAME AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.

>> LOGAN, INSTAGRAM QUESTION.

I DON'T HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT FISHING FOR GRASS PICKERAL I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER CAUGHT ONE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT.

>> THEY'RE IN SOME OF OUR STREAMS.

THEY DON'T GET REAL BIG.

IT'S NOT YOU THINK OF PICK RELL THEY'RE AT MUCH 12 INCHES BUT WE HAVE SOME STREAMS IN THE AREA, SOUTHERN PART SAY JEFFERSON COUNTY, HARDIN COUNTY, SOME OF STREELS A WETLAND OR LOWLAND STREAM.

FORD'S FORK, WE SAMPLED THEM OUT OF THERE.

THEY'RE AROUND AND THEY'RE IN STREAMS AND NOT REAL COMMON IF YOU WANT TO FISH IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY, FLOYD'S FORK AREA AND WHERE AT IN HARDIN COUNTY?

>> WILSON CREEK I THINK IS WHERE THE STATE RECORD IS AND WE'VE SEEN THEM THERE.

IT'S ONE OF THE CREEKS I THINK YOU CAN CATCH A FEW IN.

>> JASON, DO I NEED A SFISHING LICENSE TO FISH ON A FARM POND.

>> WELL, IT DEPENDED IF YOU OWN THE FARM POND OR NOT.

IF YOU ARE THE LAND OWNER NAME IS ON THE DEED, PAY THE TAX ON IT THEN YOU ARE LICENSE EXEMPT AND SO IS YOUR SPOUSE AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN.

IF YOU ARE 15 AND YOUNGER, YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE ONE AND ANOTHER EXEMPTION IS MILITARY FURLOUGH, IF YOU ARE ON FURLOUGH FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE YOUR PAPERS WITH YOU, YOU ARE LICENSED EXEMPT.

>> IF YOUR NEIGHBOR GIVES YOU PERMISSION TO GO FISHING IF IT IS NOT YOUR PROPERTY, YOU NEED A VALID FISHING LICENSE AND PERMISSION, TOO.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD GET AND GET YOUR LICENSE.

RODNEY FROM FACEBOOK, HAVE YOU SEEN EVIDENCE OF INVASIVE CARP AT GREEN RIVER LAKE?

I'M SURE HE IS PROBABLY REFERENCING WHAT WE CALL THE ASIAN CARP I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT THE SAME ONE, NOT IN THE LAKE.

I THINK THEY HAVE SEEN THEM, YOU KNOW, UP CLOSE TO THE DAM BUT THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP ANY TRIBUTARY, IT'S JUST WHEN THEY HIT THE DAM IS THERE A WAY TO GET THROUGH.

I DON'T THINK GREEN IS SET UP VERY WELL FOR THEM TO DO THAT BUT, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY IS COLLECTING BAIT DOWN BELOW, DON'T, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO USE THE BAIT THAT YOU COLLECT WHETHER IT'S SHAD OR HERRING, MOON EYE, GOLD EYE, YOU GOT TO USE THEM IN THE WATERS THAT YOU COLLECT THEM BECAUSE THE YOUNG ASIAN CARP LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO YOUNG SHAD.

SO THAT'S MORE WORRISOME THAT THEY GET IN THERE BY SOMEBODY MOVING BAIT UP ABOVE.

BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY AS OF YET.

>> BUT A LOT OF OUR-- AND IT'S THE SAME WAY WITH OUR WATER WAYS.

MOST OF OUR WATERWAYS, ULTIMATELY MAKE ITS WAY TO THE OHIO.

MOST OF THEM.

SO YOU HAVE TO BE █CAUTIOUSAN THE GREEN RIVER IS A DIRECT SHOT TO THE OHIO RIVER.

SO PRETTY SURE THAT THOSE INVASIVE FISH HAVE MADE THEIR WAY DOWN THROUGH THERE JUST THE BARRIER OF THE DAM IS A GOOD THING.

JUST DON'T HELP FACILITATE THAT TRANSPORTATION TO THE LAKE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE-- >> JEFF SAMPLED THEM BELOW TAYLORSVILLE.

>> TO THE BASE OF TAYLORSVILLE.

