IT'S AT THE TOP.

FOOD CHAIN.

>> 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.

TONIGHT WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE VIA FACEBOOK TO ANSWER ALL OF YOUR FISHING QUESTIONS.

I KNOW YOU MIGHT BE THINKING WOW.

THERE IS A FOOT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND, A PANDEMIC GOING ON BUT THAT WON'T STOP FROM YOU GETTING OUT THERE AND FISHING BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU, THE BEST TIME TO FISH IS FROM NOW FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS SMED WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE SHOW OUT EARLIMENT IN YEARS PAST WE PUT THE SHOW OUT IN MARCH AND I FELT LIKE WE WERE MISSING SOME OF THE BEST MONTHS AND BEST TIMES TO GO FISHING SO HERE TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS WE HAVE OUR NORMAL PANEL HERE.

WE HAVE JEFF ROSS WHO IS OUR FISHERIES BIOLOGIST.

HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?

>> GOOD.

>> AND JEFF CROSBY, CENTRAL DISTRICT FISHING BIOLOGIST AND SERGEANT BLACKWELL, AND HE IS OUT OF THE 4th DISTRICT.

>> YES, SIR: LET'S GET STARTED HERE.

FIRST QUESTION UP, DOUG FROM UNION KENTUCKY, HE IS FROM WISCONSIN AND USED TO FISHING WEED LINES BUT HE IS HAVING TROUBLE FINDING THEM HERE IN KENTUCKY.

HE HAS FISHED TAYLORSVILLE AND LAWYER LAKES AND SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE MOSTLY ROCKY BOTTOMS.

HE LIKES TO FISH WEED LINES.

DIFFERENT TERRAIN AND VEGETATION UP THERE.

WHAT CAN HE EXPECT AND WHERE IN KENTUCKY?

>> WELL, A LOT OF OUR LAKES ARE KIND OF, IT IS NO NOT REALLY CONDUCIVE FOR GOOD VEGETATION.

WE HAVE LAKES AROUND THE STATE THAT DO HAVE VEGETATION.

CAVE RUN LAKE.

AT TIMES OUT WEST IT AND BARKLEY, THE MORE RAIN WE GET, THE THE LESS VEGETATION THAT WE WILL SEE SO WEATHER PLAYS A PART IN THAT DALE HOLLOW HAS A BEAUTIFUL LAKE WITH GREAT WEED BEDS IN AREAS OF THE LAKE.

A LOT OF OUR SMALLER LAKES TEND TO HAVE MORE VEGETATION THAN THE BIGGER ONES.

>> I FISHED UP NORTH AND THERE ARE AREAS THAT HAVE JUST TONS OF GRASS AND WEED BEDS.

USUALLY FROM PEOPLE WHO FISH IN KENTUCKY, THE QUESTION WE GET IS REMOVING VEGETATION BECAUSE IT CAN OVER TAKE LAKES AND BECOME PROBLEMATIC AND YOU CAN MOVE INVASIVE VEGETATION FROM LAKE TO LAKE BUT THERE ARE GOOD VEGETATION FOR FISHING.

TELL ME WHAT IS NATIVE IN KENTUCKY THAT ARE AREAS IF YOU FIND IT, YOU GO, YOU KNOW WHAT?

THIS IS THE KIND OF GRASCH YOU WANT TO FISH.

WHAT WOULD YOU LOOK FOR?

>> AROUND THIS AREA, THE SUBMERGED POND WEEDS AND THINGS LIKE COON TAIL ARE NATIVE AND ARE GREAT WEED BEDS THAT HOLD FISH.

THEY DON'T GET TOO DENSE.

THAT'S A PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF OUR INVASIVE, SOME OF THE POND WEED.

THEY GET REALLY MATTED UP, REALLY THICK, DIFFICULT TO FISH AND YOU ARE JUST FISHING THE EDGES, BUT A LOT OF THESE OTHERS MORE NATIVE ARE MORE OPEN, EASIER TO FISH.

MORE CLUMPED AT TIMES BUT AGAIN, LOOKING AT SMALLER LAKES, CLEARER LAKES BECAUSE CLEAR WATER IS KIND OF THE KEY TO HAVING A LOT OF THAT VEGETATION.

BUT SOMETIMES IT'S KIND OF WHATrd TO FIND, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF RAIN.

>> IF YOU FIND IT CERTAIN TIMES OF YEAR, HAVE YOU FOUND WHERE THE FISH ARE AT.

THEY CAN HOLD SOME SCHOOLED FISH FOR SURE.

NEXT QUESTION IS FROM ROBERT PARKER AND HE WANTS TO KNOW IF THERE IS A LIST OF LAKES THAT ARE STOCKED WITH CATFISH AND WHEN THEY WERE STOCKED.

>> ?

WE GET THIS QUESTION QUITE OFTEN.

TELL US THAT WE PROVIDE ON THE WEBSITE AND WHAT WE MAY HAVE IF THEY CALL AND ASK.

>> RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE THE FINNS LAKE FOR SURE.

YOU CAN GO ON THE SITE AND LOOK UP FISHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT I WILLSES OUR CATFISH AND TROUT STOCKING AND GETS SPECIFIC ON DATES WHEN WE GET CLOSER.

I KNOW WE HAVE HAD CATFISH STOCKINGS, WHEN DO YOU DO THOSE?

WE'VE SHIFTED THOSE AROUND EACH YEAR AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SETTLE ON THE FALL BUT WE CAN'T GIVE AN EXACT DATE.

FOR A LIST OF THE LAKES THAT WE STOCK, WE HAVE A NEW MAP AND NEFF KNOWS BETTER WHERE THAT IS LOCATED.

>> ON OUR WEBSITE, IF YOU GO TO THE FISH TAB AND THEN YOU GO TO THE RECREATIONAL FISHING, IF YOU WILL GO TO THE PAGE FOR THAT, ABOUT HALFWAY TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY DOWN, WILL YOU SEE A SECTION ON STOCKING AND IT'S ONE OF OUR BIOLOGISTS DOES A REALLY GREAT JOB.

IT'S A MAP OF THE STATE AND IT'S GOT DOTS ON THE STATE FOR EVERY STOCKING THAT WE DO AND YOU CAN CLICK ON THE DOT, A FIBER ICON AND IT WILL GIVE YOU WHAT WATER BODY THAT IS AND WHAT SPECIES AND HOW MANY WENT IN.

AND IT'S BASED ON THE YEAR SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THE 21 OR THE 2020 OR 2018, I THINK IS WHAT IT GOES BACK TO.

BUT THAT INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THAT AND YOU CAN FIND THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> IF YOU ARE NEW TO FISHING IN KENTUCKY OR HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE WEBSITE, THE WEBSITE THAT WE ARE REFERRING TO HERE IS FW.KY.GOV.

YOU CAN GO FISHING OR RECREATIONAL FISHING AND THEN YOU CAN GET TO A BUNCH OF MAPS ON THERE THAT CAN FIND THIS INFORMATION.

>> THAT GETS YOU A LIST OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT PAGES OF THE RECREATIONAL FISHING TO LOOK AT.

BUT THEY'RE HALFWAY TO TWO-THIRDS DOWN YOU WILL SEE A SECTION ON STOCKING.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE LAKE YOU LIKE TO FISH IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND YOU HAVE NOT TRAVELED TO THE WEBSITE TO LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT'S ON THERE, YOU ARE DEFINITELY WILL LEARN SOMETHING.

AMAZING TO ME WHEN WE GO TO FISH LAKES WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ON BEFORE, YOU CAN GO AND LOOK AT THE TYPE OF SPECIES.

IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DIG IN, YOU CAN FUND SURVEY REPORTS.

THE NUMBER OF FISH IN CERTAIN LAKES.

THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THERE.

YOU CAN FIND PLACES TO FISH BASED ON SUBMERGED STRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT.

SO REALLY GOOD RESOURCE.

IT CAN BE A BIT HARD TO NAVIGATE BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH DATA ON THERE BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU GET ON THERE AND START YOUR FISHING TRIP THERE, YOU WILL PROBABLY BE HAPPY.

TONS OF INFORMATION.

NEXT QUESTION.

