Too much water!

John,

I share your problem. Not just too much water, but almost all of it has
features that should hold fish. I'm going back to fishing the stuff that
produced for me last year instead of trying to find newer and better spots.
When I have exhausted my ability to milk a better fish or two out of those
waters then I'll start exploring again.

I have a few backwaters I know fairly well, and a few banks in the channel I
have flipped good fish off of. Thats all I am going to fish the rest of the
year unless my back boater just wants to go for a ride.


Bob




"John Kerr" wrote in message
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I havn't been posting much lately...been out fishing . As many of you
know, I am a transplanted Californian, now living in Kentucky. I live a
few miles from Kentucky and Barkley Lakes...big lakes! I can catch bass
consistently, but that is when I am fishing the spots I know that they
are there...boat docks, and inhabited areas of the lakes. But I love to
fish in the more natural settings...just me and the wilderness so to
speak. But theses lakes are really big.....just too much water, can't
seem to find "that" spot" on them. In California, the lakes were "ponds"
compared to this, and I could always pin point the "spots" pretty quick
out there. I have all the maps, talk to all the local "in the know"
people...but I still see too much water out there, and move around way
too much I fear. "The water's greener on the other side of the hill
thing". I keep seeing what I thnk are better areas .
Anyone else have this problem.....yea, I know, what a great problem to
have, hu? grin
JK

JMO. I would buy a good topo map and talk to the locals.

I have looked at detailed topos http://tinyurl.com/6wsag and aerial photos
http://tinyurl.com/3ruyv of my area, and I am one of the locals. LOL. If
Topozone and TerraServer got paid for every hour I spent pouring over their
resources I'ld be very poor. You would have to see this region to really
grasp how much great fishing area there is. I can't speak for the area John
is fishing. I don't think there is anywhere I have fished on the river here
that I haven't caught some fish at one time or another. Every bank is lined
with overhanging brush. There are hundreds of undercuts and points. There
are hundreds of back waters and channels. There are lake size backwaters
and pond size backwaters.


The only thing there isn't is a lot of deep water. Its pretty incredible.

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"William Barger" wrote in message
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JMO. I would buy a good topo map and talk to the locals.

Bob, deep water is defined by where you find it. Look at the deepest water
in any system as "the deep water". I know you have big bass in your system;
No system can grow big bass without "deep" water, defined here as water deep
enough to offer them security & refuge from the extreme natural conditions
they face there.

Warren

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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I have looked at detailed topos http://tinyurl.com/6wsag and aerial
photos
http://tinyurl.com/3ruyv of my area, and I am one of the locals. LOL. If
Topozone and TerraServer got paid for every hour I spent pouring over
their
resources I'ld be very poor. You would have to see this region to really
grasp how much great fishing area there is. I can't speak for the area
John
is fishing. I don't think there is anywhere I have fished on the river
here
that I haven't caught some fish at one time or another. Every bank is
lined
with overhanging brush. There are hundreds of undercuts and points.
There
are hundreds of back waters and channels. There are lake size backwaters
and pond size backwaters.


The only thing there isn't is a lot of deep water. Its pretty incredible.

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** FREE Fishing Lures
** Weekly drawing
** Public Fishing and Boating Forums
** www.YumaBassMan.com


"William Barger" wrote in message
...
JMO. I would buy a good topo map and talk to the locals.