WE'VE SEEN THEM THERE IN NUMBERS SO I THINK AGAIN THE DAM IS THE BARRIER AND AGAIN MOVING THE BAIT IS THE ISSUE, SO SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, COLLECTED BAIT DOWN THERE WANTED TO GO UM ON THE LAKE TO FISH FOR CATFISH OR SOMETHING AND DROPPED A FEW OF THOSE, IF THEY MISIDENTIFY BECAUSE THEY COULD VERY EASILY BE MISIDENTIFIED.

SO IT COULD CAUSE A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE LAKE.

>> NO TRANSPORTING ANY BAIT FROM ONE BODY OF WATER TO THE NEXT EVEN IF IT'S THE TAILWATER OF THE LAKE THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, ESPECIALLY THAT SITUATION COULD BE BAD.

NEXT QUESTION IS FROM CHRIS.

WANTS TO KNOW WHY IS IT LAKE CUMBERLAND, A TROPHY CATFISH LAKE, IT SEEMS TO HAVE PLENTY OF FORAGE.

WHAT DO I-- DO WE CRASS PHI LAKES AS TROPHY CAT-- CLASSIFY LAKES AS TROPHY CATFISH LAKES?

>> NOT NECESSARILY.

I'M SURE THERE ARE BIG CATFISH THERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR FISHING FORECAST ANYBODY KNOW ABOUT WHAT ILL SAYS ABOUT CATFISH.

>> THERE IS A GOOD FISHERY FOR CHANNELS FOR SURE.

WE THINK OF TAYLORSVILLE, WE ARE NOT CLASSIFYING THEM AS TROPHY LAKES BUT THE BLUE CATFISH IF YOU WANT TO CATCH TROPHY, THAT'S WHATTER GOING FOR.

THEY GET REALLY BIG.

WHAT LAKES ARE WE PUTTING BLUE CATFISH IN.

>> TAYLORSVILLE, BARREN, FISHTRAP, WE STARTED PUTTING THEM IN YATESVILLE.

I BELIEVE ALL THE LAKES HAVE THE 15 FISH, ONE OVER 25 REGULATIONS.

WE PUT THEM IN SOME SMALLER LAKES, PAINLY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE BIG FISHERIES ARE THOSE RESERVOIRS.

>> YOU WANT TO CATCH A BIG CATFISH, YOU WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE THAT HAS BLUE CATFISH.

THAT'S THE BIG TROPHY CATFISH HERE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY, ISN'T IT.

>> WE HAVE A FEW SMALL STATE OWNED LAKES, YOU KNOW, YOUR BULLOCK, BOLTS, A.J.

JOLLY, WE ONLY STOCK ABOUT ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS.

BUT IT DOES PROVIDE NICE BONUS CATFISH.

GUYS I'VE TALKED TO UP THERE HAVE SAID THEY'VE HAD TO UPGRADE THEIR TACKLE BECAUSE-- >> YOU HOOK INTO ONE OF THOSE.

HOW FAST DO THEY GROW.

HOW LONG WILL IT 25IC A BLUE CATFISH TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, THAT 15-20-POUND RANGE AND THEY CAN GO UP.

THE STATE RECORD IS 100 POUNDS, OVER 100 POUNDS, RIGHT?

>> IT WILL TAKE A FEW YEARS TO GET UP TO THAT SIZE.

YOU ARE PROBABLY LOOKING AT SIX TO EIGHT YEARS.

>> OKAY.

>> PROBABLY.

YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE AT TAYLORSVILLE, WE GET SOME PRETTY GOOD GROWTH BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD FORAGE BASE THERE.

A LOT OF SHAD IN THE LAKE.

SO THEY DO PRETTY WELL.

>> IT SEEMS TO BE BETTER THOUGH.

