Kentucky Afield

[aceoky]

Dave, I for one admire you for that, many pros/guides would have opted to not air , but you are correct the reality is there are those days, we all have them.

[Silverado43]

I have to agree with Dave. You don't put 5 pounders in the boat every day. At least not on Taylorsville. I was on Kentucky Lake that same day (Thursday). The lake was pretty rough. However that Saturday that lake was a monster. If you haven't yet you should take Dave's Lake famillarization class. I learned a lot of things and was reminded of a few things I had forgotten. Dave I'm trying to find a way to book a day with you this summer for some ledge fishing.

[Dave Stewart]

Dave, I for one admire you for that, many pros/guides would have opted to not air , but you are correct the reality is there are those days, we all have them.

Thanks...the segment was aimed at being informational about prespawn fishing with lizards..not about catching a bunch of big fish.

Fact: I have guided a number of TV shows and seen a number of shows being filmed....most of them want a lot of nice fish, many times it takes them more than one day to get the fish they want for the show...of course when they splice etc the film it looks to you the viewer like they caught them all in the 15 minutes you see of fishing on TV. I have guided shows that we did get a lot of good fish very quickly...sometimes enough for two shows in a few minutes..but it doesn't happen any more often just because you are filming a tv show than it does in the real world.

Tim and I had to plan this trip 9 months out to get our schedules to mesh..so what are the odds you plan a trip lasting a couple of hours 9 months out that everything is gonna come together at that particular point in time...if anyone can figure out how to do that...let me know please as I have another show to guide next month for a cable show on the Sportman's Channel. I would like to have a nice slight breeze, good current and have the big fish decide it is time to eat during the few hours we have that afternoon we are scheduled for filiming please.

I pointed out up front that we were going to be fishing an area that was full of buck bass and just hoping some big fish had moved in there..obviously they had not yet done so...it was my call and I stand by it.

[walkeraviator]

What exactly is the lake familiarization class??? This sounds like it might interest me, because when i was a kid i can remember catching 5-6 lb fish when we went for the prespawn every year... But lately as we started doing that trip every year we keep catchin 12 inch fish...

We have threatened getting a guide a few times...i may have to bite the bullet and just do it.

[elnutsmalljaws]

What exactly is the lake familiarization class??? This sounds like it might interest me, because when i was a kid i can remember catching 5-6 lb fish when we went for the prespawn every year... But lately as we started doing that trip every year we keep catchin 12 inch fish...

We have threatened getting a guide a few times...i may have to bite the bullet and just do it.

Dave does a very good job in his "Lake Familiarization Class". He will teach you to eliminate water based on fishing conditions plus will teach you about following the bait - which is also following the fish because they won't be far behind. He has been doing these in the winter the past couple of years and not sure if he is doing them during his "on the water" guiding time, more so when he is not "on the water". Get in touch with him because it is money well spent. You will be able to take the knowledge you use from this class to basically any lake at any time and be able to eliminate water and get a good starting point on where the fish should be plus you will be able to adjust from there as well. Very good information given out in his class and well worth the money. Take a buddy and split the cost.

[skeeter11008]

I second what Elnut said. Dave gave us his portion of eliminating water while we were on a tourney prep and it was so informative that I plan on taking it again in the winter so I can take notes. Booking with Dave is definately money well spent !!!! My profile pic taken from the front of Daves boat while on our trip with him.

[cbier]

I watched the show last night. It was good. The segment seemed awlful short the way it was edited. The spent 15 minutes bow fishing on Nolin and 4minutes on one of our best waters with one of our best guides?
Still nice job Dave!!

[Tim_T]

i DVR'ed the show and watched it last night and all I was thinking was "look at the head on that guy Tim Farmer was fishing with!"

Sorry Dave, I couldn't resist.

[Dave Stewart]

i DVR'ed the show and watched it last night and all I was thinking was "look at the head on that guy Tim Farmer was fishing with!"

Sorry Dave, I couldn't resist.

LMAO...now that I needed. Spending yesterday in pouring down rain and then running and gunning this morning teaching ledges and then a 5 hours class and I was beat coming in this evening...thanks for laugh Tim...I needed it.

[Dave Stewart]

What exactly is the lake familiarization class??? This sounds like it might interest me, because when i was a kid i can remember catching 5-6 lb fish when we went for the prespawn every year... But lately as we started doing that trip every year we keep catchin 12 inch fish...

We have threatened getting a guide a few times...i may have to bite the bullet and just do it.

The Lake Familiarization is a trip which includes the 5 hour class on Eliminating Water (as described by Elwood) and then 3 hours on the water covering whatever area we can where you normally fish on Ky/Barkley looking at many high percentage spots, going over high percentage techniques for different times of the year and doing a little fishing on whatever is the prevailing pattern. This costs the same as all my 8 hour guided trip.

I do teach the "Eliminating Water" class as a stand alone class during the winter, normally in January and February but sometimes do a few in November depending on how bookings and weather looks. The price of the class by itself is 100.00 for one person and 150.00 for two people, I only teach one or two people as I like the one on one instruction..I believe you will get more out of it that way. I will be advertising the classes for this winter starting around mid October in my weekly fishing report and will start taking bookings for the winter classes at that time.

Dave

[eddie_m]

I feel like I'm preaching to the choir a bit here, but i can't recommend Dave's class enough. I don't normally fish KY Lake or Barkley, but most of the class is relevant to almost any water in our region. I learned more in that class than in my previous 35 years on this earth, and I got a 4lber from Guist following Dave's rules. That may not sound like much to you, but you'd have to know how many times we had blanked there prior to meeting Dave. Dave's class removed many of the question marks from fishing. I honestly think it fast forwarded us through 10 years of trial and error.

[Spider04]

I thought it was a good Ky Afield show this week and got a kick out of seeing Dave on there. Some of the 'Dave speak' about bass and the reasonings for his rigging methods reminded me of one of our trips. It was a good segment on what is one of my favorite shows. We are all definitely lucky to have a local sportsman's show like that and I was glad to see Dave promoted on it.
I too have taken Dave's class. I have told Dave several times how often I refer to my notes for upcoming tournaments around Kentucky. My brother and I talk fishing quite a bit, and things learned in that class come up frequently.
The two times I have spent $100 and gotten the most out of it - Dave's class and going as a marshall at an Elite Series event. You would not be disappointed at either.
Jason