Thread: Lots of big crackers coming out of KY Lake

Female redear.

KY are you the self-appointed cheerleader for KY Lake or do you have a financial interest in seeing every Tom, Dick and Harry come down to experience the unrealistic expectations you are so famous for?

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Originally Posted by mrdux

Female redear.

KY are you the self-appointed cheerleader for KY Lake or do you have a financial interest in seeing every Tom, Dick and Harry come down to experience the unrealistic expectations you are so famous for?

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I am famous for telling the truth, and for being open minded and realistic.

A large 2.5 pound Redear was caught, so I thought people may find it interesting. So I posted it.

I just said the bass fishing is very tough right now. But I was honest and I said the catfishing, bluegill fishing and redear fishing is good right now, if you go to the right places.

To me those are pretty realistic statements.

Originally Posted by Kentucky Lake

A large 2.5 pound Redear was caught, so I thought people may find it interesting. So I posted it.

The article was titled

"2.5 pound Bluegill taken at Paris Landing State Park. Fishing pier."

You might as well have said it was caught by Elvis on a worm grown by an alien. The facts would have all been the same.

let's not harp on this.

Sometimes people that don't know any better, call ALL sunfish, "Bluegill" ... just like they sometimes call them "Bream". :p

And we already know .... ain't no "Bream" in the USA. It's a European fish : bream (fish) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia .... and a member of the Carp family, and not even a "sunfish"

No need to "snipe" at each other, over such a trivial matter ...

... cp

Originally Posted by crappiepappy

let's not harp on this.

Sometimes people that don't know any better, call ALL sunfish, "Bluegill" ... just like they sometimes call them "Bream". :p

And we already know .... ain't no "Bream" in the USA. It's a European fish : bream (fish) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia .... and a member of the Carp family, and not even a "sunfish"

No need to "snipe" at each other, over such a trivial matter ...

... cp

pappy,
my beef is not about the whether it's a bluegill, a redear or a carp. My beef is the guy is always posting about huge catches of limits every day, KY Lake being the best lake in the country,etc. Others have called him out on it also. I think he's hiding a hidden agenda by trying to make those who don't do their homework think all you have to do is show up and the fish will jump into your boat. Ky Lake has some good fishing at times but I think he's way overboard most of the time and there is probably a reason for it in his mind. Is he essentially spamming so he can boost a business interest? I don't know but it would seem so.

Originally Posted by mrdux

pappy,
my beef is not about the whether it's a bluegill, a redear or a carp. My beef is the guy is always posting about huge catches of limits every day, KY Lake being the best lake in the country,etc. Others have called him out on it also. I think he's hiding a hidden agenda by trying to make those who don't do their homework think all you have to do is show up and the fish will jump into your boat. Ky Lake has some good fishing at times but I think he's way overboard most of the time and there is probably a reason for it in his mind. Is he essentially spamming so he can boost a business interest? I don't know but it would seem so.

... to promote fishing, or a particular lake. Doesn't matter if he's a self appointed "cheerleader" OR has a business interest that he's promoting .... as long as he doesn't openly advertise without being a paying sponsor.

You pointed out that the title of the article in question read ... 2.5lb "Bluegill" ... when in fact it was most likely a Redear. THAT'S what I quoted you saying, and why I replied to those quotes. The title was not his doing ... the fish was not caught by him ... he just showed a mislabeled link, but that's still no foul on his part.

... cp

Thank You C P

you are right the title of the article I posted did say it was a bluegill.

In another section of this forum, I actually mentioned that I thought it looked like a redear, in my original post.

And as you know, I really don't post that much stuff on this forum about Ky lake.

Usually I just reply to other peoples post. I rarely start any new threads. I used to a few months ago, but in the last 1 or 2 months I have not.


And the post I reply to usually involve people asking questions about KY Lake.

And I usually tell them the truth, and I usually give them good and usefull information.

And to anyone who thinks I have a financial interest in recruiting fisherman to Kentucky Lake.

Well, I do not

If I did I would be telling people to fish only in 1 specific area, or I would tell them to stay at 1 specific hotel, or resort.

But the truth is I usually tell people where 3 or 4 good locations are on the lake.

And then they can choose to go to those locations if they would like to.

Originally Posted by mrdux

pappy,
my beef is not about the whether it's a bluegill, a redear or a carp. My beef is the guy is always posting about huge catches of limits every day, KY Lake being the best lake in the country,etc. Others have called him out on it also. I think he's hiding a hidden agenda by trying to make those who don't do their homework think all you have to do is show up and the fish will jump into your boat. Ky Lake has some good fishing at times but I think he's way overboard most of the time and there is probably a reason for it in his mind. Is he essentially spamming so he can boost a business interest? I don't know but it would seem so.

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all you have to do is show up and the fish
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THAT'S ALL I DO ,,
200 FISH THIS YEAR ....Out of KY-& -Barkley Lake

S0 ,,,what do want him to do post about people not doing gOOd get off it/ if you can cast a reel you CAN DO GREAT on KY-or- Barkley Lake eH

Originally Posted by olducker

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THAT'S ALL I DO ,,
200 FISH THIS YEAR ....Out of KY-& -Barkley Lake

S0 ,,,what do want him to do post about people not doing gOOd get off it/ if you can cast a reel you CAN DO GREAT on KY-or- Barkley Lake eH

I've been read'n this post & been quiet but I'll chime in on this one.

First I'll qualify my response with this... If you haven't been fish'n these lakes for the last 40+ years like some of us have, you have not seen what we have seen. Over the last 40 years the crappie fish'n on these lakes has declined dramatically. The crackers have come a long way in the last 10 years and it's get'n better all the time. If you've grown up call'n a 5 fish day a good day then I can understand your statement.

Some of us around here grew up catching what you say you have caught this year (200 fish) in 1 day. Sure it used to be if you could "cast a reel" you could do great on these lakes. I can assure you that is not the case these days. How many days did it take you to catch those fish. I'm talking about crappie and crackers. If you're talking about other fish like bluegill... well maybe. But if you're talking about taking a rod and reel and pull'n up to just any stickup on the lake and casting out and catching crappie or crackers,,, If you can do that you need to be guide'n.

There ain't many people that spend more time fish'n these lakes than I do. I have almost 3000 spots GPS'd and I fish year round. I consider myself a pretty darn good crappie fisherman and I take it serious (gross understatment), but I have days when I struggle just to catch a few.

I try to help anyone that I can but sometimes I fail to get folks on fish. So; to give people the impression that anyone, at anytime, can come to these lakes and do well is just, excuse my language, BS! If you're coming to these lakes, even during "prime" fishing times, you better do your homework if you want to maximize you time here.

I want everyone to have a good experience. It kills me when I can't get folks on fish! I have helped dozens of people on here catch fish but I have probably let that many or more down. Been more than a couple of CDC members in my boat and I have never turned anyone down that has asked for help. If the fishn's good I'll tell'um. If it's tuff I'll tell'um.

So if you've figured out how to just "cast a reel" and catch these things let me know the secret. I'll cut back to just 1 good rod and reel and sell about $2000 worth of poles and reels, about $3000 worth of electronics, about $500 worth of jigs and bodies, $400 worth of rod holders, and about $300 worth of map cards and have a lot more room in my boat. :D