Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Reservoir Smallmouth Season Here

[FlyLie]

Published Oct. 25, 2012
Link to Article: http://fw.ky.gov/app/news/newsdetail.aspx?ID=1192

[smashdn]

Time to stock the freezer with cold water filets!

[GeoFisher]

Time to stock the freezer with cold water filets!

Really??

I've taken some spots for the hot oil, but putting the knife to a smallie is almost sacrilegious.

It is your right, but I'm not doing it.....

Of course, in Canada, and the Boundary Water, I do on occasion take a smallie or two

Later,

Geo

[mhall]

Really??

I've taken some spots for the hot oil, but putting the knife to a smallie is almost sacrilegious.

It is your right, but I'm not doing it.....

Of course, in Canada, and the Boundary Water, I do on occasion take a smallie or two

Later,

Geo

AMEN......................Times two, minus the Canada thing, lol...

[kygorski]

There are only two fish I put in the first category, the musky, and the northern pike. Why? because they are so darn boney they aren't worth eating, plus all my musky that I ever caught were put back, by choice. when I'd fish dale for crappie and bluegill, that slot limit SMB would go into the frying pan. In three years, I have never caught a legal size SMB out of Dale. And that included FNF, and fishing alewives. Cumberland is all rfelease on SMB but an occasional spotted bass will be kept.I've seen places in door couty where SMB were considerd almost a nusance.

[Embrey]

There are only two fish I put in the first category, the musky, and the northern pike. Why? because they are so darn boney they aren't worth eating, plus all my musky that I ever caught were put back, by choice. when I'd fish dale for crappie and bluegill, that slot limit SMB would go into the frying pan. In three years, I have never caught a legal size SMB out of Dale. And that included FNF, and fishing alewives. Cumberland is all rfelease on SMB but an occasional spotted bass will be kept.I've seen places in door couty where SMB were considerd almost a nusance.

send all them nuisance fish up here to me then...

[GeoFisher]

There are only two fish I put in the first category, the musky, and the northern pike. Why? because they are so darn boney they aren't worth eating, plus all my musky that I ever caught were put back, by choice. when I'd fish dale for crappie and bluegill, that slot limit SMB would go into the frying pan. In three years, I have never caught a legal size SMB out of Dale. And that included FNF, and fishing alewives. Cumberland is all rfelease on SMB but an occasional spotted bass will be kept.I've seen places in door couty where SMB were considerd almost a nusance.

Just to be CLEAR.........those fish in the slot at Dale Hollow are PROTECTED..........so I'm hoping you don't keep those.

And with regards to nuisance fish......they are considered a nuisance in Canada and Minnesota...at least the Boundary Waters. The out compete the walleye and lakers in lakes where they were stocked. In some of those waters, the walleye fishing has all but disappeared.

I understand the locals hating smallies, but I suspect the secretly respect the fact that a few hundred thousand visitors to the area TARGET smallmouth during their fishing trips, and without a fantastic fishery, they'd have NO other economy.

Places like Ely, MN are TIED to the tourism, and that tourism is tied to fishing. And that tie to fishing is generally around the smallmouth fishery......



Later,

Geo

[kygorski]

No I misspoke, I'm talking the under 14 inch, you can keep one. The size in dale would go up if the idea of slot limits were followed harvest the small ONE, the spotted bass are starting to hybrize with the SMB in dale.

[know1]

It's about time!

I wait for winter smallmouth fishing all year....even though I'm not that good at catching them.

I took the boat out this past weekend and everything was working. I guess I did a good job "summerizing" it.

I even had the FnF gear with me, but I didn't end up throwing it.

Can't wait to catch the first Cumberland or Dale smallmouth this year! Maybe I'll even get my first one on a jig.

[jcb]

I LOVE this time of year.

[sweetwater]

Great article http://fw.ky.gov/app/news/newsdetail.aspx?ID=641