Quote Originally Posted by GeoFisher View Post
So I'm really new to that method, and I'm learning............I also have a trip planned with Dave Stewart later this summer.....

In the meantime I have a cool story to share......

While "playing " with my electronics on a well known ledge on North KY, I had the following happen. I was motoring down the ledge, and found what I thought was the "magic spot", and I actually successfully marked that I thought was a good school of active fish. I've read a lot and researched a whole lot about using my "tools" effectively.

Well, I figured there would be more than one "spot" on that ledge, but I figured wrong, and after spending about 3-4 minutes looking at other spots on the ledge, when I turned around I noticed another boat, on the initial spot I had found. I was a little miffed, but not enough to be honked off or anything. I'm learning, and this was a perfect opportunity to "sniff" out some info.

If anyone knows me, you know I can talk to ANYONE on the water........ANYONE.

Tim and I started fishing this ledge in the "second" spots I thought might be good, but they were not. As I worked myself up the ledge, being mindful of the other boat, I told the other guy, don't worry, there won't be any boat bumping today, alluding to what happened in the FLW.........he snickered a little, and commented that I was "good". I still stayed way off of him and his guys, as the boated a few GOOD fish, including a 5.5 off that spot. Again, I didn't mind, as I was using this as an opportunity.

I chatted this guy up for about 5 minutes, and obviously this guy knew what was what, and WHY that exact spot was correct. He gave me some ideas, and when he left, he motored over to us, told me exactly on my map where to setup and how to fish it.

There were still fish there, and we managed to pound a big catfish, and had a few other good bites....., but only landed a few short fish.

I'm really looking forward to learning from Dave Stewart about ledges, and more so looking forward to maybe adding some summer ledge trips in the future.

Later,

Geo
Structure such as the OLD TENNESSE River Bed are good. think humps and creek channels intersecting the old river channel.

Long before Dave learned how to fish the ledges I was trolling ledges on KY lake with a spoon plug and catching 5lb bass at creek and river intersections. I don't get to fish the big lake unless it's dead calm and only was there about 2 weeks each year in the 1960, 1970's, 1980's and stopped fishing KY lake when Patoka Lake opened up.

Any wood that's along the creek channels can hold fish. And sharp outside bends in the old river channel can hold fish too.

A really fast way to check out the ledges is to troll baits. When you get a bite throw out a marker buoy and use it to fish the area later.

My boat is not designed to fish big waters with waves as the front end of my boat lacks a V front to cut though the waves.

If I had a bigger boat I would have been out on the main lake more often than in the bays.