Kentucky Lake

[offdtop]

I dont think the high water will be anywhere near as bad as last year. Even with the snow melt rasing the Mississippi and them wanting to hold water, it wont be as bad unless we get another serious rain event in the Tennessee River valley like last year.

the thing that bothers me is the North East snow they have some serious snowfalls and it'll all come down the Ohio

[walkeraviator]

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Actually the ohio watershed did get a lot of snow, but the serious stuff in the extreme northeast goes into the Hudson.

[homie452]

so will there be more 15 inch fish this year ? ? ?

lots of shad last year to eat and a shad kill this winter might be a big factor i think also and with the extra cold spells this winter maybe
less fishing preshure the 15 inchers got a little (STUPIDER) this winter and will bite!!!

I do agree they tend to get smarter once they are caught
if you were sitting Mcdonalds and bit into a big mac being hooked ,drug through the lobby,over tables,out the door ,across the parking lot,and thrown in the back of a truck on your way to who knows where
just to see if you had grown any sence last year it would kinda keep me away from mickey-d's especially big mac's
thanks for the input guys just wanted some to see other view's besides myown

[RICHYD4U]

I do agree they tend to get smarter once they are caughtif you were sitting Mcdonalds and bit into a big mac being hooked ,drug through the lobby,over tables,out the door ,across the parking lot,and thrown in the back of a truck on your way to who knows where just to see if you had grown any sence last year it would kinda keep me away from mickey-d's especially big mac's
thanks for the input guys just wanted some to see other view's besides myown

Wish somebody would put a hook in one of my Bigmacs....lol! Keep my fat butt out of there! haha

-Rich

[barkleyhawggitter]

ok here is the question ?
of all of the thousands of 14 3\4 of 14 7\8 inch fish that were caught
on kentucky lake last year what kind of percentage of them do you think will make the 15 inch cut this year?
Dave do you have a educated guess at this?
and what factors do you think had the most effect on the fish growth ?
thanks

none of the ones i ate will make it. some that were released died. others were ate by some other critter. hard to say, maybe half made it to this year and are now 17 or 18 inch fish.

[slowride]

This is a topic Ive often wondered mysef. The last sveral years ive got tons of 14 7/8 fish. When reeling them in you would swear its a keeper! However KY lake has had good spawns, but last year I noticed a bad year for the spawn with the water levels, and I personally beleive the momma's dumped their eggs deep due to confusion with the water and weather and last years spawn was poor. However due to the years past spawn were still in great shape! Im not sure if I beleive the fish get that much smarter if they grow another 1/8 inch, conditioned a bit yes, but a LM bass is lazy, very hardy and will eat anything. So we will see this spring if more keeper fish are caught or not.......and of course these our all of my opinions based on my on the water experience and my be totally off too?

[Bobby Headrick]

Barkleyhawggetter, I hope the ones you ate were legal keepers, you said the ones you ate did not make it, and this disscussion was about non keepers? Hey Homie now if the big mac hooked you last time then next time they throw you a Quater Lbr you would hit itm so yoy be caught again, lol lol lol

[homie452]

i dont know id have to investigate it pretty well
but.....i probably would till it smelled like a big mac then id know id been had again!! lol

[barkleyhawggitter]

Barkleyhawggetter, I hope the ones you ate were legal keepers, you said the ones you ate did not make it, and this disscussion was about non keepers? Hey Homie now if the big mac hooked you last time then next time they throw you a Quater Lbr you would hit itm so yoy be caught again, lol lol lol

they were keepers before i filleted them, then they were under 15 inches after i fried them. sorry for the misunderstanding.