BOBBY BROWN WANTS TO KNOW IF SPOON BILL ARE LEGAL TO KEEP OR IF THEY MUST BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY.

>> YES, THEY ARE LEGAL TO POSSESS IF YOU HAVE YOUR PROPER FISHING LICENSE.

YOU CAN HAVE UP TO TWO OF THEM AND THEN YOU CAN, DIFFERENT VARIETIES, WAYS YOU CAN CATCH THEM.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW ARE DOING SNAGGING AND ONCE YOU-- IF YOU ARE SNAGGING, ONCE YOU CATCH TWO OF THEM, YOU ARE FINISHED SO YOU CAN'T, OF COURSE CULL ANY.

ONCE YOU REACH YOUR TWO LIMIT YOU ARE DONE.

YOU CANNOT SELL THE ROE, EITHER IF YOU CATCH ONE WITH ROE IN IT, IT IS ILLEGAL TO SELL THAT.

>> AREAS FOR SPOON BILL.

OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE RIVER SYSTEMS OHIO RIVER TALKING ABOUT SNAGGING.

>> MAINLY FROM THE BOAT RAMPS ON THE OHIO, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THAT.

WHAT OTHER LOCATION.

>> BARKLEY AND KENTUCKY TAILWATERS ARE POPULAR AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT.

THEY ALLOW EIGHT DOWN THERE AND IT GETS REALLY CONFUSING IN OUR GUIDE.

THE STATEWIDE IS TWO SO KEEP THAT IN MIND BUT BOTH TAILWATERS YOU ARE ALLOWED TO GET EIGHT BUT THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR OUTSIDE OF THE RIVER.

>> IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE FISHED IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND NEVER EVER SEEN A SPOON BILL.

IF YOU SEE ONE, YOU WILL NOT FORGET IT.

YOU WILL REALIZE WHY THEY CALL IT SPOON BILL.

IT'S AN INTERESTING LOOKING FISH AND THEY GET REALLY BIG WHAT'S BEST BAIT TO USE FOR SMALL MOUTH IN RIVERS DURING PRE-SPAWN AND SPAWN.

WHO WANTS TO TAKE THIS?

>> I THINK ONE OF THE BETTER BATES, WE'LL SAY PRE-SPAWN WHICH IS NOW UNTIL WE GET INTO PROBABLY 60° RANGE, I THINK ANY TIME TYPE OF PLASTICS WORK WELL.

IN NET RIGS, SMALL SWIM BAITS.

I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE VERY GOOD FOR SMALL MOUTH THIS TIME OF YEAR IN A LOT OF THE STREAMS.

EVENTUALLY AS THE WATER WARMS, YOU CAN MAYBE GET INTO MORE CRANK BAITS AND SPINNERBAITS AS THE WATER WARMS BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW EARLY PRESPAWN YOU ARE LOOKING AT SOME TYPE OF CREATURE BAIT, PLASTIC PROBABLY GOING TO BE A BETTER BAIT TO USE.

>> I FISHED A LOT OF THE CREEKS AND STREAMS FOR SMALL MOUTH AND I'LL TELL YOU, THIS TIME OF YEAR IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH BUT AS SOON AS THE WATER STARTS TO WARM THE SLIGHTEST AMOUNT, THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY STARTS TO TURN ON.

BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW SLOW YOU PRESENT THE BAIT IN THAT REALLY, REALLY COLD WATER AND STREAMS.

YOU TAKE A BAIT, YOU WANT TO FISH A BAIT THAT YOU CAN PRESENT IN THE SLOWEST POSSIBLE FASHION.

THAT'S THE BAIT YOU ARE GOING TO CATCH THE MOST SMALL MOUTH ON EARLY.

NOW AS THEY GET MORE AGGRESSIVE AND THE WATER WARMS, YOU WANT TO SPEED UP YOUR PRESENTATION.

TALKING ABOUT CRANK BATES, SWIM BATES AND STUFF LIKE THAT NEXT QUESTION IS FROM DAVID ANY NEW FINS LAKE SCHEDULED FOR 2021?

>> THERE IS ONE.

ROBERT J. BARTH IN CAMPBELL COUNTY AND THAT, WE WON'T BE STOCKING THAT UNTIL THE FALL AND IT WILL BE WITH DRAWT.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT WILL BE THE KICKOFF OF THAT LAKE IN CAMPBELL COUNTY.

THE ONLY NEW ONE.

>> HOW MANY FINS LAKES DO WE HAVE NOW.

>> 44.

>> 44.

>> THAT MAY BE THE 45th.

>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM.

IT HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR QUITE SOMETIME.

>> VERY POPULAR: EASY ACCESS.

WE PICKED THE LAKE WITH GOOD ACCESS, GOOD FACILITATES, MAKES IT EASY FOR SOMEBODY TO COME FROM TOWN AND HEAD OVER TO THE LAKE AND FISH.

>> IF YOU ARE A FAMILY AND YOU HAVE SOME KIDS OR YOU WANT TO PICK UP FISHING MAYBE COVID-19 PROVIDED YOU IN DIGSAL TIME TO GET OUTDOORS, A FINS LAKE IS A REALLY GOOD LOCATION TO LEARN HOW TO FISH GO ON THERE, LOOK AT WHERE THE FISH ARE STOCKED AND GO AFTER THAT FOR A WEEK AFTER THAT AND IT CAN JUST BE FANTASTIC.

NOW 45 LAKES, THERE IS PROBABLY ONE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF YOUR HOUSE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE NEAR THE URBAN CITIES SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND GREAT WAS I TO GET INTO FISHING.

>> JOSH.

WHERE IS THE BEST FLAT HEAD FISHING IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY LOCATED?

>> DEPENDS WHERE YOU LIVE.

>> IT'S KIND OF A BIG RIVER FISH.

THE OHIO RIVER IS A GREAT PLACE TO CATCH REALLY GOOD FLAT HEADS.

AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, KENTUCKY, THE RIVER PORTION OF THOSE.

I MEAN YOU CAN CATCH THEM IN A LOT OF LAKES.

HARRINGTON IS A PRETTY DECENT LAKE FOR FLAT HEADS.

THE AREA I WORK, A LOT OF PEOPLE FISH FOR THEM OVER THERE NOLIN I'VE HEARD HAS A PAST REPUTATION OF REALLY GOOD FLAT HEADS IN IT.

RIVERENE AREAS ARE PROBABLY BETTER THAN MOST.

>> FOR A PERSON WHO CATFISHED BUT NEVER TARGETED FLAT HEAD, TELL ME THE APPROACH YOU WOULD TAKE THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN FISHING FOR BLUES OR CHANNELS.

>> FLAT HEADS ARE THE MULT-- ARE THE ULTIMATE PREDATOR IN THE WATER.

THEY DO BETTER WITH A LIVE BAIT PRESENTATION.

SO I WOULD DEFINITELY LEAN TOWARDS A GREEN SUN FISH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

A LIVE BAIT TO CATCH THOSE FISH NOT TO SAY YOU CAN'T CATCH THEM ON A LOT OF OTHER STUFF, BUT A LOT OF BASS FISHERMEN CATCH THEM WHEN THEY'RE FISHING AND WE HAVE ALL DONE THAT.

BUT MORE IF YOU ARE TARGETING THEM, I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO TARGET YOU KNOW, USING LIVE BAIT, ESPECIALLY AROUND LARGE AREAS OF DEBRIS.

>> ON THE BOTTOM?

>> CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

DEE ANA YOUNG WANTS TO KNOW IF THE WHITE BASS POPULATION IS MAKING COMEBACKS ON GREEN RIVER LAKE.

>> YEAH, I THINK IT IS, ACTUALLY FROM LOOKING AT THE FISHING FORECAST, WE UPGRADED IT TO GOOD WHICH IT CAME FROM PRETTY MUCH NOTHING IN THE LAKE LEFT TO DECENT NUMBERS IN THERE SO IT'S MAKING A COMEBACK.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FISHING FORECAST.

THAT COMES OUT IN THE WINTERER TO SPRING.

IT'S OUT NOW.

>> JUST CAME OUT.

>> FOR 2021.

