What is fishin like at KY and Barkley......I'm headed down there with the Wife Friday

[Dave Stewart]

George:

We are in the fall transtion period here just like my last report indicates. The bite gets tougher anywhere when you get into this phase of fish movement between summer and fall patterns. The shad are moving a lot right now and thus so are the bass. Here are some tournament results from last weekend:

Angler's Dream Classic: 94 boats 2 days Winning weight was 30 lbs over the 2 days (5 fish limit per day)

The Bass Federation State Championship: Not sure on number of boats...2 days Winning weight 25 lbs over the two days (5 fish limit per day)

Basically during the fall transition, you can catch numbers but numbers of keeper plus fish are harder to come by. Now, just like my last report said...you can catch them on a lot of different patterns from the main lake ledges to the backs of the creeks and bays. Now having said that, the fish are eventually headed into the creeks and bays....there are some there already and more are coming....and I am already there waiting on them....lol. You know the pattern...I taught it to you a long time ago....hope to see you and the wife on the water this weekend.

Dave

[Bass_King2007]

I fished the hopkins county bass club tournament out of kdv last weekend, and it took 25 pound sack to win that was a 5 fish limit... looked like those fish came off of a ledge somewhere.. and second was 20 pound sack with 3 of them smallies. with this bipolar weather that we are having to forget about the deep fish as well.. cuz they might still be there

[GeoFisher]

I fished the hopkins county bass club tournament out of kdv last weekend, and it took 25 pound sack to win that was a 5 fish limit... looked like those fish came off of a ledge somewhere.. and second was 20 pound sack with 3 of them smallies. with this bipolar weather that we are having to forget about the deep fish as well.. cuz they might still be there

Hey all. THANKS for the info.

I will be sure to share back when I get back from my first trip. I'm really chomping at the bit to get out and try some spots.

I really want to get my wife on some fish. The last trip she made with me, she didn't catch very much.

On another note........she's been on 50% of my trips so far........of source I've only had 2 trips to KY this year, so man oh man.

Hopefully I change that STAT.

Later,


Geo

[Dave Stewart]

I fished the hopkins county bass club tournament out of kdv last weekend, and it took 25 pound sack to win that was a 5 fish limit... looked like those fish came off of a ledge somewhere.. and second was 20 pound sack with 3 of them smallies. with this bipolar weather that we are having to forget about the deep fish as well.. cuz they might still be there

Those were definitely two good sacks and it does happen sometimes this time of year, but it is not the norm. If you are on the right ledge at the right time or even shallow it can be done. I have done it, clients have done it, but if you look at the tournament history here this time of year, it normally only takes an average of 16 lbs a day over two days to win most of the two day classics here or the pro am regiionals. Have seen plenty of times that someone busts a bag over 20lbs the first day here and zero the next because the fish have moved and are not where they found them the day before. It only took 17lbs to win the Hopkins County Classic the past two years. In the BFL Super Tournament two weeks ago it took 41 lbs over the two days to win...but second place was 30 lbs over the two days with a number of the local FLW Tour Pro's with much less than that....bottom line during this transition time, the bite is scattered and inconsistant with the fish moving around a lot. I certainly applaud those guys for such nice sacks this past weekend....but again, it is not the norm for this time of year.

[clintcone]

I fished the hopkins county bass club tournament out of kdv last weekend, and it took 25 pound sack to win that was a 5 fish limit... looked like those fish came off of a ledge somewhere.. and second was 20 pound sack with 3 of them smallies. with this bipolar weather that we are having to forget about the deep fish as well.. cuz they might still be there

Bruce and I fished that tournament as well. I think there were 60-65 boats in it. We came in 8th with 14.63 pounds. All the fish we weighed in came off of drops. We caught 3 keepers that we culled on top-water and flukes early. We caught 7 more keepers all day fishing two drops (one on north barkley, the other on north kentucky) after that ended. I don't remember what it took to get a check (they payed 10 places), but I suspect it was 13 and change.

All our ledge fish were caught on texas rigged creature baits. watermellon with red glitter.


Clint Cone
USA Bassin Green River Lake division director

[Tim_T]

I got experience that transition last year for two days. It was frustrating to say the least. Dave, how long do you expect this to last? I am going to be in Paris in a couple of weeks doing photos with some pro's. The photos may not be very good if we cannot catch any fish.

[offdtop]

Tim they are catching them in Paris in the grass and should make for some good pics.

[GeoFisher]

Wouldn't ya know.............My oncall goes friday to friday and ends at 7:00am. I got called this morning at 5:00am.

It sure has been a CRAZY, CRAZY week...but the boat is loaded, and I'm headed to the lake.

Wohoo.

[roadrunner]

I got experience that transition last year for two days. It was frustrating to say the least. Dave, how long do you expect this to last? I am going to be in Paris in a couple of weeks doing photos with some pro's. The photos may not be very good if we cannot catch any fish.

Tim you need to stay home and work on your book, I can't wait for a copy.

Now if you were going to Paris France and take photo's of the pro's over there I might be interested.

[Tim_T]

Tim you need to stay home and work on your book, I can't wait for a copy.

Now if you were going to Paris France and take photo's of the pro's over there I might be interested.

LOL I will be working on the book some while I am there, but when Strike King wants to foot the bill and put me in the boat with KVD and the rest of the Strike King pro's I sure am not going to turn them down!

[Dave Stewart]

I got experience that transition last year for two days. It was frustrating to say the least. Dave, how long do you expect this to last? I am going to be in Paris in a couple of weeks doing photos with some pro's. The photos may not be very good if we cannot catch any fish.

Tim....how long it lasts depends on water temps but I would expect about 2-3 more weeks but improving along the way. Have had some good days down in the grass around Paris lately, but also some slow days...if you get a nice overcast rainy day like we had the past two days it is very good down there on topwater.

[Tim_T]

Tim....how long it lasts depends on water temps but I would expect about 2-3 more weeks but improving along the way. Have had some good days down in the grass around Paris lately, but also some slow days...if you get a nice overcast rainy day like we had the past two days it is very good down there on topwater.

That's what I am hoping happens with these cooling temps. Will be down there Oct. 14-17 so hopefully we can get some good fish.