[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Mar-30-06 AT 06:46AM (EST)[/font][p]I received a couple of nasty emails earlier this week from some folks that cancelled their trips to Ky/Barkley this past weekend based on my report of a poor bass bite that I put up last Thurday night. They basically were getting on my case because they read some other reports written by other folks a day or two after my report that the bite was very good.

So for the record, here is how I get the information for my report:

My report on bass is composed of what I am doing in my boat personally and what information I receive from a network of local anglers (many of them professional types) that have been on the lake this week...I also get reports from folks that are my clients from time to time when they are down here fishing.
I glean out this information and try to make the most accurate and honest report I can put out.

Here is my take on my last report:

Yes there was a 27 pound bag weighed in a tournament the day after my report was written. I do not base my report on a one day catch of fish by a single boat. If you had checked you have seen that the next day that same boat only weighed in 11lbs.

On Saturday there was a Walmart BFL tournament on Ky Lake....I would suggest you take a look at the overall results of the catch that day. Yes, there was a nice 19lb bag of fish weighed that won the tournament. But, take a look at the overall results of the tournament and count the number of zero's and one or two fish bags weighed. Take a look at the names of the folks that had zero's or one fish bags...you might remember seeing those names in a lot of fishing magazines as they are well known professional bass anglers. If after looking at those results you still think my report was that far off then I would suggest you quit reading my report and read only those reports that fit the scenario that you WANT to hear.

Anyway, just so that you understand me....I spend a lot of time putting together the information for my report...I don't candy coat anything...when I make a forecast for the coming bite it is a forecast based on my experience with the prevailing conditions and the forecasted conditions (weather, water levels etc..).

Sorry folks, had to vent a little here.

By the way for you folks that emailed me...I will be writing a new report tonight...and it will reflect just like I said in my report last week....when the water starts warming back up the bite will come back..the weather started warming back up here on Tuesday...the water temps started coming back up yesterday...and the fish turned on again.