Fished with Know1 from the board.....

[GeoFisher]

Talked to a guy that was down there today, he fished with live bait and wound up with 12....Using the creek minnows....said he didn't have any overs but several in the 18+ range

Aren't there "rules" about transporting bait from one body of water to another??

CERTAINLY not trying to start something here......just asking a question.

On a side note, one of the biggest/baddest bluegills I've ever seen came off a creek chub that I had caught, froze, thawed and used very, very early one spring.

Had I known, that bluegill would have been an Indiana state record. Yea, I ATE it.........I was 15 or 16 years old and it made one hell of a samwich.....

Later,

Geo.......

[HURRICANEBOB]

Aren't there "rules" about transporting bait from one body of water to another??

CERTAINLY not trying to start something here......just asking a question.

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Geo, hope this answers it, I think as long as they are native to KY, and not a sport fish it's okay.

LIVE BAIT FOR PERSONAL USE
(301 KAR 1:130, 1:122)
No live fish, live bait fish or live
bait organisms that are not native orestablished in Kentucky waters shall be
bought, sold, possessed, imported, or in
any way used or released into waters of
this Commonwealth. Blueback herring
are not native to Kentucky and may not
be imported or possessed in this state.

Having read and said that, does make we wonder where all those shiners come from????

[thebassman30]

Nice meeting you Mike!

The fish are transitioning from Fall to Winter. Lots of things working.

Live bait seems to be the favorite.

We ran into some guys fishing with minnows and we told them we were fishing the Billy. They gave us all kinds of room and even went back up creek as they saw we were jacking them.

This has not been my experience in recent weeks as they tend to move right in.

I don't care how you choose to catch them, but we had a respectable number without using live bait. Plus, you still have to put it around fish.

If you ever want to avoid all that live bait mess, take a trip down to the Punisher "One Stop" and ask Stephen what to do (he's been getting out a few days a week lately)or call any of the guides on Smalljaw.com. They will help you.