Thread: Caught a limit on Ky Lake, Sugar Bay

If I come down from L without getting on here, it wouldn't take long to see where people are catchingt fish. Just go to where all the boats are! Not real hard to fiure out. One thing everyone needs to get used to is what Side Imaging has done to/for fishing. Honey holes won't e secret for long!!!

I don't think it is fair to compare your bass fishing troubles to crappie fishing. Two complete different attitudes and actions when it comes to fishing. Seems to me that you have a different opinion than I do....and that is ok......but my case in point is just like that brush pile or road bed that you fished and thought that it was your spot.....it is not. Just like KY lake is not your lake. It is everyones lake. We live in the USA....let's not forget. If I pay for the $50 out of state lisc. then I have the same rights as you do there. I agree with JTMavs.....fishing has changed with the electronic additions and even though fishermen are a little slow they can figure it out pretty fast.

I appreciate reports as much as the next guy and to an extent, I offer accurate reports when I have them. But we have to remember, we're all fishermen here. And we don't ALWAYS tell the whole truth.

In the case of large bodies of water like KY Lake, I don't think it hurts to tell what bay you had success in. I will go so far as to say that you can report fish in 20 feet of water in such and such bay, and most of those anglers won't have as good a day as you because they don't know *how* to establish a pattern, nor do they know crappie biology and crappie behavior.

Where is Canepole? He usually weighs in on this stuff...I want to know what he has to say. He will help You anyway he can...We all can't fish everyday..Some people only get to fish a few times a year and helping them is a "good" thing. General area and depths help a lot to get You "started" fishing if You have a short time to fish.

Originally Posted by bandchaser

Go to KY DNR site and look at the last months articles for the poacher in Livingston and Crittenton Counties. 36 counts, 32 bucks and 4 gobblers illegally harvested. This was also partially done on our farm and our deer numbers have suffered.

That guy was wear'n our lease out too. He's been do'n it for years. Just finally got caught. All the farmers around there new it but wouldn't say anything cause they were glad to get rid of the deer.

I hope they take everything he's got!

He didn't find out about that area on the net either! Local boy.

Well, I never thought a little fishing report would generate this much discussion, but I'm glad it did. I've been reading with interest and can see validity to both sides. As a fisherman who has built many brushpiles and stakebeds on both Barkley and Kentucky Lakes over the years, I've realized each time I put one in that anybody who finds that brush or stakebed has the right to fish it. And granted, many's the time I've come upon one of my spots only to find another boat already there. I can't recall ever cussing at them, fussing at them or asking them to leave. I have, on occasion, pulled up and asked them if they are having any luck....and even told a few grumpy folks that I was the one who had put that fish attractor in the water. Then, I went on my way and found me another place to fish.....glad that I had helped someone have a good day fishing. I know lots of guys who work hard to build places to fish don't feel that way, and I understand that. And I guess "to each his own".

Now...I would never post exact coordinates of a productive brushpile or the exact location of where I've been catching fish on the internet. But heavens, fellows...with the technology available today on most fishing boats...(and its increasing and getting better every few days it seems) there is no such thing as a "SECRET" brushpile or stakebed.

I will fish for crappie every kind of way possible that's legal...and am always looking for new techniques and ideas....but 90% of the time I fish I am slow-trolling of spiderrigging. I've discovered that you can catch fish nearly year round that way.....and probably 95% of the crappie tournaments fished --in the South and Midwest at least---or won by slow trolling. So...I don't have any trouble telling somebody what bay I'm fishing in, how deep the water is...and how deep I'm catching fish. Nor will I have a problem with telling them what I'm using to catch the fish. SO guys....if you ever see me on the water and want to talk fishing, just pull up close and say hello.

Originally Posted by dkb23

I don't think it is fair to compare your bass fishing troubles to crappie fishing. Two complete different attitudes and actions when it comes to fishing. Seems to me that you have a different opinion than I do....and that is ok......but my case in point is just like that brush pile or road bed that you fished and thought that it was your spot.....it is not. Just like KY lake is not your lake. It is everyones lake. We live in the USA....let's not forget. If I pay for the $50 out of state lisc. then I have the same rights as you do there. I agree with JTMavs.....fishing has changed with the electronic additions and even though fishermen are a little slow they can figure it out pretty fast.

Obviously my intent of my post went right over your head. It had nothing to do with fishing but everything to do with trust and keeping ones word. I never claimed the roadbed as MY spot. It was a spot I had found, was catching good numbers of fish off of and didn't want the whole world to know about. The fellow the post was about had different ideas and his own agenda. I never confronted anybody who was fishing the spot, just like I won't confront you if I find you fishing one of the hundreds of brushpiles and stake buckets I have placed in the lake. They were placed there for everyone's benefit. If someone wants a confrontation, all they have to do is run all over me while I'm fishing one of the many structures that I have found or placed in the lake. I'm not talking about just getting close, close is not a problem. I have actually had boats come into contact with mine and lines tangled up with mine while I was spider-rigging or jigging. This has happened many times, most of the times by persons who have registrations on their boats that are not local to KY/ Barkley. Courtesy goes both ways! Just because somebody has just a few days to fish these lakes doesn't mean they have to leave manners at home. I would feel the exact same way if it was me fishing a lake local to your area. I try to treat folks the way I would like to be treated. It seems to make the world a nicer place.

Point taken. You are right. I misunderstood your intent. My appologies.