IF YOU'VE GOT SOME FREE TIME ON YOUR HANDS AND YOU WANT TO PLAN A FISHING TRIP THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF KENTUCKY, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD RESOURCE.

A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT, 40 OR 50 PAGES OR SO HAVE A LOT OF WRITING THAT YOU COULD READ THROUGH BUT IT HAS A CHEAT SHEET AT THE BEGINNING WHERE YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH AND FIND WHAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN.

ANYTHING WITH A CHECK MARK MEANS GOOD OR EXCELLENT FISHING YOU CAN PARE DOWN WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AND READ THOSE SECTIONS OR READ THE WHOLE DANG THING AND LEARN ALL ABOUT THE LAKES.

>> IT'S AMAZING, PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW HOW FISH AND WILDLIFE MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE AND BASED ON KRILL AND SIDES SIZE LIMITS, THE AMOUNT OF DATA GATHERED THROUGH BIOLOGISTS AND FISHING SURVEYS AND PUBLIC INPUT, THERE IS A TON OF INFORMATION THAT GOES IN HERE SO IF YOU WANT TO GET ONLINE AND START LOOKING, THIS DATA IS AVAILABLE FOR THE MOST PART IT'S HOW DEEP YOU WANT TO DIG.

THE FISHING REPORT IS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT SPECIES OR LAKE AND FIGURE OUT IF I WANT TO FISH THIS LAKE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE AND WHAT ARE MY CHANCES.

A GOOD PLACE TO START.

SO YOU HAD AN UPGRADE ON WHITE BASS.

>> AT GREEN.

COME FROM PRETTY MUCH POOR, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE BARELY GOT ANYTHING IN OUR SAMPLES.

>> Tim: ANY ANY OTHER SPECIES YOU HAVE SEEN FROM FAIR OR POOR TO GOOD OR EXCELLENT OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT WE WILL NOTICE ON THIS YEAR'S FISHING REPORT?

>> I KNOW SAUGEYE PICKED UP PRETTY WELL.

I'M NOT SURE IT WAS FAIR.

I THINK IT HAS BEEN GOOD OVER THERE THERE ARE WHITE BASS RUNS AND HYBRIDS BUT I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO-- I THINK THERE IS GOING A GOOD RUPP OF SAUGEYE GOING WITH THAT.

LAST YEAR THERE WERE QUITE A FEW SAUGEYE CAUGHT WE CAUGHT A COUPLE HOURS.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

THAT'S A GREAT FUN FISH TO CATCH IN MOVING WATER.

>> THAT'S GREAT.

YOU HEARD IT.

YOU HEARD IT.

THERE ARE BIG SAUGEYE.

NEXT QUESTION, FROM A BUDDY OF MINE.

GREG AND HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE PREDICTION ON THE SHADOW KILL THIS WINTER.

I THINK HE MEANT SHAD.

ANY PREDICTION?

THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON WHEN WE HAVE SOME PRETTY HARSH WINTERS TO HAVE SHAD DIE OFFS THAT, YOU KNOW, A PORTION OF THE POPULATION MAY DIE OFF WHEN WE GET THIS REAL COLD NASTY WEATHER.

NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE.

PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AS WE START GETTING A FEW PHONE CALLS ABOUT DEAD FISH AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

>> I'VE SEEP PEOPLE POSTING PICTURES ONLINE AND WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE NIGHTS, WE WERE DOING A SHOW ABOUT FISHING, THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS IN SINGLE DIGITS.

THAT'S WHEN THE SHAD DIE STARTS TO HAPPEN.

>> WHEN IT GETS REAL COLD, YES AND DEFINITELY LIKE IN LAKE HARRINGTON AND SOME OF THE LAKES THAT MAY HAVE THREAD FIN, THEY DON'T HANDLE THE COLD WEATHER AT ALL VERY WELL.

AND YOU WILL SEE MORE DIEOFF ON THOSE TYPES OF FISH.

BUT THE GIZZARD SHAD WILL DIE OFF, TOO.

>> PEOPLE ARE POST POSTING PICTURES ON WHAT FISH THIS IS?

I SEE A LOT THAT ARE DEAD.

HAVING THOSE DEAD IN YOUR POND MAY NOT BE A BAD THING.

HAVING A LOT OF SHAD IN YOUR POND CAN BE PROBLEM ATTIC CAN'T IT?

>> IT'S NOT THE BEST THING TO HAVE ESPECIALLY IN A SMALLER POND.

PONDS DO BETTER WITH BASS AND BLUEGILL.

THE SHAD COMPLICATE THE SYSTEM A LITTLE BIT.

>> IT CAN BE A GOOD BAIT.

GERALD, WILL WILL BE MUSKY STOCKING DONE THIS YEAR?

>> YES.

WE STOCK BUCK HORN AND DEWEY GREEN, CAVE RUN KENTUCKY RIVER.

EACH YEAR SO THOSE DEFINITELY GET STOCKED.

I GOT ALL FOUR OF THOSE, THE FOUR MAIN RESERVOIRS WE STOCKED AND THEN WE'LL STOCK THE KENTUCKY DRIVER AND SOME OTHER SMALLER STREAMS THAT THEY'RE NATIVE TO AS WELL.

SO, YES, WE TRY TO DOCK THOSE EVERY YEAR WHEN WE CAN.

WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MUSKY STOCKING.

HOW MANY MUSKY DO WE PUT IN KENTUCKY WATERS EACH YEAR?

>> I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER.

THE RESERVOIRS WE STOCK AT LIKE ONE MUSKY PER THIRD-- NO ONE MUSKY PER THREE ACRES, YEAH SO IT'S NOT A HIGH DENSITY STOCKING OBVIOUSLY BUT I DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL NUMBER EXACTLY.

>> THE LOWER PART LIKE THE KENTUCKY WHEN IT GETS STOCKED IN THAT AREA, YOU ARE LOOKING AT 50 FISH TO 100 FISH IN A POOL.

SO YOU KNOW, IT'S AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN.

SO YOU STOCK THEM AT A LOWER RATE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ERIC WARNER WANTS TO KNOW HOW BIG ARE THE STATE RECORD SMALL MOUTH AND LARGE MOUTH BASS.

THIS IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

WHO WANTS TO TAKE THAT?

>> LARGE MOUTH IS, CAME OUT OF HIGH SPUN LAKE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

I THINK IT'S 14.9 SOMETHING.

AND THE SMOWDZ IS 11 SOMETHING.

TWO YEARS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT, AND THEN THE SMALL MOUTH STATE RECORD JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE THE WORLD WORD AND THAT'S 11 POUNDS 15 OUNCES.

THAT WAS CAUGHT BY DAVID HAYES WHO, UNFORTUNATELY, RECENTLY WE LOST.

DAVID HAYES LIVED IN LICHFIELD AND HE CAUGHT THE WORLD RECORD SMALL MOUTH BASS FROM DALE HOLLOW LAKE AT 11 POUNDS 15 OUNCES.

IF YOU DOO BEAT THAT ONE, MAKE SURE YOU GIVE US A CALL.

NEXT QUESTION, DAVID WANTS TO KNOW WHERE KENTUCKY'S BIGGEST BLUEGRASS AND RED EAR ARE LOCATED.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHERE THE RED EAR ARE.

AND THE BLUEGILL.

>> OUT WEST FOR SURE.

BARKLEY AND KENTUCKY LAKES HAVE GOOD ONES BUT WE HAVE SOME SMALLER LAKES THAT HAVE DECENT ONES.

>> WE HAVE SOME LAKES DOING REALLY WELL WITH BLUEGILL AND RED EAR RIGHT NOW HERE IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

ELMER DAVIS LAKE, BOLTS LAKE.

BEAVER LAKE, QUARTZ LAKE.

THOSE ARE ALL LAKES THAT WE ARE MANAGING FOR PAN FISH.

ELMER IS DOING REALLY WELL AND SO IS BOLTS MORE SO BLUE BILL AT BOLTS.

QUALITY PAN FISH IN THOSE LAKES.