I REMEMBER SEEING TAYLORSVILLE LAKE WHERE YOU COULD LOOK LIKE YOU JUST GET OUT AND WALK ACROSS IT AND WALK ACROSS THE BAY AND I STILL SEE IT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR, THE BAYS GET THAT BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT OVERALL THE SHAD POPULATION HAS COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

>> I THINK WAVE', AGAIN, WE ARE UTILIZING THESE PREDATORS TO TRY TO UTILIZE THAT FORAGE BASE TO PROVIDE THE FISHERIES, BUT ALSO WE ARE USING PREDATORS TO CONTROL FOR A FISHERMAN, IT'S ONE THAT MAKES YOU SCRATCH YOUR HEAD, YOU SEE BOAT AFTER BOAT AFTER BOAT CATCHING CRAPPIE AND COMING OUT OF THERE FOR MONTHS ON END CERTAIN YEARS I SEEMS LIKE THE BASS FISHING IS GREAT AND SOME YEARS IT CAN BE HARD.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE LAKES THAT DUE TO THE PROPRESSURE AND AMOUNT OF FORAGE, IT'S A TOUGH LAKE TO FIGURE OUT SOMETIMES.

>> IT'S A VERY PRODUCTIVE LAKE.

IT REALLY PRODUCES FISH.

>> IT REALLY DOES.

STOCKING, STOCKING, A LOT OF STOCKING QUESTIONS AND STOCKING IS A GREAT SUPPLEMENT THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFERS FOR OUR LAKES BECAUSE HAVING FISH REPRODUCE, YOU CAN'T MATCH THE NUMBERS THAT CAN BE DONE WITH REDUCTION.

I'VE GOT A LOT MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT STOCKING LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING AS AN AGENCY TO TRY TO ENHANCE AREAS FOR NATURAL FISH SPAWN BECAUSE I KNOW I'M HEARING THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS TREES WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE ARE DOING AS WELL TO TRY TO INCREASE NATURAL REPRODUCTION BECAUSE THE NATURAL REPRODUCTION IS GOING TO PRODUCE SO MANY MORE FISH THAN WHAT WOULD STOCKING WOULD DO, RIGHT?

TELL ME ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS?

>> YOU WANT TO COVER SOME OF THE STUFF YOU ARE DOING?

>> I MEAN WE ARE USING THE CHRISTMAS TREES, YOU KNOW, RECEIVING ANYWHERE FROM 2,000 TO 4,000 TREES ANNUALLY WHICH IS GREAT.

WE HAVE DONE SOME PROJECTS GOING IN AND PUT IN GRAVEL, YOU KNOW, SPAWNING AREAS AND ADDING TREES AROUND THAT SO IT GIVES A PLACE TO GO AFTER THE SPAWN WE ARE DOING QUITE A BIT OF HABITAT WORK WHETHER IT BE CHRISTMAS TREES, GRAVEL, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FISH HABITAT.

STRUCTURES.

WE ARE DOING SOME ROCK PILES THESE DAYS SO THERE IS A LOT OF.

WE ARE DOING WORK FOR FISHERMEN, CREATING FISH HABITAT AND DOING WORK FOR FISH HABITAT FOR THE FISH FOR THE REPRODUCTION THROUGH SOME OF THE SPAWNING AREAS AND JEFF IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AT BARCLAY, A LOT OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE DOING WORK THROUGHOUT WHERE THE LAKES THAT THEY WORK ORGANIZATION TRYING TO GO IN AND PROVIDE THIS HABITAT BECAUSE WHERE YOU'VE GOT A BANK THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING ON IT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE FISH DON'T HAVE SOMETHING TO RELATE TO, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST THING FOR THE FISH.

>> YOU CAN GO TO A LOT OF OUR LAKES HERE IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY THAT HAS 20-FOOT DRAW DOWNS AND WHEN YOU GO OUT AND SEE WHAT THE FISHERIES AND BIOLOGISTS HAVE DONE, THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR TO GO MARK THOSE ON YOUR GPS.

YOU CAN'T GET RIGHT ON TOP OF THEM BUT CLOSE ENOUGH AND GO OKAY, 20 FEET UP THE BANK, I NEED TO BE HERE WHEN THE WATER IS 15 FEET DEEPER BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE.

YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THAT GOING O. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF WORK RIGHT NOW GOING ON ON ROUGH RIVER AND FOE LIN AND THERE ARE STRUCTURES THAT YOU CAN SEE IF YOU ARE ON THE WATER.

>> ALSO JEFF MENTIONED BARCLAY, THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON BARCLAY, PUTTING IN SPAWNING STRUCTURES AND THEN LAYING DOWN TREES.

