Bank fishing

Sometimes it's just a pain to put the boat in the water if you just have
an hour or two, so I do alot of bank fishing. I'm lucky to live less
than a mile from two great fisheries...Kentucky, and Barkley lakes. And
both of them have litterally hundreds of miles of open shoreline...not
always easy access, but that is what makes it so good. There are
hundreds of creek channels, and many points that you can get to if you
don't mind a little walk. I keep the tackle in the little red truck now
that spring is really here, and often I will just hit an area and fish
for a half hour or so ( mostly areas my nephew has shared with me, he
knows these lakes, grew up here ). I always use my little spinning rig
when bank fishing, I like the versatility of it....course I do lose a
few fish, and a few lures, but that's what it's all about .
My competitive days are over (I leave that to the younger crew), so now
it's just enjoying the fishing....don't get me wrong, I will get
competitive if "you" and me ever hook up grin. I stopped by a favorite
spot this afternoon...about 45 minutes, just caught one smallie, about a
pound, but a great hours fun!
I mostly do finess stuff from the bank, but ocassionally trick a few
with top water once in a while.
Do any of ya that own the "big" boats ever just walk the bank when you
have a few minutes to wet a line?
JK

I don't own the big boat(yet), but I see water from the highway when driving
and wonder how I can get down to it. I also fish the banks, every time we
run out of milk,need the mail picked up, garbage dropped off, car washed,
etc etc etc
"John Kerr" wrote in message
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Sometimes it's just a pain to put the boat in the water if you just have
an hour or two, so I do alot of bank fishing. I'm lucky to live less
than a mile from two great fisheries...Kentucky, and Barkley lakes. And
both of them have litterally hundreds of miles of open shoreline...not
always easy access, but that is what makes it so good. There are
hundreds of creek channels, and many points that you can get to if you
don't mind a little walk. I keep the tackle in the little red truck now
that spring is really here, and often I will just hit an area and fish
for a half hour or so ( mostly areas my nephew has shared with me, he
knows these lakes, grew up here ). I always use my little spinning rig
when bank fishing, I like the versatility of it....course I do lose a
few fish, and a few lures, but that's what it's all about .
My competitive days are over (I leave that to the younger crew), so now
it's just enjoying the fishing....don't get me wrong, I will get
competitive if "you" and me ever hook up grin. I stopped by a favorite
spot this afternoon...about 45 minutes, just caught one smallie, about a
pound, but a great hours fun!
I mostly do finess stuff from the bank, but ocassionally trick a few
with top water once in a while.
Do any of ya that own the "big" boats ever just walk the bank when you
have a few minutes to wet a line?
JK

Next time we head over to Barkley, you're gonna have to join us John.

--
Charles Summers
Secret Weapon Lures
http://www.secretweaponlures.com
"John Kerr" wrote in message
...
Sometimes it's just a pain to put the boat in the water if you just have
an hour or two, so I do alot of bank fishing. I'm lucky to live less
than a mile from two great fisheries...Kentucky, and Barkley lakes. And
both of them have litterally hundreds of miles of open shoreline...not
always easy access, but that is what makes it so good. There are
hundreds of creek channels, and many points that you can get to if you
don't mind a little walk. I keep the tackle in the little red truck now
that spring is really here, and often I will just hit an area and fish
for a half hour or so ( mostly areas my nephew has shared with me, he
knows these lakes, grew up here ). I always use my little spinning rig
when bank fishing, I like the versatility of it....course I do lose a
few fish, and a few lures, but that's what it's all about .
My competitive days are over (I leave that to the younger crew), so now
it's just enjoying the fishing....don't get me wrong, I will get
competitive if "you" and me ever hook up grin. I stopped by a favorite
spot this afternoon...about 45 minutes, just caught one smallie, about a
pound, but a great hours fun!
I mostly do finess stuff from the bank, but ocassionally trick a few
with top water once in a while.
Do any of ya that own the "big" boats ever just walk the bank when you
have a few minutes to wet a line?
JK

Sounds good to me Charles...I keep a crazy schedule, but I'm sure I can
find some time in there to "fish" g!


Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Wed, Apr 7, 2004, 8:29pm From:
cbsummers@ (Charles=A0B.=A0Summers)
Next time we head over to Barkley, you're gonna have to join us John.
--
Charles Summers
Secret Weapon Lures
http://www.secretweaponlures.com
"John Kerr" wrote in message
...
Sometimes it's just a pain to put the boat in the water if you just have
an hour or two, so I do alot of bank fishing. I'm lucky to live less
than a mile from two great fisheries...Kentucky, and Barkley lakes. And
both of them have litterally hundreds of miles of open shoreline...not
always easy access, but that is what makes it so good. There are
hundreds of creek channels, and many points that you can get to if you
don't mind a little walk. I keep the tackle in the little red truck now
that spring is really here, and often I will just hit an area and fish
for a half hour or so ( mostly areas my nephew has shared with me, he
knows these lakes, grew up here ). I always use my little spinning rig
when bank fishing, I like the versatility of it....course I do lose a
few fish, and a few lures, but that's what it's all about . My
competitive days are over (I leave that to the younger crew), so now
it's just enjoying the fishing....don't get me wrong, I will get
competitive if "you" and me ever hook up grin. I stopped by a favorite
spot this afternoon...about 45 minutes, just caught one smallie, about a
pound, but a great hours fun!
I mostly do finess stuff from the bank, but ocassionally trick a few
with top water once in a while.
Do any of ya that own the "big" boats ever just walk the bank when you
have a few minutes to wet a line?
JK

I like to walk the banks along the canals. The river has very little
accessible bank fishing. There is some on Mittry Lake, and a little on
Squaw and Fergusaon Lakes.

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"John Kerr" wrote in message
...
Sometimes it's just a pain to put the boat in the water if you just have
an hour or two, so I do alot of bank fishing. I'm lucky to live less
than a mile from two great fisheries...Kentucky, and Barkley lakes. And
both of them have litterally hundreds of miles of open shoreline...not
always easy access, but that is what makes it so good. There are
hundreds of creek channels, and many points that you can get to if you
don't mind a little walk. I keep the tackle in the little red truck now
that spring is really here, and often I will just hit an area and fish
for a half hour or so ( mostly areas my nephew has shared with me, he
knows these lakes, grew up here ). I always use my little spinning rig
when bank fishing, I like the versatility of it....course I do lose a
few fish, and a few lures, but that's what it's all about .
My competitive days are over (I leave that to the younger crew), so now
it's just enjoying the fishing....don't get me wrong, I will get
competitive if "you" and me ever hook up grin. I stopped by a favorite
spot this afternoon...about 45 minutes, just caught one smallie, about a
pound, but a great hours fun!
I mostly do finess stuff from the bank, but ocassionally trick a few
with top water once in a while.
Do any of ya that own the "big" boats ever just walk the bank when you
have a few minutes to wet a line?
JK

40% of my time is spent bank fishing. I love hanging out with this small
group of old goats (most in their late 70's and early 80's) that bank fish
Belleville Lake. We all met about 3-years ago while I was fishing a
tournament and I choose to work the bank they were carp fishing. They
started picking on me, so I made it a point to go back after the tournament
to sit and chat. Now, I make it a point to visit them a few times a week.
I love listening to their old tales (that I have probably hear at least a
100 times), but they always seem to add a little something new each time.

Another group I make sure I visit a couple times a week is a group of
homeless folks that actually live in tents along the river section of the
lake. I again love to hear their stories while I catch a few silver bass,
perch, crappie, and walleye that I leave for them to eat. Most are there
because of booze and drugs, but once in a while you meet a few that just
happen to fall into hard times. They usually only stay there about a week
or so and then they leave. One old gentleman (Walter) is my favorite. I
watch out for Walter just to make sure he's alive and well. Walter stays
all year round, collecting beer and pop cans to get what little he has, and
I make sure he always finds a little package of stuff, for he will not take
money or charity of any kind. But if he finds it on his own, that's ok.

So I love to walk the banks, catching fish, enjoying all the nature around
me, and conversing with whoever is around. I believe bank fishing has only
helped me to become a better boat angler. For while the two methods are
almost totally opposite of each other, the techniques I have learned from
bank fishing has helped me to win more than a few tournaments when the
conditions get tough.

--
Craig Baugher
Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN!

"Craig Baugher" wrote in message
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for them to eat. Most are there
because of booze and drugs, but once in a while you meet a few that just
happen to fall into hard times.