I GET PHONE CALLS PEOPLE SEND ME PICTURES OF THE BLUEGILL AND RED EAR AND WE'VE GOT PICTURES UP HERE, THE DIFFERENCE OF RED EAR AND BLUEGILL AND THEY'RE MARKED PRETTY DISTINCTIVELY DIFFERENT.

DO YOU EVER SEE RED EAR SHOW UP IN A LAKE YOU HAVE NEVER STOCKED THAT HAVE NATURALLY BEEN TRANSPORTED OR HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED BY ACCIDENTAL BAIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

>> I WOULD SAY MORE, IF WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS MORE LIKE ELK HORN CREEK.

WE MAY BE IN THE NORTH FORK AND WE SEE THIS BATCH OF REALLY NICE RED EAR FOR WHATEVER REASON AND THEY'RE PROBABLY ESCAPEES FROM A POND FROM SOME PLACE.

NOT SO MUCH IN OUR LAKES.

BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE WE HAVE STOCKED AND TRY TO DEVELOP THAT FISHERY IN CERTAIN INSTANCES BUT I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER PLAWS OTHER THAN SOME OF THE STREAMS OR LIKE HARINGTON.

NOW AND THEN WE WILL SEE A BIG RED EAR SHOW UP, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT POPULATION, BUT JUST INDIVIDUAL FISH ESCAPEE FROM THE DRAINAGE, BUT NOW AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S COMMON.

>> DAVID TOMLIN WHEN WILL THE WHITE BASS START RUNNING SALT RIVER?

PROBABLY IN MARCH.

SAY LATTER PART OF MARCH, DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER.

AS THE WATER TEMPERATURES START TO HIT THE 50-55° RANGE, THAT'S GOING TO BE DEFINITELY THE TIME IN WHICH YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO START AT LEAST THINKING ABOUT IT.

>> SEVERAL STREAMS IN KENTUCKY GREAT FOR WHITE BASS RUNS.

STARTING IN MARCH AND I ALWAYS MAKE A TRIP OUT THERE A TIME OR TWO THAT'S A LITTLE EARLY BUT GETTING IN THERE AND CATCHING THOSE WHITE BASS AND THEY'LL RUN FOR THREE OR FOUR WEEKS, RIGHT IF.

>> YES.

>> AND SOME DAYS IT'S JUST FANTASTIC AND YOU CAN'T GET YOUR LINE NEAR THE WATER AND SOME DAYS IT'S TOUGHER.

IF WE GET BIG RAWNS AND A LOT OF FLOW GOING CAUSING A LOT OF TURBITIY CAN SLOW IT DOWN BUT IF YOU GET THE RIGHT CONDITIONS, IT COULD BE GAME ON CATCHING QUITE A FEW FISH.

>> WE'RE GETTING QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ASKING REQUEST ES ABOUT FISH STOCKING IN AND AROUND JEFFERSON COUNTY AND LOUISVILLE IF YOU LIVE IN THE AREA AND YOU WERE WANTING TO GET OUT AND DO A LITTLE FISHING, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST IN AND AROUND CLOSE TO LOUISVILLE?

>> YOU GOT QUITE A FEW OPPORTUNITIES.

STARTING WITH THE FINS LAKES, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW FINS LAKES IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA.

CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE AGAIN FOR THOSE AREAS.

THOSE ARE STOCKED QUITE A BIT.

YOU KNOW, TROUT IN THE WINTERER, CHANNEL CAT NISH IN THE SUMMERTIME TROLLING MOTOR ONLY.

BUT IT'S GOT SOME DECENT BASS IN IT.

IT'S A NICE FISHERY.

THEY'RE LOCATED IN LOUISVILLE.

YOU'VE ALSO GOT THE FLOYDS FORK IF YOU WANT DO SOME STREAM FISHING.

THAT'S THE PARK LANDS.

YOU HAVE 20 MILES OF THAT STREAM THAT IS PUBLIC ACCESS SO YOU CAN WADE FISH, KAYAK IT.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STREAM.

WE DO TROUT STOCKING IN IT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

IT'S A DELAYED HARVEST SO YOU CAN SO WE STOCK IT BACK IN OCTOBER SO THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS, HAVE YOU TO CATCH AND RELEASE THE TROUT AFTER THE END OF MARCH I BELIEVE IS THE DATE.

31st.

AFTER THAT YOU CAN START YOU CAN HARVEST SOME OF THE DROUGHT BUT HAVE YOU STREAM FISHING OPPORTUNITIES THEN YOU HAVE THE OHIO RIVER, THE FOSSIL BEDS AND THEY COULD BE REALLY ENJOYABLE FISHERY AND IT'S DOING REALLY WELL THESE DAYS A COUPLE SHOWS ON THAT RECENTLY.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

TAKING A BOAT DOWN HERE IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS.

IT'S A SITUATION WHERE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO SOME WALK-IN FISHING BELOW THE DAM, AND GET YOU BANK ACCESS.

THERE ARE SO MANY FISH THAT RUN AND PILE UP AND THEY COME IN WAVES.

ONE FISH COMES UP AND AND SPAWNS.

IT'S A DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FISH.

IT'S A GREAT FISHING OPPORTUNITY TO JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE VERY CAUTIOUS IN FISHING DOWN AND AROUND THERE AND THOSE FOSSIL BEDS ARE VERY SLICK.

BE CAREFUL.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST BELOW THE DAM.

>> AND THE TO BRARN OFF THAT, PEOPLE GET CONFUSED.

IF YOU ARE A KENTUCKY RESIDENT, YOU CAN HAVE A FISHING LICENSE AND FISH ON THE INDIANA SIDE.

SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO BUY INDIANA WHEN THEY GO OVER THERE.

>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT BECAUSE WE A LOT OF TIMES WILL PARK ON THE INDIANA SIDE AND WALK IN FROM THAT AREA AND YOU ARE FISHING THE RIVER YOU CAN FISH ON A KENTUCKY FISHING LICENSE.

>> YEAH THE ONLY TIME YOU WILL NEED AN INDIANA IS WHEN YOU GO UP INTO A TRIBUTARY OR FISH SOME TIME TYPE OF LAKE.

ANY TIME YOU ARE MORE ON THE INDIANA SIDE NOT JUST THE OHIO RIVER.

>> THAT'S A QUESTION I OFTEN GET.

HEY, I WANT TO FISH FROM THE INDIANA SHORE, I'M ASSUMING I NEED A INDIANA LICENSE BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

NEXT QUESTION.

FROM VIRGIL EVANS.

WANTS US TO EXPLAIN WHAT FISH LICE ARE.

>> IT'S A PARASITE THAT OCCURS ON FISH.

A LOT OF PARASITES DO KIND OF CATCH PEOPLE OFF GUARD WE GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PARASITES THAT THE DO OCCUR IN OUR FISH SUCH AS GRUBS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY FILET THEIR FISH, THEY FIND WHITE OR YELLOW GRUBS.

IT'S PART OF NATURE.

THEY'RE NOT HARMFUL TO US.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE WATCHING A HORROR MOVIE.

THE THINGS THAT BUG YOU A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THEY'RE A PARASITE, THEY'RE AN INVERTEBRATE THAT DO OCCUR IN OUR FISH POPULATIONS AT TIMES.

WE ARE GETTING A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATUS OF TROUT STOCKING ON LAUREL RIVER LAKE.

NOW THAT IS A PLACE THAT WE HAVE STOCKED IN THE PAST AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING LAST YEAR WE DID NO STOCKING THERE, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT.

THAT STARTED LAST YEAR.

WE KNOCKED IT DOWN OVER TIME.

YOU MENTIONED OUR KRILL SURVEYS WHERE WE SURVEY ANGLERS AND OVER TIME WE HAVE SEEN THE HARVEST OF TROUT AND THE EFFORT HAS PLUMMETED ON LAUREL.

IT GOT DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE WE STOCKED 50 OR 60,000 AND WE HAD 400 HARVESTED.

IT WASN'T A GOOD RETURN FOR OUR MONEY.

WE COULD USE THOSE BETTER IN FINS LAKES OR OTHER STREAMS AND SUCH.

SO WE HAVE PARED THAT THE DOWN AND HAVE ACTUALLY ENDED IT THIS LAST YEAR JUST MAINLY DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT FOR THEM AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY HARVESTING THE FISH.

SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE SO WE ARE GOING GO AHEAD AND PUT THEM IN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN, WILL USE THEM.

>> THAT'S INTERESTING TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE FISH HATCHERIES IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY THAT WE RAISE A BUNCH OF FISH SPECIES BUT TROUT IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

>> TROUT IS A THIRD.

WE HAVE I HATCHERY IN MINOR CLARK IN MOREHEAD, NORTH OF FRANKFORT AND THEN WOLF CREEK NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY IS BELOW THE DAM AT LAKE CUMBERLAND.

THAT'S A FEDERAL HATCHERY.

THEY PROVIDE TROUT THROUGH MITIGATION WHEN THEY BUILD A DAM AND CHANGE THE FLOWS AND THE TEMPERATURE, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO MITIGATE AND A LOT OF THOSE FISH THEY PUT IN ARE TROUT AND THEN WE PAY FOR SOME.

LAUREL WAS PROBABLY MITIGATION TROUT AT THE TIME AND WE PAY FOR A LOT OF THE TROUT THAT GO IN THE FINS LAKES AND SUCH AND THEY RAISE THEM ALL FOR US BROWNS AND CUT THROAT AND RAINBOW AND BROOK.

SO IT'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOREVER.

>> A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BUT WE IT TAKES CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO RAISE TROUT AND FOR US TO SAY WE WANT TO RAISE MORE TROUT BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING PURSUED THROUGH THE FINS LAKES.

>> THE TROUT PRODUCTION IS ONE OF OUR LIMITING STRUCTURES.

WE THINK THIS MIGHT MAKE A GOOD STREAM BUT THEY HAVE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BASED ON RACEWAYS AND FLOW THROUGH AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE CAN'T GET PAST THAT SO WE ARE ALSO MANIPULATING OUR TROUT AROUND TO GET THE BEST USE FOR ANGLERS THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE STOPPAGE AT LAUREL.

>> THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD POINT.

OUR WARM WATER HATCHERIES.

WE HAVE A PRODUCTION PLAN.

THE FISH RAISED AT THE HATCHERIES ARE ALLOTTED TO GO SOMEWHERE.

EVERY NOW AND THEN WE HAVE SOME SURPLUS ON CERTAIN FISH THAT WE ARE ABLE TO USE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS BUT YOU KNOW, WOO EF' GOT A PLAN-- WE'VE' GOT A PLAN AND WHAT IS BEING PRODUCED IN THESE HATCHERIES, ARE GOING TO CERTAIN LAKES, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS IS PLANNED OUT IN ADVANCE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

JAMES FROM PRESTONSBURG WANTS TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYWHERE IN KENTUCKY WHERE THE H-1 TIGER BASS HAS BEEN STOCKED.

ANY UPDATE ON THE TOPIC HE SAID GOOD FISHING.

GOD BLESS.

TALK ABOUT WHAT THE F-1 TIGER BASS IS.

THERE IS INTERESTING STUFF GOING ON OUT THERE.

SEVERAL DIFFERENT NAMES IT'S A CROSS OF THE FLORIDA STRAIN MOWTH AND THE NORTHERN STRAIN MOWTH.

WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS GET THE GROWTH POTENTIAL OF THE FLORIDA STRAIN ALONG WITH THE AGGRESSIVENESS OF THE NORTHERN STRAIN AND TRYING TO GET THAT INTO A FISH THAT WILL GROW FAST AND BITE.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE FUSS ABOUT THE FLORIDA STRAIN, THEY'RE HARDER TO CATCH.

BUT THEY HAVE A POTENTIAL OF GROWING TO FAIRLY LARGE SIZES.

BUT THAN HOSTLY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT THAT HERE.

AT STOCKING THEM.

BUT THEY ARE, AGAIN THERE IS RESEARCH OUT THERE YOU KNOW, IF IT IS GOING TO WORK WELL AT THIS LATITUDE.

OUR NORTHERN STRAIN DOES REALLY WELL HERE AND AGAIN, WE ARE LIMITED ON OUR GROWING SEASON.

AND SO THAT KIND OF HURTS THE FLORIDA STRAIN, YOU KNOW, ON THE POTENTIAL AND AGAIN I THINK A LOT OF THE LONGEVITY, HOW LONG THE FISH LIVE ARE ABOUT THE SAME.

WHETHER IT'S NORTHERN OR FLORIDA BUT TRYING TO GET THE GROWTH POTENTIAL, MAY BE TOUGH HERE AND AGAIN I THINK THERE IS THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON THAT, I THINK, AT LEAST IN OUR LATITUDE.

I THINK DOWN SOUTH IT MAY WORK A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN IT WILL HERE.

>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH F-1 TIGER.

NOTHING IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

THE STATES THAT ARE OR DEALING WITH THIS TIGER BASS, ARE THEY A HYBRID SPECIES?

CAN THEY REPRODUCE?

>> YES, THEY CAN REPRODUCE.

>> OKAY.

>> AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I READ ON THEM BEFORE.

THEY CAN EVENTUALLY, AS THEY REPRODUCE, THEY CAN WORK BACK TO THE PARENTAL FISH SO YOU GO BACK TO THE, YOU DON'T GET THE HYBRID.

YOU GO BACK TO WHETHER IT'S A FLORIDA OR NORTHERN STRAIN.

THEN YOU ARE BACK TO... >> PROBT FLIED WANTS ON KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

HE WANTS TO KNOW FLAT HEAD.

WE DISCUSSED THAT A LITTLE BIT AGO KYLE.

ANY PLANS OF SUSTAINING THE BLUE CAT POPULATION IN TAYLORSVILLE LAKE?

THAT HAS BEEN A SPECIES OF FISH THAT HAS DONE REALLY WELL AND HAS BEEN PURSUED HEAVILY.

>> WE ARE GOING BACK TO STOCKING THEM.

WE PULLED OFF A COUPLE YEARS SO THAT WE COULD CHECK FOR NATURAL REPRODUCTION IN THE LAKE.

WE DID FIND NATURAL REPRODUCTION IN THE LAKE BUT CURRENTLY WE ARE WORRIED IT IS LIMITED NOT AT THE LEVEL WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT SO WE ARE GOING TO BACK TO STOCK IT WE ARE GETTING LIMITED PRODUCTION BUT WE ARE GOING BACK TO STOCKING THEM GOT AN EMAIL TODAY.

IT MAY BE NEXT MONTH WHAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE INTRODUCED BLUE CATFISH TO TAYLORSVILLE LAKE.

>> TRYING TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL FISHERY TO A DEGREE, BECAUSE OF THEIR ABILITY TO GROW LARGER THAN A CHANNEL AND THAT'S THE DOMINANT CATFISH.

THERE ARE A FEW FLAT HEADS BUT THEY HAVE DONE REALLY WELL, WE HAD A GREAT FORGE BASE OF SHAD IF ANYBODY HAS BEEN THERE.

THEY KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING BUT AGAIN IT HAS BEEN A NICE ADDITIONAL FISH THAT HAS PROVIDED AN AWESOME FISHERY THAT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY POPULAR.

IF YOU NEVER CAUGHT A BLUE CATFISH, EVERYBODY SAYS POUND FOR POUND.

THEY TALK ABOUT BLUEGILL BEING A GREAT FIGHTING FISH AND THEY ARE.

YOU PUT THAT COMBINATION TOGETHER AND THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST FIGHTING FISH IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY A LOT OF FUN TO PURSUE.

WHAT CAN HE EXPECT TO CATCH ON THE GREEN RIVER NEAR GREENSBURG THIS YEAR.

HE IS GOING TO FISH THAT AREA.

>> SMALL MOUTH AND I DON'T KNOW IF MUSKY GET INTO THAT AREA OR NOT.

>> PROBABLY.

>> ANY OF THE BLACK BASS SPECIES SHOULD BE GOOD.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THAT.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR FISHING GUIDE, THEY GOT OUR BIOLOGISTS LISTED BY COUNTIES AND THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM GOOD POINTERS ON WHAT HE NEEDS TO BE TARGETING.

