where would you rank KY fishery?? in the states??

[Crankinstein]

I could not put KY in the top 5. You go north and you have months of Great fishing. The cold fish hit all year and the warm fish hit everything you throw for five months a year. Then you go south and you have year round fishing for all fish. Bass and panfish get bigger in the south. KY has better veiws due to lack of development, but the fishing is at best fair. I would say around 15-20th. If you dont count saltwater I would put it around 10-12th.

[DJD]

I could not put KY in the top 5. You go north and you have months of Great fishing. The cold fish hit all year and the warm fish hit everything you throw for five months a year. Then you go south and you have year round fishing for all fish. Bass and panfish get bigger in the south. KY has better veiws due to lack of development, but the fishing is at best fair. I would say around 15-20th. If you dont count saltwater I would put it around 10-12th.

Top 15 would be about right. Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, Texas, California, Tennessee, Louisiana, Maine to name a few that I would rank higher. Most of the coastal states just have so much more to offer.

[Havacman]

East KY where i live me and my fishing buddies have always said we are 150 mile from good fishing in any direction. I would draw a line that went from Barren west as being great fishing, comparable to Tenn waters Eastern Ky. Is not much far as i am concerned so far as just going out bass fishing and being able to catch a lot of fish. First time i went to KY and Barkley i came back thinking even less of fishing around where i live.

[byrdland]

I'm a native Kentuckian. I lived in Texas for 13 years. I fished 11 months a year, from fresh to salt. It's such a big state I didn't have the crowding issues I've had here. In Kentucky I wade fish the Cumberland River and fish other areas from a bass boat. Cumberland has been off the past few years due to the dam drawdown and too much rain kills the fishing. The bass are bigger in Texas with the longer growing season and the ability of Florida Strain fish to survive. The Texas Coast is a fantastic fishery. Then you have offshore for King Mackerel, etc. If you go out far enough you can fish for Billfish. In Kentucky, a lot of the smaller fisheries I fished when I was a teenager no longer allow access because some guy from New York owns the land and won't allow anyone to fish. I love the diversity and beauty of Kentucky, but I would have to rank Texas above Kentucky for quality.