PEOPLE THINK THEY SPAWN IN GRAVEL BUT THEY LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO ASSOCIATE WITH AND THERE IS NOT A LOT OF THAT PHYSICAL STRUCTURE THERE SO THEY'RE CREATING AREAS FOR THEM TO SPAWN AND LAYING DOWN TREES NEAR THOSE SO IT DRAWS THEM INTO THE AREAS AND DOING IT AT A DEPTH A LOT OF TIMES DOESN'T WORK OUT WATER LEVEL WISE AND TEMPERATURE SO THEY'RE TRYING TO COVER SOME OTHER AREAS SO THAT IF IT ISN'T THE PERFECT SPAWNING CONDITIONS, INTO EL STILL HAVE SOME-- THEY'LL STILL HAVE ARTIFICIAL STUFF TO USE.

>> PUTTING HABITAT IN THERE THAT WILL ENTICE IMPORTANT SPAWN IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE AS PRODUCTIVE OR MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN FISH STOCKING, I WOULD THINK BECAUSE IF YOU COME IN THERE AND GET THE FISH TO NATURALLY HAVE BETTER HABITAT WAY MORE BECAUSE REALLY OUR HATCHERIES ARE PRODUCING MAX 100,000 FISH, YOU KNOW AND SOME YEARS I THINK WE HAVE DROPPED DOWN TO 75,000, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE GOING TO GET WAY MORE THAN THAT OUT OF A NATURAL SPAWN WE ARE SKIPPING A LOT OF THE MORTALITY THAT IS GOING TO HIT THE FISH.

THE PERCENTAGE OF FISH TO EGG IS MINISCULE BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A MUSKY, HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF EGGS WILL A MUSKY HAVE IN IT OR A BASS, HOW MANY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF EGGS POTENTIALLY FOR A BASS?

>> YEAH, BUT THE THING IS YOU ARE PUTTING A LOT MORE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL FOR, YOU KNOW, REPRODUCTION BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF EGGS THAT BECOME FINGERLING BUT IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH SURVIVE TO MAINTAIN THE POPULATION, THAT'S WHAT REALLY HELPS US OUTY ADON'T WANT TO HAVE TO STOCK.

WE WANT NATURE TO TAKE CARE OF ITSELF NCHTS WE CAN USE REGULATIONS TO REGULATE THE POPULATIONS BUT WE WANT TO USE NATURE YOU KNOW, AND THE BEN BENEFIT OF THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY AND WE CAN CONCENTRATE ON OTHER THINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO BASS, CRAPPIE, BLUEGILL, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO REPRODUCE.

BUT PROVIDING THE HABITAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

>> WE HAVE WENT OUT WITH A COUPLE OF BIOLOGISTS AND SHOWCASED SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING FOR SPAWNING IMPROVEMENTS AND I KNOW YOU GUYS WORK ON THAT A LO.

WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING MORE SHOWS THIS YEAR, TALKING ABOUT ADD ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES OR SAND OR GRAVEL OR ROCK PILES OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE TO HELP PRODUCE NATURAL REPRODUCTION.

BECAUSE TO ME, LIKE I SAY, WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON STOCKING AND STOCKING IS GREAT.

THANK GOODNESS WE DO STOCKING BUT I REALLY LIKE FOLKS ON THE PROJECTS YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON SHOWING GAINS ON NATURAL REPRODUCTION.

THEY'RE PUTTING CAMERAS ON THE SPAWNING FLATTS AND SHOWING ALL THE FISH THAT USE ONE STRUCTURE FROM LARGE MOUTH GAS TO BLUEGILL TO RED EAR, REALLY IS FASCINATING.

WE'VE GOT SOME LAKES WE HAVE STARTED, SMALL LAKES THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT SMAWNING BOXES FOR CATFISH BECAUSE, AGAIN THEY'RE CAVITY SPAWNERS.

THAT'S THE REASON THEY DON'T DO WELL IN POND OR A LOT OF OUR SMALL IMPOUNDMENTS IS LACK OF CAVITY HABITAT SO WE ARE PUTTING OUT THESE BOXES AND SEEING SUCCESS IN THAT CATFISH ARE USING THEM.

