Family weekend on KY Lake

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10-12-2013, 03:47 PM
M R Dux

Family weekend on KY Lake

My Brother lives in Huntsville, AL and we rarely get to fish together. I has sent him the link to the video we did with KicknBass and he sent me a message that he was off for a few days and was coming home to fish with me and my Dad. We set it up for Sat but were able to get on the water for a couple of hours Friday afternoon.

I was getting worried as the week went on that the Bandit bite was about over. The reports I was hearing was the crappie were pretty slow for trollers. Seeing the post here that Taz was on fish spider rigging made me think the fish would be where I could get to them with cranks. The weather looked favorable for both days so I thought we would give it a try. We found a few fish Friday and ended up with 7 good keepers along with some yellows and a couple of decent channel cats. Both my Brother and Dad said let's just troll Bandits Sat even thought I was seriously considering getting my longline gear out.

We got on the water at sun-up and caught a few smallish keepers but the southeast wind was whipping the lake up pretty good. I figured it would be a good test for my new batteries so we hung with it. We found some fish real tight to drops while others were scattered in the middle of the secondary channel. We would hit a spot and catch 3-4 GOOD keepers in a few yards then go for quite a while with none. After 4 hours, we had a good box full of above average keepers and since I was running the Terrova, taking fish off hooks and retying break-off and tangles, I lost count so we had zero idea how many we had in the box.

Once we got the fish out for a count and some pics, we weighed the 30 keepers we had and ended up with 35 pounds for 30 fish. We had some yellows and one huge female redear that hit a Bandit and was bleeding bad when I got her unhooked. Most here know I hate to kill a female redear but we kept her since we figured she was not going to live the hooking.

This ended up being one of the best days I've had crappie fishing with my Dad and by far with my Brother. After we cleaned both days catch, we had 9 quart bags of fillets.

I've got to take a buddy and a friend of his from Michigan on Sunday. Hopefully the Bandit bite will last at least one more day.

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10-12-2013, 04:25 PM
buffalo13

Nice job Doug!!! Glad to see yall had a great day!!!
10-12-2013, 04:56 PM
redearhoosier

Nice mess Doug!
10-12-2013, 07:07 PM
Slab Slayer

Doug, that is a nice bunch of fish. Glad you got to spend some good time with your dad and brother. Lost my dad in 2006 and would really love to go fishing with him one more time so really cherish the times like today
10-12-2013, 08:41 PM
chaunc

Great job Doug. Enjoy every moment you can with your family.
10-13-2013, 02:07 AM
Wiskers

You are becoming a master of trolling! I wish my trip home this time had not been so hectic! I really wanted to get in on some of that with you!

I had 2 family gatherings, wife had some health issues so I was stuck puppy sitting, bought a boat, had the Shindig, freezer went out and had to fumigate my house... You name it & I had it!

Glad you and your family had some quality time!

When I get home this time I'm gonna take the grand kids out and let them kill a deer then I'm gonna wear the live well out on that new boat. I'll holler at ya!
10-13-2013, 06:22 AM
Heritage

Great post!
10-13-2013, 07:09 AM
rnvinc

Randy looks good...

I haven't seen him in a while....

Rickie
10-13-2013, 07:23 AM
callen

Guys, I was out Friday morning pulling and didn't catch a single Crappie. Dux is the man!
10-13-2013, 07:50 AM
wilbur

Rickie, I thought you were family, why wasn't you invited?
10-13-2013, 08:14 AM
chuckauten

Good job.
10-13-2013, 10:35 AM
dkb23

Great read! Thanx for sharing bud!
10-13-2013, 01:41 PM
M R Dux

Well, today was a different day. We got in the water about 7:15 and were greeted by rolling whitecaps from the northeast. I had watched the weather and was dreading the conditions. We didn't get our 1st keeper until a couple of hours into the trip.

The yellows absolutely terrorized us. If we didn't reel the Bandits in every few minutes, we could count on dragging the little suckers for hundreds of yards. We caught some that were no more than 4 inches long. They are either the most aggressive fish on this lake, overpopulated, or starving (may be all of the above).

We had to troll from north to south across the cross wind and that made boat control awful. Finally an hour or so before we left, the wind laid some and the lake calmed down.

We hit one spot where the crappie were stacked up but controlling the boat took all of my attention. We ended up with 10 nice white crappie and a few big yellows. It was good to make a new friend and fish again with one of my oldest friends.

I figure this was my last Bandit trip of the year.
10-13-2013, 07:15 PM
sheraton1225

nice lookin fish!
10-13-2013, 08:54 PM
kyjohn

Sounds like you guys had a GREAT time! :biggrin
10-14-2013, 12:42 PM
Yodibuzz

Great job Doug those memories will last forever.
10-14-2013, 05:57 PM
Leebob

Looks like a great time with family! Thanks for sharing.
10-15-2013, 03:57 PM
bee

Nice report. Congrats on your trip.
10-16-2013, 06:56 AM
Stymie

MrDux, I live in the town next to your brother. Does he get out on Wheeler or Guntersville much? Maybe I've seen him around.
10-16-2013, 09:18 AM
mdperson

Nice Fish
10-16-2013, 11:30 AM
Billbob

great fish
10-16-2013, 01:07 PM
Rsw

Nice catch. Glad you got to spend some quality time with your family.
10-16-2013, 01:08 PM
M R Dux

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Originally Posted by Billbob

great fish

Billbob, any of the background in those pics look familiar?
10-16-2013, 01:18 PM
Hitek

Nice catch and good memories!
10-16-2013, 01:40 PM
M R Dux

Quote:

Originally Posted by callshy

Nice catch and good memories!

Thanks. Any of those rod holders look familiar?
10-16-2013, 07:29 PM
gregsayers2000

Nice looking batch of fish, you certainly put the whammy on 'em! Thanks for sharing.
10-16-2013, 09:38 PM
NYHellbender

9 quart bags,.... I'd say that was a pretty nice day on the water.

Thanks for sharing your adventure.
10-17-2013, 05:50 AM
boatdocksam

good times right ther
10-17-2013, 08:32 AM
Dave and Lynn

Very nice catch.
10-19-2013, 07:07 AM
STUMP HUNTER

Nice catch using the Bandits :) Glad to hear you found where the fish were at and had a good day of catching. Thanks for the report and congrats on the day and catch.