Originally Posted by
Moveon
Let's hope that these are the only new fish to the pits. I was talking to Paul and he said he thought he saw a dead Asian Carp on the bank this year.
This is the first time I've ever caught or seen those white stripers in these pits. I've caught plenty of them out of KY lake in years past. I think these are the ones that chase shad to the surface in big schools and then slash into them at the surface. My dad called it "firing". We would see them and run the boat up to them and cast into the school before they went back down and came up about 50 to 100 yards away. I'd catch a few of them but ended up chasing the school down the lake in the boat. I did manage to catch one that was about 2 lbs once on KY lake. That was exciting. I was not that old back in those days. Only about 10 or so. So catching a 2 lb striper on a spoon was a lot of fun for a kid.
Today I talked to a guy who was taking his daughter out fishing for the first time in a long time. He said he liked to crappie fish. I hope they find some fish and his daughter has fun fishing. We need more women in fishing IMHO. But they only learn to fish if Dad take the time to teach them the ropes. Perhaps she will hook into one of these stripers and have some fun today.
As for the American Bald Eagle, I've seen one before a few years back over on Tom Newmasters land just East of Gander Road where it runs North off Boonville New Harmony Rd. So they have been around for a while, but not in good numbers.