WE ARE SEEING EGGS, AND FRY, WE NEED TO SEE THE FRY RECRUIT INTO THE FISHERY FURYK THAT ARE CATCHABLE AND WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME BEFORE WE SEE THAT.

BUT EACH SPECIES CAN BE DIFFERENT IN WHAT THEY NEED BUT WE ARE, EVEN WITH CATFISH LOOKING AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF HABITAT FOR THEM TO HOPEFULLY IF WE CAN FREE UP SOME HATCHERY SPACE, YOU KNOW, WITH NOT AS MANY CATFISH, WE CAN PRODUCE SOMETHING ELSE.

>> THAT'S GREAT.

>> THE NEXT QUESTION HERE IS ABOUT TONY WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT THE FISH POPULATION IN MAJOR LAKES AND RIVERS IN KENTUCKY.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WE'VE GOT A TOOL FOR THIS AND IT'S OUR FISHING FORECAST, TELL ME ABOUT IF A PERSON IS OPEN TO GO ANYWHERE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY, HOW IS A GOOD WAY TO PLAN YOUR FISHING TRIP BASED ON SPECIES AND LOCATION.

>> THE FISHING FORECAST IS REAL GOOD BUT BEFORE YOU GET INTO IT AND START READING EVERY LAKE, IT HAS WHAT WE CALL A CHEAT SHEET AND I THINK EVERY LAKE, IT HAS ALL THE SPECIES AND A LIST OF LAKES AND ANY LAKE THE SPECIES IS RANKED GOOD OR EXCELLENT, IT IS SHADED IN.

IF YOU WANT TO FISH FOR RED EAR, GO TO THE CHEAT SHEET, LINE UP WITH RED EAR AND GO DOWN AND ANY OF THE LAKES SHADED, THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO START.

>> AND THE SAME FOR ANY OTHER SPECIES AND THEN YOU CAN GO TO THE MAIN BODY OF THE FORECAST AND READ ABOUT THEM BECAUSE IT WILL TELL YOU GIVE YOU TIPS ON HOW TO CATCH 'EM OR WHAT SIZE THEY ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEN YOU CAN GO ON THE WEBSITE AND GO TO OUR FIND A PLACE TO FISH AND TYPE IN THAT LAKE AND IT WILL SHOW YOU THE RAMPS AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAN YOUR WHOLE TRIP OUT.

>> YOU KNOW, THAT INFORMATION, THAT DATA, YOU BIOLOGISTS SPEND TIME OUT THERE AND THIS TIME OF YEAR YOU GUYS ARE GOING OUT AND DOING SHOCKING AND NETTING SURVEYS.

TELL ME HOW THE DATA AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO MOVE A FISH FROM MAYBE POOR TO GOOD OR GOOD TO EXCELLENT?

HOW DO YOU GUYS DETERMINE THAT?

>> WE ACTUALLY HAVE ASSESSMENTS, CRITERIA, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT BASICALLY STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, YOU KNOW, MANUAL THAT WE FOLLOW AND LIKE FOR GOING OUT AND SHOCKING BASS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EVERYBODY DOES IT THE SAME WAY.

AND THEN BASED ON THOSE VALUES THAT WE GET, THAT WE LOOK AT AND USE IN THE ASSESSMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY LOOKING AT ALL THE LAKES ACROSS THE STATE, RANKED BY EACH ONE OF THOSE CRITERIA GIVES YOU A RANKING OF POOR TO EXCELLENT SO YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU RATE IT BASED ON THAT FOLLOWING THAT STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

THAT ASSESSMENT AND AGAIN AS YOU LOOK AT THE UNTILES FROM YOUR SAMPLING, IT IS GOING TO TELL YOU THAT FOUR FISH AN HOUR OVER 20 INCHES AT THAT LAKE IS GOING TO GIVE ME AN ASSESSMENT OF EXCELLENT.

AND AGAIN YOU START LOOKING AND HOW THAT FALLS ACROSS SEVERAL CRITERIA AND THE OVERALL ASSESSMENT FOR THE LAKE.

>> IT'S NOT ONLY NUMBERS BUT SIZE AND GROWTH.