>> WE FLOATED THAT SECTION, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR OR CLOSE TO THAT SECTION AND GREAT POPULATION OF BASS THEY'RE EATING SOMETHING.

THERE IS OBVIOUSLY PAN FISH IN THERE AS WELL.

THERE IS A NICE POPULATION OF SPOTTED BASS, LARGE MOUTH BASS AND A TON OF SMALL MOUTH BASS.

>> GREEN RIVER IS A GREAT FOR SMALL MOUTH AND ROCK BASS.

>> MARY WANTS TO KNOW ARE SAUGER IN THE KENTUCKY RIVER?

>> YES.

WE STOCK THEM.

SO YES, THERE ARE SAUGER IN THE KENTUCKY RIVER AND WE ANNUALLY STOCK THEM AND THE LOWER PART OF THE RIVER, THOSE LOWER LOOK IT DOWN, 1, 2 AND 3.

THE POTENTIAL OF GETTING OHIO RIVER INFLUENCE.

BUT THERE IS SAUGER TO BE COULD YOU TELL.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WAY THE RIVER FLOWS YOU LOOK AT A MAP AND YOU SAY THE LOWER PART OF KENTUCKY RIVER, IT'S ACTUALLY NORTH, RIGHT?

IT'S-- WHEN YOU SAY LOCK 1, 2 AND 3 FROM THE OHIO RIVER ONE, 1 AND 3 AND THAT'S THE AREA YOU ARE REFERRING TO.

ANY TIME I TELL SOMEBODY, THEY SAY OKAY.

THEY LOOK AT A MAP, THEIR MIND TELLS THEM TO GO SOUTH.

HAVE YOU TO KNOW WHICH WAY THE RIVER IS FLOWING TO KNOW WHICH WAY IS THE LOWER RIVER.

NEXT QUESTION IS BRANDON WILLIAMS, HOW MANY JUGS CAN A PERSON PUT OUT AT ONE TIME.

I ASSUME THIS PERSON IS CATFISHING.

>> UP TO 50.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT WAS PER PERSON NOW IT'S PER BOAT, RIGHT?

IF YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN THE BOAT, IT'S 50.

THREE PEOPLE IN THE BOAT, IT'S STILL 50.

SO IT'S BY BOAT.

THAT'S 50 JUGS IS A LOT.

>> THAT'S A LOT TO MANAGE.

>> ESPECIALLY ALL THE STRING.

>> REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF FISHERMEN, 50 PER LICENSED-- 50 PER BOAT REGARDLESS HOW MANY ANGLERS ARE IN THE BOAT.

I MADE IT MORE CONFUSING.

NEXT QUESTION.

FROM DON MATTINGLY, HE SAW A LOT OF STURGEON CAUGHT BELOW WOLF CREEK DAM.

HOW IS THAT PROGRAM GOING.

ANY UPDATES ON STURGEON.

>> THEY'RE DOING WELL.

PEOPLE ARE CATCHING THEM.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR WE ARE IN FOR STOCKING BUT WE HAVE STOCKED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AS A RESTORATION EFFORT FOR THE LAKE STURGEON.

OUR STOCKINGS HAVE BEEN ABOVE CUMBERLAND LAKE BUT THEY'VE WORKED THEIR WAY DOWN AND WE ARE GETTING YOU KNOW, REPORTS OF BELOW WOLF CREEK BUT CATCHING THEM UP ABOVE AND NIGHT CRAWLERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

PEOPLE INTO ED TO REMEMBER THERE IS NO HARVEST ON THOSE FISH WHILE WE ARE IN THE RESTORATION PROJECT SO THEY NEED TO LET THEM GO BUT THEY'RE CATCHING THEM.

>> ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU CATCH ONE, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST FISH YOU'VE EVER CAUGHT IN YOUR LIFE.

PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO PUT THE FISH BACK BUT THEY HAVE TO LIVE TO WHAT WAGE BEFORE REPRODUCTION?

>> SEVEN?

>> SEVEN TO 10 YEARS.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY NATURAL REPRODUCTION YET HAVE WE?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PUT THE FISH BACK IN.

IF THEY'RE NOT REPRODUCING AT ALL, YOU CAN SEE HOW QUICKLY THOSE CAN GO SOUTH.

LONG LIVED FISH AND IMPORTANT FOR THE OLDER FISH TO BE IN THE POPULATION.

BUT THEY CAN GET TO ENORMOUS SIZES.

>> LAKE STURGEONS CAN GET BIG.

>> WHAT SIZE CAN WE EXPECT 30, 40 YEARS FROM NOW POTENTIALLY.

>> WE HAVE A STATE RECORD BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE WEIGHT IS.

THEY GOT TO BE UP THERE IN THE BLUE CAT SIZE.

>> OVER 100 POUNDS.

>> ONE OF THESE DAYS WE ARE GOING TO SEE IT.

WE ARE GOING TO REMEMBER WHEN THERE WEREN'T ANY.

THAT'S A COOL PROGRAM.

NEXT QUESTION, SARAH COON, DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PAPER FISHING LICENSE ON YOU OR WILL A SCREEN SHOT ON YOUR PHONE WORK?

>> WE GET THIS QUESTION QUITE A BIT.

>> ESPECIALLY WITH THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY GOING ON.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE, TO BE ABLE TO PROVE A LICENSE, YOU CAN SCREEN SHOT IT.

THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT SIGNED, WHICH THERE IS ONE GENTLEMAN I CHECKED, HE DID A DIGITAL SIGNATURE ON HIS CREAN SHOT WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY NEAT.

BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PAPER LICENSE, YOU HAVE A SCREEN SHOT ON YOUR PHONE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE WITH YOU TO MATCH IT UP AND KNOW THAT YOU WERE THE PERSON WHO HAS IT.

SO YES, HAVING A SCREEN SHOT IS PERFECTLY FUN.

IF THE BATTERY DIES, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW US?

>> IF IT GETS WET.

>> ANOTHER THING IS A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO TAKE PICTURES SO NOT THAT WE WANT TO SIT THERE AND WAIT FOR TO YOU TO GO THROUGH 500 PICTURES.

IF YOU CAN PUT IT SOMEWHERE EASE WILL I TO PULL UP INSTEAD OF US SITTING THERE WAITING FOR 10 MINUTES THAT WOULD BENEFIT US KEEP IN MIND A DIGITAL, IT'S ABOUT ITER TO HAVE PAPER AND YOU CAN PRINT THEM OFF IF YOU LOSE IT.

USED TO BE A LITTLE MORE TROUBLE TO OBTAIN A COPY OF YOUR FISHING LICENSE AND NOW YOU JUST, EVERYONE WHO HAS A FISHING LPS HAS A MOO I PROFILE.

THEY CAN LOG ON TO MY PROFILE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, YOU CAN IMPRINT OFF YOUR BOATER SAFETY CERTIFICATE, HINTER SAFETY CERTIFICATE, FISHING LICENSE AND YOU CAN CHECK YOUR HARVEST LOG SO IF YOU HAVE A LICENSE, IT'S YOU ONLY NEED TWO OR THREE PIECES OF DATA YOUR LAST NAME, DATE OF BIRTH AND THE LAST FOUR OF YOUR SOCIAL YOU CAN GET ON THERE AND CHECK ALL THAT INFORMATION OUT.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL.

EVERYTHING YOU EVER APPLIED FOR EVERY ANIMAL YOU EVER HARVESTED.

IT KEEPS IT ALL.

SO IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN ON THERE, CHECK THAT OUT.

NEXT QUESTION FROM JOSEPH RILEY, WANTS TO KNOW IF HE CAN USE A THROW NET IN THE SPILL WAY STOCKED WITH TROUT.

I DON'T THINK HE WANTS TO CATCH TROUT BUT CAN HE USE IT TO CATCH BAIT FISH?

>> JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT BELOW A DAM.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING WHEN YOU ARE IN A SPILLWAY.

AND THEN THERE IS, IF YOU PICK UP ONE OF OUR FISHING GUIDES, IT WILL GO INTO SPECIFICS ON THE SIZE OF THE NETTING YOU CAN USE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT YES, GIVE OUR HEADQUARTERS A CALL OR GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND LOOK UP THE SPECIFIC AREA THAT HE MIGHT BE GOING IF THERE IS ANY RESTRICTIONS TO THAT.

>> FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT A THROW NET IS FOR, TRYING TO CATCH BAIT.

HE IS TRYING TO CATCH BAIT.

OBVIOUSLY IF THERE ARE TROUT HE DOESN'T WANT ACCIDENTAL CATCHES.

IF YOU ACCIDENTAL CATCH SOMETHING IN A THROW NET WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN FROM TIME TO TIME.

TELL THEM WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

>> SPORT FISH OF ANY KIND, YOU NEED TO IMMEDIATELY RELEASE IT A LOT OF PEOPLE COME ACROSS, DIDN'T REALIZE IT THAT IS A FORM OF FISHING SO YOU NEED A FISHING LICENSE TO BE ABLE TO CATCH THAT.

AND BE CAUTIOUS WHAT IS A SPORT FISH.

WE TALKED ABOUT RED EAR.

RED EAR SUN FISH ARE CONSIDERED A SPORT FISH.

>> UNLESS THEY'RE SIX INCHES OR MORE THEY ARE.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THOSE CAST NETS, IF YOU ARE GOING AFTER SHAD OR, YOU KNOW, AND WITH THE ASIAN CARP ISSUES THAT WE'VE GOT, YOU NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN USE THEM IN THE WATER BODIES YOU CATCH THEM OUT.

YOU CAN'T BE TRANSPORTING THEM.

>> MOVING SHAD OR BAIT FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER IS A BAD, BAD IDEA FOR A WHOLE LOT OF REASONS.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE USED IF YOU CATCH THEM IN THAT BODY OF WATER, HAVE YOU TO USE THEM ON THAT BODY OF WATER.

IF YOU WERE FISHING IN THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AND YOU CAUGHT THEM ON LAKE CUMBERLAND, CAN YOU FISH WITH THEM ON COMELER LAND RIVER-- CUMBERLAND?

>> I THINK YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE THEM ON TO A ROAD AND TRANSPORT SO I WOULD ASSUME YOU WOULD PROBABLY BE VIOLATING.

>> WHAT IF YOU DIDN'T FISH WITH THEM LIVE?

>> IF THEY'RE DEAD... >> IF YOU FROZE THEM.

>> IF THEY'RE DEAD, THAT'S DIFFERENT.

YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DEAD BEFORE YOU HEAD HOME.

THEY HAVE TO BE DISPOSED OFF.

>> YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE ROAD WITH LIVE SHAD.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY WHEN FISHING, BANK FISHERMEN OR BOAT FISHERMEN.

>> CAN YOU SOLVE THIS AGE OLD QUESTION.

REALLY JUST COMES DOWN TO BEING SPORTSMAN TO EACH OTHER IF A GENTLEMAN IS ON THE BAWNG AND HE IS THERE FIRST, WHEN I IF ISSUE ON THE BOAT, I TRY TO GO AROUND HIM NOT TO MESS HIM UP.

HE IS ON A BANK, HE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR.

I'M IN A BOAT, I CAN GO TO SEVERAL OTHER PLACE.

AND VICE VERSA.

IF YOU ARE ON A BANK AND THERE IS A GUY IN A BOAT FISHING JUST BE, USE SOME COMMON SENSE AND I GUESS OLD FASHIONED NICENESS AND TRY TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

>> THERE IS NOT A WRITTEN LAW WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY WHEN IT COMES TO CASTING.

>> THERE IS NOT.

>> NEXT QUESTION.

WHAT IS THE LONG-TERM PLAN FOR LINVILLE LAKE IN ROCK CASTLE COUNTY.

THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FISH INTRODUCED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

I KNOW SOME OF THE SPECIES THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

ARE THESE FISH WE HAVE INTRODUCED OR INTRODUCED THROUGH OTHER MEANS.

>> BOTH.

>> SO THERE IS PADDLE FISH IN LINVILLE THOSE FISH ARE PART OF A CONTRACT THAT LINVILLE WATER DISTRICT OR WHATEVER HAS WITH RESERVOIR RANCHER AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO THOSE TYPE CONTRACTS IN WATER SUPPLY LAKES SO THE PADDLE FISH THAT ARE IN THERE ARE PART OF A PROJECT CONTRACT WITH, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE ENTITIES.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

HYBRID STRIPED BASS ARE STOCKED BY US AND WILL CONTINUE.

YOU PROBABLY SAW US STOCK SAUGEYE IN THERE FOR UP WITH YEAR AND WE DID THAT, BUT THEN WE DUG IN DEEPER INTO OUR NATIVE WILDLIFE PROGRAM AND REALIZED THEY COULD POTENTIALLY GET OUT OF LINVILLE AND SOMEHOW MIX IN WITH OUR NATIVE WALLEYE AND WE DON'T WANT THAT HAPPENING.

SO WE STOPPED THAT STOCKING.

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE NATIVE WALLEYE PROJECT GOING ON, YOU KNOW IN THE WATERS THE FISH COULD GET TO, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE STOCKING SAUGEYE BUT WE STOPPED IT TO BE SAFE WE ALSO PUT BASS IN THERE WHEN IT NEEDS IT.

>> ON THE ONES THAT THE WE HAVEN'T STOCKED BUT THEY MAY THEIR WAY IN THERE SOMEHOW.

I THINK LINVILLE KEEPS GETTING PICTURES OF YELLOW PERCH.

>> MAYBE WHAT THEY'RE ASKING ABOUT, TOO.

TELL ME ABOUT YELLOW PERCH.

>> THEY'RE DOING PRETTY WELL, WHICH IS SURPRISING I THINK THEY'RE GETTING UP TO 12 TO 14 INCHES WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD FOR YELLOW PERCH AROUND HERE.

THEY'RE NOT NATIVE OBVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED IN THAT ONE AREA AND HOW THEY GOT THERE ABOUT ULT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE DID.

IT PROBABLY CAME IN BAIT BUCKET OR SOMEBODY TRIED TO START THEM UP THERE AND IT TOOK WHOLE BUT YOU DON'T ALWAYS WANT THAT HAPPENING.

LOOK AT ASIAN CARP.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE MOVING FISH THAT ARE NOT NATIVE AROUND THE STATE.

>> SO IF YOU CATCH A PERCH IN LINVILLE LAKE, THERE IS NO SIZE OR LENDS?

NO.

NOT A NATIVE FISH.

>> THEY'RE BOOED TO EAT.

SO TAKE AS MANY AS YOU CAN OUT OF THERE.

>> IF YOU CATCH IT, IT'S A BONUS.

TRY TO CATCH ANOTHER.

>> THERE YOU GO NEXT QUESTION.

COLE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE LEGALITIES OF USING A CAST NET TO CATCH BAIT.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

MAIN THING HERE, THE MAIN TAKE AWAY SEEMS TO BE THE FACT THAT IF YOU DO CATCH SOME SHAD OR BAIT YOU CAN'T TAKE IT TO THE ROAD WITHOUT DISPATCHING THE FISH AND KILLING THOSE FISH.

>> IN REGS THERE IS A LIST AND THERE IS NO WAY I'M GOING TO REMEMBER BUT THERE IS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF EACH TYPE OF BAIT FISH AND OTHER TYPES OF LIVE BAIT THAT YOU CAN HAVE SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT THE LIMIT IS FOR COLLECTING BAIT FISH.

>> AND RELEASING ANY SPORT FISH THAT YOU CATCH.

>> OKAY.

>> BUT I DON'T THINK YOU ARE ALLOWED TO USE THOSE CAST NETS IN LIKE WATER BODIES UNDER 500 ACRES OWNED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

>> OUR SMALL DEPARTMENT OWNED LAKES THROWING CAST NETS WOULD BE ILLEGAL.

THEY'RE MORE RESERVOIRS.

>> A LOT OF STRIPER GUIDES AND THEY CATCH NETS OUT.

THAT ITSELF WHAT THEY USE.

IF YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING TO USE SOME FORM OF LIVE BAIT CAUGHT RIGHT THERE IN THE LAKE.

