Sweet Revenge!

Well as some of you already know the fish were not too kind to me last week. As a matter of fact I had to leave the campground & come home to get fish for a fish fry! :o Oh the shame!!! :( Well today I made up my mind that I was gonna get back at'um.

Started shallow & worked my way out deeper. Found fish on brush coming up high in the water colume in about 15'. Casting 1/16 oz road runners with 1 & 1/2 inch chartruse curly tails. Counting down to about 8 & reeling sloooooooow! Caught about 40 but could only manage 18 keepers & 1 big gill. Lost 4 nice fish right at the boat!

Nice fish wiskers, glad you were able to get a little revenge. Looks like I should have looked a little deeper today.

nice catch whiskers

i think the falling water finally pushed them back out .
i caught some nice ones today in 14' brushpiles. all whites most females 1/2 spawned out . my largest today was 16 1/2 "
also the gills are on fire in 6' of water on the pea gravel banks . also caught some nice shellcrackers the last couple of days. fishin is so good i don't know what to go after. i just hate it when that happens. good luck to ya and stay in touch.

Nice mess of fish, wiskers. Glad you got back on them.

Nice mess of fish! Gonna have to change my location it looks like!

Beautiful catch Wiskers, man that'll be some sweet eating.

Nice catch Wiskers. I was at Hillman last week and agree it was pretty tough. I'm glad to see it wasn't just us Buckeyes having a hard time finding them. We seemed to have some located in 6'-10' but were scattered. It was still a nice trip.

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Originally Posted by crappiemax

Nice catch Wiskers. I was at Hillman last week and agree it was pretty tough. I'm glad to see it wasn't just us Buckeyes having a hard time finding them. We seemed to have some located in 6'-10' but were scattered. It was still a nice trip.

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We were gonna be at Hillmans but that reservation crap screwed up everything for us. I tried & tried to book a site for a week but all the dates were chopped up were we were gonna have to move about 2 time in the week we were gonna be there.

As for the fish'n... Probably the worst week of camp'n & fish'n I've had in years. Had 1 day that I didn't catch 1 keeper. I can't remember the last time I went & didn't catch a keeper. Wind bout blew me off the lake.

Still beats work'n! Speak'n of work... I gotta go back to the boat Tuesday! :(

We did manage some fish every day but not nearly the quantity or size. Most years we cull everything under 11". It seems most of our bigger fish came from 6'-10'. I'm ususally there for a week but could only come for 4 days this year.
I know what you mean about that resevation system. We haven't made resevations in the past but we're going to start. We bring a tent and moving even once would be a real pain. I think the resevations should be for a minimun of 4 or 5 nights or atleast limit the number of areas that weekends only are reservable.
Ky Lake is still my favorite spot to fish in the world. I just wish I had more time to spend there.

Great Job. Those are some slabs.

Those are some good lookin' slabs you got there. Congrats on the catch!
Blake

Wiskers, Bandit here. I now where the pictures were taken. Is that a picture of you or a buddy? I use the ramp several times a year bass fishing. I hope to run into you some time and say hello. Black Nitro with a 115 Merc. in a white Chevy truck or a Green Jimmy.
THE BANDIT

Hey Whiskers...I fished the same bay as you the day you took these.....I was the only one spider riggin that south bank all day.....I found em in 10 ft early...then in 14 ft. later in the day...

I had 17 by the time my wife got there at 5:00.. then ended up with 21 before dark......

Cooked em for the guys at work today......some baked with lemon pepper...some fried....

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Originally Posted by EDDY CREEK BANDIT

Wiskers, Bandit here. I now where the pictures were taken. Is that a picture of you or a buddy? I use the ramp several times a year bass fishing. I hope to run into you some time and say hello. Black Nitro with a 115 Merc. in a white Chevy truck or a Green Jimmy.
THE BANDIT

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That's my ugly mug! I 've seen ya up there just didn't know it was you. If you see a fatboy in a Lowe 180w with a Lab in the back that's me. Holler if ya see me.

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Originally Posted by rnvinc

Hey Whiskers...I fished the same bay as you the day you took these.....I was the only one spider riggin that south bank all day.....I found em in 10 ft early...then in 14 ft. later in the day...

I had 17 by the time my wife got there at 5:00.. then ended up with 21 before dark......

Cooked em for the guys at work today......some baked with lemon pepper...some fried....

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Man I like that spider riggin! I caught a ton of little fish that day if I went shallower than 14' to 15'. They were off & on. Got some nice fish on up the lake.

I just got back from fry'n fish for about 50 kinfolk myself. Man, if I see another fish I think I'll throw up! Good lord that's alota work! Of course I'm talk'n bout eat'n! :D

I gotta catch the boat Tueseday so I might try to get in 1 more day before I leave. I bet this cold front knocks'um in the head though! :(

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Originally Posted by Wiskers

Man I like that spider riggin! I caught a ton of little fish that day if I went shallower than 14' to 15'. They were off & on. Got some nice fish on up the lake.

I just got back from fry'n fish for about 50 kinfolk myself. Man, if I see another fish I think I'll throw up! Good lord that's alota work! Of course I'm talk'n bout eat'n! :D

I gotta catch the boat Tueseday so I might try to get in 1 more day before I leave. I bet this cold front knocks'um in the head though! :(

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It'll be later in the week before I get to go again....workin the nightshift thru thur morning.....

Hey Whiskers what boat do you work on. I saw the Ingram hat on your head. Do you run the Ohio?

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Originally Posted by kycreekboy

Hey Whiskers what boat do you work on. I saw the Ingram hat on your head. Do you run the Ohio?

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I run Pilot on the M/V Thomas R. Vorholt. We go up the Ohio every now & then but they mostly keep us on the Tn. up to Chatt. Tn. That way I can go down the lake & watch all my buddies catch'n fish. :( It is true torture!

The reason I ask is I see lots of Ingram boats up here where I live. I work at one of the many coal fired power plants (East Kentucky Power- Spurlock Station) here along the Ohio river and live a good 5 wood away from the waters edge myself. About 60 miles east of Cincy.

From Kentucky Lake, Malcolm Creek area last week. My personal best, 14".

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