>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT YOUR LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS, YOUR GROWTH RATES, EVEN YOUR REPRODUCTION.

THE SPAWNING THAT YEAR AND IF IT IS A SPRING FISH, THE AGE ONE FISH.

>> AND ALL THAT DATA THAT WILL BE COLLECTED HERE IN THE LATE WINTER AND SPRING WILL BE USED TO GENERATE NEXT YEAR'S FISHING REPORT, RIGHT?

>> CORRECT.

>> SO THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT NOW WAS ALL THE DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED FROM LAST YEAR'S FISHING SAMPLES, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> ALSO, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GOING TO THAT, YOU KNOW, ON OUR WEBSITE, GOING TO THE PLACES TO FISH AND YOU GO TO A GIVEN LAKE AND YOU CAN LOOK FOR THE RAMPS AND STUFF.

A LOT OF THE LAKES WE HAVE DONE HABITAT, A LOT OF THOSE HAVE MAPS ASSOCIATED WITH WHERE IF YOU DECIDE I WANT TO GO TO DAVIS LAKE AND FISH FOR BLUEGILL OR BASS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO TO THAT LAKE, FIND OUT WHERE THE RAMPS ARE AND FIND OUT WHERE HABITAT THAT WE PLACED OUT, WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS ARE AND A LOT OF OUR LAKES WITH THIS WHEN WHERE WE HAVE DONE HABITAT THAT GIVES YOU A PLACE TO START A LOT OF TIMES YOU GO IT TO A NEW LAKE YOU CAN LOOK AT THE HABITAT MAPS TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF SPOTS TO TRY OR GET YOU STARTED.

>> A LOT OF LAKES PEOPLE ARE USED TO SEEING THE YELLOW SIGNS SAYING THERE IS MORE HABITAT THAN THE SIGNS.

IF YOU DOWNLOAD THAT INFORMATION AND LOOK AT IT, YOU DON'T PUT A SIGN UP FOR EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF STRUCTURE YOU PUT OUT, DO YOU?

>> AREAS NOT NECESSARILY EVERY PIECE OF STRUCTURE.

>> YOU CAN GO TO THE SECTION ON OUR FISH HABITAT AND WE HAVE DOWNLOADABLE FILES.

IF YOU HAVE WHATEVER TYPE OF FISH FINDER YOU KNOW, THAT YOU MAY HAVE, WHETHER IT'S A GARMIN OR HUMMINGBIRD, THERE ARE FILES THAT YOU CAN USE FOR GREEN RIVER LAKE.

DOWNLOAD THAT DEPENDING ON THE BRAND THAT YOU USE, YOU MAY HAVE TO SWEEK THAT FILE BASED ON WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF IT YOUTUBE HOW TO DO IT AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD INTO THE UNIT.

>> I'VE DONE THAT BEFORE AND IT TAKES A LITTLE TINKERING WITH IT AND THERE ARE FILES OUT THERE THAT-- OR CALL WHOEVER MANUFACTURES YOUR ELECTRONICS IF YOU ARE USING THAT.

IT'S NOT THAT HARD.

YOU CAN TAKE AN ENTIRE LAKE AND EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF HABITAT AND STRUCTURE AND UPLOAD IT ON YOUR SYSTEM IN ONE SHOT.

THEN YOU HAVE THE LATEST AND GREATEST LOCATIONS ON THE LAKE.

>> AS WE ADD STUFF TO THE LAKES, WE ARE ADDING MORE.

>> KEEP UP WITH IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IN EXQUESTION IS FROM JANET.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE BEST BAIT OR LURE FOR CATFISH IS.

THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION.

TRICKY ONE BUT GOOD QUESTION.

>> I FISH FOR CAT CATFISH OVER IN TAYLORSVILLE.

I LOVE JUST CUT SHAD.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE FEEDING ON.

I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD BAIT TO USE, ESPECIALLY IN LAKES THAT HAVE SHAD, I THINK ON THE RIVER, IF YOU CAN GET HOLD OF SKIP JACK, SKIP JACK IS ALWAYS A GREAT BAIT TO USE FOR BIG CATFISH ON THE RIVER.

I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD BATES TO US.

>> STINK BAIT.