IT'S A ROUGH GIG BEING A GUIDE OUT THERE ON THAT LAKE.

A LOT OF TIMES THEIR MORNINGS START AT 3:00 TRYING TO CATCH BAIT.

THAT'S WHERE THEY USE THE CAST NETS FREQUENTLY.

DO THE STOCK TROUT DIE OFF IF WARMER TECHS OR JUST BECOME INACTIVE.

>> THEY'RE DYING OFF BECAUSE WE ARE GOT TEMPERATURE LOGGERS THAT WE FUTURE IN THERE, WE IS HAVE HAD A LOT OF REPORTS OF FISH HOLDING OVER BUT IN LATE JUNE, THE WATER UP NEAR THE PARK PART OF THE CREEK IS 80 DEGREES AND TROUT ARE NOT GOING TO--ITE KNOWLEDGE GETS WORSE FROM THERE.

MOST LIKELY IF THEY'RE SEEING BIGGER FISH IN THE SPRING OR SOMETHING THERE IS ALSO COOL WATER THAT THEY CAN HOLD OVER UP IN FORT KNOX.

I KNOW THERE IS A SPRING FED LAKE IN THERE BUT THERE ARE AREAS THEY COULD MAKE IT THROUGH THE SUMMER AND IF THE FISH MOVE DOWN, IT MAY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE HOLDING OVER IN THE PARK PART OF THE CREEK BUT THEY PROBABLY CAME FROM THE COOLER WATER UP ABOVE.

>> YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT AGO AS FAR AS CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR WHEN TROUT ARE CAUGHT, THEY MUST BE IMMEDIATELY RELEASED IN CERTAIN BODIES OF WATER AND THERE IS ZERO HARVEST OR TAKE OF THAT FISH UNTIL WHATEVER THE DATE IS.

OCTOBER 1-MARCH 31.

THE REASON FOR THAT IS THOSE FISH ARE PUT IN THERE FOR FISHING OPPORTUNITIES.

AFTERSHOCK THE DATE OF APRIL 1-- MARCH 31, WE EXPECT THE FISH TO START DYING, RIGHT?

>> A COUPLE MONTHS OUT FROM THERE.

SO YEAH,.

>> WE WANT SOMEONE TO UTILIZE THE FISH RATHER THAN LETTING IT DIE.

THAT'S THE REASON THE DATES ARE SET.

WHEN THE WATER TEMPERATURE GETS UP TO 75, THAT'S LETHAL TO A TROUT AND THAT HAPPENS SOMETIME IN MID JUNE.

THAT'S WHEN IT STARTS HAPPENING.

>> YEAH.

>> EVEN IF YOU ARE AN AVID FLY FISHERMAN WHO LOVES THE TROUT, YOU CATCH ONE STARTING LATER IN THE SPRING AND THE SUMMER THE FISH IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MAKE IT.

IT'S A PUT AND TAKE RESOURCE.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THE RESOURCE AND PUT IT TO GOOD USE.

>> AND IF YOU KEEP THE TROUT, YOU NEED A TROUT STAMP AS WELL.

>> AND THERE ARE A FEW PLACES YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE, BUT FOR MAJORITY OF THE WATERWAYS, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE KEEPING TROUT YOU NEED A TROUT STAMP.

>> INCLUDED IN YOUR SPORTSMANS AND THE LICENSE.

>> INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, IT'S TIME TO START FISHING WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK IN THE UPPER 50s.

SOUTHERN KENTUCKY MAY TOUCH 60 IN THE 10 DAY FORECAST IT'S TIME TO GET THE FISHING LICENSE.

YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK OUTSIDE AND SAY MAN, I'VE SEEN SNOW FOR FIVE STRAIGHT DAYS AND NOW LOOK, IT'S 60°.

YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO GET OUT THERE.

FISHING LICENSE EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IF YOU WANT TO HIT THE WATER, YOU GET ONLINE OR GET TO ONE OF YOUR LOCAL RETAIL STORES THAT CARRIES A FISHING LICENSE AND GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

SO THIS IS OUR LAST QUESTION.

LAST QUESTION IT IS FROM MEGHAN ON INSTAGRAM.

WHERE DO THE SMALL MOUTH BASS GO IN BIG LAKES IN THE SPRING?

DO THEY STAY ON THE MAIN LAKE OR MOVE UP INTO THE CREEKS?

>> THERE YOU GO.

MEGHAN WANTS TO CATCH SOME BIG SMALL MOUTH.

>> SPRING TIME I WOULD LOOK IN THE CREEKS.

DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T FIND A FEW OUT ON THE MAIN LAKE BUT I WOULD BE, MYSELF, UP IN THE CREEKS LOOKING ESPECIALLY THE SPAWNING FLATTS.

>> TELL US ABOUT WATER TEMPERATURE.

YOU LOOK AT THE WEATHER TEMPERATURE, IT'S GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT STAGE THAT THEY'RE IN STAGE BEING, YOU KNOW, SPENT THEIR LIFE OR THE WINTER TIME OUT THERE, EATING BAIT BALLS TO MOVING UP TO SHALLOWER WATERS.

WHAT TEMPERATURE DOES THE SMALL MOUTH START TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION AND WHAT TEMPERATURE DOES IT ACTUALLY BUILD A BED AND START SPAWNING.

>> THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN THE PROBABLY LARGE MOUTH ARE BUT BASICALLY I WOULD BE AS WE START HEATING UP TO THE 45-50° TEMPERATURE MARK, I THINK THE FISH WILL START MOVING AS YOU GET INTO THE MID 50s, YOU KNOW, AGAIN 55, GIVE OR TAKE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE THE TIMEFRAME.

MAYBE 60° IS WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THEM TO SPAWN SO AND EACH YEAR DEPENDING ON OUR WEATHER.

IT CHANGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR B.

BUT YEAH, COME MARCH, A LOT OF THE FISH WILL START MOVING SHALLOW.

WOULD I SAY BY LATE MARCH EARLY APRIL, I THINK YOU ARE LOOKING AT AT LEAST FOR SMALL MOUTH, PROBABLY THEIR SPAWN TIME.

>> WHAT DEPTH OF WATER DO YOU TYPICALLY SEE SMALL MOUTH SPAWNING IN?

>> THEY COULD BE, AGAIN, GIVEN DIFFERENT BODIES OF WATER, YOU KNOW, STREAMS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD FIND THEM, YOU KNOW, IN A FOOT OR TWO FOOT OF WATER PROBABLY DOWN TO SEVEN, EIGHT FEET OF WATER.

IF THE HABITAT IS LIKE AND THEY FIND A SPOLT THEY LIKE.

>> YOU ARE TELLING HER TO LOOK IN THE SMALL CREEKS.

THAT'S THE TIME OF YEAR THAT SHE IS GIVING US, WHEN THEY'RE MAKING THAT RUN TO DO THAT SO START LOOKING FOR SHALLOWER WATER THIS THAT MARCH TIMEFRAME IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?

>> LATE MARCH.

>> LATE MARCH.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT WAS A GREAT YEAR.

THE CORONAVIRUS AND THE COVID-19 OBVIOUSLY PLAYED HAVOC ON A LOT OF US BUT MORE PEOPLE TOOK TO THE WATER AND I SURE HOPE THAT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR.

START MAKING YOUR PLANS AND YOUR TRIPS NOW BECAUSE THE TIME OF YEAR TO REALLY GET EXCITED ABOUT FISHING IS NOW.

THINK ABOUT A NORMAL YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE FINISHED UP OUR BOAT SHOWS.

IT'S TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT HITTING THE WATER AND THE BEST TIME TO FISH, MARCH AND APRIL, IN MY OPINION, MARCH, APRIL AND MAY, IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

LITERALLY NEXT WEEK.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET YOUR FISHING LICENSE AND GET OUT THERE AND START PURSUING SOME OF THE FUN FISHING WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR GUESTS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN.

WE BATTLED THROUGH A PANDEMIC AND A SNOWSTORM.

WE ARE HERE TO GET YOU OUT ON THE WATER AND FISHING.

THANKS A LOT.

YOUR HOST OF KENTUCKY AFIELD.

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