Looking for fishing buddies/ partners

[KG4KBU]

I live in the corbin, ky area and I WILL not fish or even get on Laurel Lake. As far as my pond fish I have UPS ship them in here from a out of state fish farm.

[alycat]

I agree about finding a fishing club. Thats what i did about five years ago. Now I have lots of fishing buddies. A good place to start is local tackle stores or boat sales marinas. They could point you in the right direction as far as active clubs in your area.

[king fisher]

Not to get off the subject, but why would you not want to go fishin on, or be afraid of Laural Lake? I wish that puppy was in my back yard!

[Brandon__]

Wood Creek is there to and not a bad place to fish at all.

[KG4KBU]

Not to get off the subject, but why would you not want to go fishin on, or be afraid of Laural Lake? I wish that puppy was in my back yard!

A great uncle of mine and his wife drowned there and they never found their bodies. Also my neighbor's sister drowned in the same area of the lake and never found her. This is the same area that the Berea man drowned in. So atleast 5 people that I know of drowned in that area and the bodies were never recovered.

[onemorecast56]

hey if he don`t like that lake,,,hey Tyme,,lets take him to the river...lol but he`d love the fishing

[waterdog101]

A great uncle of mine and his wife drowned there and they never found their bodies. Also my neighbor's sister drowned in the same area of the lake and never found her. This is the same area that the Berea man drowned in. So atleast 5 people that I know of drowned in that area and the bodies were never recovered.

my wife and I were on Laurel lake, about 3 weeks back and the water patrol came up in the cove where we were. and he stopped and we talked awhile and he said there had been 7 people that drowned in Laurel lake that had never been recovered. and I live about 30 minutes from Laurel and had never heard about that.

[king fisher]

I'm sorry to hear about your loss, so I'm confused, is the lake haunted? Or do people not like it because it is crowded? I've heard it referred to as the dead sea, is the fishing tough? And as far as the people's bodies that were never found, that boggles my mind, that lake is so clear.

[ls1chris]

No the lake is not haunted lol.But it is such a Deep lake with so much structure ,Caves,Bluffs etc etc on the bottom of the lake that is would make finding a body hard .They is also a area in the lake i have heard has a old abandon small construction site under water when the flooded the area when filling the lake up.So it makes finding people difficult due to all the things they can get snagged on .I had a family friend that was killed and droped in the lake and no one knew where he was at for years until finally surfaced .




But no matter the lake they will always be tragedy's involved and that goes with anything.But i do understand your fear of the lake .So wood creek could be a alternative to you as it is much smaller and not lots of traffic on it most are either small aluminum boats or what house boats idle around and it is patrolled also



Kingfisher" The lake is very crowded especial on weekends or any hot and sunny day it seems you can never get away from boat traffic on occasion.The fishing is harder than most areas as it is pressured Very Very Heavily from tournament fisherman and weekend fisherman.I think they have about 4 tournys a week on the lake so that is a lot of pressure on the fish and gives them little time to recoup.IMO best to fish at night or in the fall/winter

[king fisher]

Chris, thanks for the input, it's been all most 15-20 yrs since I've been there. Though, I would like to get back, I'll have to wait to later in the fall.

[Aquaman]

Not to keep this thread off subject but we (un-named water rescue agency) were asked to go down there and assist with a recovery effort going on right now. Gentleman never made it back to the dock in a storm a couple of weeks ago and they found his boat abandoned. We have a good idea of where he is. Roughly 130ft of water on the edge of a submerged forest where the trees range from 20' to 80' off the bottom. Public Safety divers are only allowed to dive to 100ft. After that point we have no insurance. Right now we are trying to pin point where he is at so we can go in with our SROV ( submerisible remote operated vehice). With time and technology I'm confident we will find him.