STRAWBERRY-- >> IF YOU ARE GOING TO FISH A POND, YEAH, COMMERCIAL STINK BAITS ANY OF THAT WILL WORK.

>> AND IF YOU WANT TO TARGET A FLAT HEAD CATFISH, WHAT WOULD YOU USE FOR THAT?

I WOULD PREFER SOMETHING LIVE.

>> SOMETHING LIVE IS THE BEST THING TO PRODUCE I FIGURED YOU WOULD SAY THAT BECAUSE MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN USE SOMETHING LIVE A GREEN SUN FISH IS A DECENT BAIT FOR FLAT HEADS.

NEXT QUESTION FROM DAVID.

WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE REGS ON FISHING WITH NOODLES TELL ME ABOUT THE REGULATIONS ABOUT POOL NOODLES WHERE THEY HOOK SOMETHING UP TO IT.

IF YOU SEE THEM ON THE LAKE, IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE CATFISHING WITH MOST LIKELY AND WHEN IT GETS A STRIKE, IT GOES UP OR YOU WILL SEE IT BOBBING.

TELL ME ABOUT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THAT PEOPLE ARE USING POOL NOODLES WHICH IS THOUGHTFUL WITH TAPE ON THE TOP.

RIDING AT NIGHT YOU CAN SEE THEY WILL AND THEY DON'T RIDE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE SET YOU GOT.

BUT BASICALLY IT'S A 50 JUG LIMIT PER BOAT AND YOU CAN HAVE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE ON THERE IT'S 50 JUGS PER BOAT AND YOU CAN USE YOUR UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON YOUR FISHING LICENSE TO WRITE ON THERE OR IF YOU WRITE YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER, THAT WILL PERFECTLY BE FINE AND THEY HAVE TO BE CHECKED EVERY 24 HOURS, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR FISHING GUIDE, IT GIVES YOU MORE INFORMATION ON IT.

BUT 50 PER BOAT.

NOT PER INDIVIDUAL.

AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MARKED OUT VERY WELL AND MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THEM.

THOSE ARE BIG THINGS.

>> NEXT QUESTION IS FROM E.J., HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR HIM TO BECOME A BIOLOGIST.

I GUESS HE IS INSPIRED TO BECOME A BIOLOGIST.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT CAREER, IS IT NOT.

>> A GREAT CAREER.

I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

GOT TO SPEND 31 YEARS DOING THIS JOB.

SO IT'S GREAT.

>> AND YOU HAVE BEEN A BIOLOGIST FOR HOW MANY JEERS?

HIVE YEARS?

>> TOO MANY I STARTED IN ACTUALLY THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD SEGUE INTO THAT.

I WENT AND GOT MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FISHERIES, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO FISHERIES AS A LATCH BORES, YOU CAN GO IN AND GET BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND YOU WILL GET ALL THOSE BASIC CLASSES IT REALLY HELPED IF YOU WANT TO BE A BIOLOGIST TO GET A MASTERS DEGREE BECAUSE YOU DO YOUR OWN STUDY AND IT REALLY STANDS OUT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK IN THAT AREA.

BUT ONE THING THAT YOU WANT TO DO, IF YOU WANT TO WORK FOR US, IS LOOK, THERE IS EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, LIKE HAVE YOU TO HAVE CERTAIN CLASSES SO IF HE IS INTERESTED IN BEING A BIOLOGIST, LOOK AT THE CLASSES NOW AND MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THEM SO THAT WHEN YOU GET DONE, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU DON'T HAVE TWO OF THE CLASSES BECAUSE YOU WON'T QUALIFY.

>> IF YOU WANT TO KNOW IF YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE THIS PARTICULAR JOB, YOU GUYS ALSO HIRE SEASONAL PEEP, RIGHT?

YOU HAVE KRILL CLERKS, HAVE YOU PEOPLE THAT SPEND A LOT OF TIME OUT WITH BIOLOGISTS WATCHING THEM HOW IT WORKS.

I WOULD HATE FOR A MALE OR FEMALE TO GO OUT THERE AND SPEND FOUR YEARS OF AN EDUCATION YEAR WORKING ON THEIR MASTERS AND GET OUT THERE AND GO THIS IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE, GO OUT THERE AND SPEND SOMETIME WITH A BIOLOGIST.

