HOW TO CATCH A GROUPER!

Any more than 8 seconds and you are hung!




Captain Judy Helmey of Miss Judy Charters is holding up a nice gag grouper. Who caught it? Terrell Gooding Tybee Island, Georgia. You know I am always saying “Freight ...

As the world of fishing and electronics keep advancing it has many of those of you that don’t use computers or advanced electronics daily confused and wondering where these enhancements will end. I believe many of those confused are making way too much of the electronics we ...

New state record saugeye caught in Guist Creek Lake

Louisville angler lands 6-pound,13-ounce fish

FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 6, 2019) - Louisville resident Dennis Rhea won big on Kentucky Oaks Day – not for a bet on a thoroughbred horse running at Churchill Downs, but for a state ...

Every year on any lake is always met with changes and Guntersville is no different; in fact, this year it appears to me that with some drastic early year weather we have seen the most change in the lake in many years. Guntersville has gone through some of the biggest weather-related ...

Largemouth Bass Caught in Harlan County
Evarts resident Mark Ward catches record 14-pound, 9.5-ounce bass on Good Friday

FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 26, 2019) - Evarts resident Mark Ward went fishing after work on Good Friday, April 19, at 6-acre Highsplint Lake ...

As a believer in the fact that the more a person understands the movement, patterns and habits of fish the easier it is to become a seasoned fisherman. There is no doubt in my mind that knowledge is everything, it really doesn’t matter what your trying to accomplish without ...

This is a nice trigger fish and once cleaned the skin removed would make once dried a fine piece of sand paper! Once you remove the skin just hang it out to dry and then you will be ready to sand away any roughness on your deck!




Many years ...

Kentucky Afield Outdoors:
Lake Cumberland Striped Bass Heating Up

The higher angle of the sun during the day brings warm breezes as we come into the meat of April. The glorious sunny days of late and air temperatures in the 70s make people joyous.
This ...

With the bass in full spawning mode the bass will start to move to their post spawn locations and when that happens one of my favorite time of year is near. Its well known that the bass move to the deep drops, ledges and old ponds around the spawning grounds as they recover ...

This photo was taken in our kitchen back in the mid fifties by the Easter Bunny!
Even at the request of the Easter Bunny never hide the Easter baskets in the trunk of your car and here’s why!




My father always had a lot of good stuff ...

If you’re a bite of an old timer like me, you remember when a used boat was just that one that was wore out and purchasing it was a big mistake. Today, however things are different used boats are generally a good way to purchase a boat at a cheaper price that has been already ...

It’s the highly unlikely bait that most of us do not focus on during the spawn but there is probably no bait that gets more strikes over spawning areas than a buzz bait. When your confused on what will turn on a spawning fish, or frustrated pitching at a bed, try and old trick ...

Little Miss Judy’s Believe It or Not!



LORAN...Long Range Navigation versus GPS Global Positioning System!




Way back in the old days somewhere between loran and non-loran technology I used to keep a nautical chart ...

If you have been on the water lately it’s pretty-obvious that each year, there are more and more fishermen. The onset of high-school teams coupled with the increased interest in fishing has doubled the pressure on the lakes all over the country. The struggle is what can you ...

When fishing is as up and down as it is now the best advice, I can give you is to keep your foot on your trolling motor and cover water. That I know is hard to do especially for the fisherman that has caught fish in their favorite spot over- and-over again. The thing you must ...