Not really fishing related, but I can relate to that. When I was about 21 I
worked one summer as a head hunter for a labor camp. I got paid per person
I could put in the field for the labor contractor. I'ld visit the missions,
food lines, hobo camps between the river and the railroad etc. (It was
kinda scary sometimes. I always carried gun back then.) Most were on hard
times because of drugs or alcohol. At that level it was mostly alcohol.
Quite a number could have been productive members of society if they could
have had some mental help. Some were just lazy and found it an easy
lifestyle to survive. A very few were just down on their luck with nobody
to turn to for help, or to proud to ask anybody for help. I remember one
cowboy I found who had run out of money. He had spent the last of the money
he got for selling his saddle, and he was standing in line for cheese
sandwiches. I recrutied him, and he was smart. He didn't let the labor
camp screw him out of all his money at the commissary. After a month or so
of taking every job that came up and busting his buns in the fields they
made him a crew boss. Later got his saddle out of hock and bought an old
car. That winter he got a job working in a cotton gin, and the following
spring he headed back to cattle country in upstate Nevada with money in his
pocket and gas in his tank.

I remember him because out of all the guys I recruited he was one of the few
who took the job and used it to get out of the hole, but especially because
he was the only one who came back and thanked me.

Totally amazed me. The labor camps were not a nice place.
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Thanks for sharing that Craig, good story...and I agree, bank fishing
can teach you alot that can be used on the lake!
JK

Bank fishing

Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Thu, Apr 8, 2004, 5:04am (CDT+5)
From: (Craig=A0Baugher)
40% of my time is spent bank fishing. I love hanging out with this small
group of old goats (most in their late 70's and early 80's) that bank
fish Belleville Lake. We all met about 3-years ago while I was fishing a
tournament and I choose to work the bank they were carp fishing. They
started picking on me, so I made it a point to go back after the
tournament to sit and chat. Now, I make it a point to visit them a few
times a week. I love listening to their old tales (that I have probably
hear at least a 100 times), but they always seem to add a little
something new each time.
Another group I make sure I visit a couple times a week is a group of
homeless folks that actually live in tents along the river section of
the lake. I again love to hear their stories while I catch a few silver
bass, perch, crappie, and walleye that I leave for them to eat. Most are
there because of booze and drugs, but once in a while you meet a few
that just happen to fall into hard times. They usually only stay there
about a week or so and then they leave. One old gentleman (Walter) is my
favorite. I watch out for Walter just to make sure he's alive and well.
Walter stays all year round, collecting beer and pop cans to get what
little he has, and I make sure he always finds a little package of
stuff, for he will not take money or charity of any kind. But if he
finds it on his own, that's ok.
So I love to walk the banks, catching fish, enjoying all the nature
around me, and conversing with whoever is around. I believe bank fishing
has only helped me to become a better boat angler. For while the two
methods are almost totally opposite of each other, the techniques I have
learned from bank fishing has helped me to win more than a few
tournaments when the conditions get tough.
--
Craig Baugher
Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN!

I boat fished for about 15 years, but those days are largely over and, for
the last 7 or 8 years, the vast majority of my fishing has been from the
bank. More good bass have come from the bank than the boat, but that may
just be a testament to my incompetence in a boat.

On one level, bank fishing is much more relaxing than boat fishing, because
the element of having to locate the fish is removed to a large extent,
especially on the featureless water that I fish. When I do poorly, I can
just tell myself that they weren't within casting distance. That may be a
load of horse manure, but I can still use that for rationalizing my
failures.

I have some places close to home and I'm retired, so time isn't a problem. I
can't stand for too long, so my trips tend to be short, about 1.5 hours, but
I often go three times a day. I just wish that the bass season didn't start
so late in NY (3rd Saturday in June).

"John Kerr" wrote in message
...
Sometimes it's just a pain to put the boat in the water if you just have
an hour or two, so I do alot of bank fishing. I'm lucky to live less
than a mile from two great fisheries...Kentucky, and Barkley lakes. And
both of them have litterally hundreds of miles of open shoreline...not
always easy access, but that is what makes it so good. There are
hundreds of creek channels, and many points that you can get to if you
don't mind a little walk. I keep the tackle in the little red truck now
that spring is really here, and often I will just hit an area and fish
for a half hour or so ( mostly areas my nephew has shared with me, he
knows these lakes, grew up here ). I always use my little spinning rig
when bank fishing, I like the versatility of it....course I do lose a
few fish, and a few lures, but that's what it's all about .
My competitive days are over (I leave that to the younger crew), so now
it's just enjoying the fishing....don't get me wrong, I will get
competitive if "you" and me ever hook up grin. I stopped by a favorite
spot this afternoon...about 45 minutes, just caught one smallie, about a
pound, but a great hours fun!
I mostly do finess stuff from the bank, but ocassionally trick a few
with top water once in a while.
Do any of ya that own the "big" boats ever just walk the bank when you
have a few minutes to wet a line?
JK



I float tube the local ponds.
Bill