PUT IN FOR A KRILL CLERK POSITION OR TECHNICAL CLERK POSITION AND SEE IF YOU LIKE IT.

>> YOU CAN BECOME A TECHNICIAN, YOU ARE STILL OUT ON THE BOAT.

SO IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GET A MASTERS DEGREE OR WHATEVER.

THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION.

YOU ARE STILL DOING A LOT OF THE STUFF THE BIOLOGISTS DO, COLLECTING DATA, ENTERING DATA.

OUT ON THE BOAT MAINTAINING THE BOATS AND EVERYTHING.

IT'S ANOTHER OPTION FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO BE PART OF IT.

>> WE APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN THAT.

>> NEXT QUESTION IS FROM FACEBOOK.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE HYBRID STRIPED BASS ARE DOING ON THE OHIO RIVER?

THIS COMES FROM JACK ON FACEBOOK.

WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT THE HYBRID STRIPED BASS.

>> I THINK THEY'RE DOING PRETTY WELL.

>> CAUGHT MY PERSONAL BEST LAST YEAR, A LITTLE OVER NINE POUNDS.

>> IT'S NOT ONLY SIZE, IF DID YOU CATCH A BUNCH OF FISH?

>> CAUGHT SEVERAL NICE QUALITY FISH.

I THINK THEY'RE DOING PRETTY WELL WE SEE A LOT.

WHEN WE ARE OUT ON THE RIVER WE SEE THEM AND IT'S NEAT TO GO OUT AND FISH FOR THEM AND CATCH THEM IS A LOT MORE FUN.

>> I TOOK SEVERAL TRIPS THIS YEAR AND CAUGHT A LOT OF REALLY IMPRESSIVE FISH.

IT'S AMAZING HOW THEY BITE, THE BITE CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT THEY TEND TO BE BELOW THE DAMS A LOT OF THE TIMES YOU JUST TAKE A LONG AREA OF SLACK WATER, NOT THE SPOT TO CATCH THEM.

THERE ARE CERTAIN TIMES AND PLACES THAT YOU GO TO CATCH THEM.

BE CAUTIOUS OUT THERE ON THE OHIO RIVER BELOW THE DAMS BUT MAN, THEY'RE THERE IN BIG NUMBERS AND BIG FISH.

THEY'RE A LOT OF FUN TO CATCH, AREN'T THEY?

MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE LAW.

IF YOU ARE ANYWHERE NEAR A DAM, YOU HAVE X AMOUNT OF RANGE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT ON.

I WOULDN'T BE CAUGHT OUT THERE ON THE RIVER OUT THE LIFE JACKET ON.

MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET AND BEING CAUTIOUS.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT FISHING YEAR.

I HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE WATER A COUPLE OF DAYS.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING A LOT OF TIME OUT THERE ON THE WATER.

YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN ME THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.

ONE LAST THING PEOPLE NEED TO REMEMBER IS FISHING LICENSE EXPIRE LAST YEAR'S FISHING LICENSE EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

MAKE SURE YOU GO TO YOUR LOCAL RETAILER OR FW.KY.GOV AND PICK UP A FISHING LICENSE.

IT'S HERE.

THIS IS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE YOU GET A DAY THAT'S IN THE 60s AND YOU WANT TO GRAB A FISHING POLE, HIT THE WATER, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TOO COLD TO FISH, RIGHT?

PEOPLE FISH THROUGH THE ICE IN THE NORTHERN STATES.

WE DON'T GET THAT OPPORTUNITY OR LUXURY HERE BUT IF YOU CAN GET THAT LURE THROUGH TO THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN CATCH FISH.

IT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, MAKE TIME TO GET OUTDOORS.

KENTUCKY AFIELD HAS A LOT OF INTERESTING PROGRAMS COMING YOUR WAY.

WE ARE OUT THERE FISHING RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO BRING YOU SOME OF THE LATEST AND GREATEST TECHNIQUES AND SOME OF THE WONDERFUL PLACES TO GO FISHING RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

>> THE ONLY CHANGE OTHER THAN >> THANKS FOR JOINING US.

MAKE TIME TO GET OUTDOORS.