White bass frenzy on the flats
July 24, 2009 by admin · 4 Comments
If you’ve never experienced it, you’ll think someone is messing with you.
You’re alone in your boat on one of the hottest days of the year. The water is still. Then, a splash behind you. You turn and find only ripples. Next, a kerplunk in front of you. You look to shore in search of rock-throwing kids. Nothing. You look up for the birds that must be making a bombing run on your fishing trip.
Fishing guide Rodney Hairgrove showed off a typical white bass. He and a client each caught the 15-fish limit within 2 hours on Kentucky Lake.
Striped bass sometimes gather with their smaller white bass cousins to mob baitfish in what’s called the jumps. On Kentucky Lake, boats line up at Eureka Flats during the summer to take advantage.
Before you know it, you look down again and the water’s boiling all around you. And you begin to see the culprits: white bass.
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Everything but tartar sauce this weekend on “Kentucky Afield” TV
May 12, 2009 by admin · Comments Off
Fishing, fish, and a fish dish combine to make “Kentucky Afield” TV a keeper this weekend, May 16 and 17.
With an eye on the white bass run at Herrington Lake, host Tim Farmer jumps aboard with angler Jim Duncan and his daughter, Anna. While fishing rarely gives a guarantee, incredible catches this evening were child’s play. Take note for the next time you want to get after them after work or school.
Also on the show, Kentucky’s interior lakes and streams welcome back a popular fish of yesteryear, the lake sturgeon. The indigenous species is considered critically imperiled. We visit Pfeiffer Fish Hatchery to see how specialists are working to return the fish to healthy populations.
Lastly, the Mediterranean is as close as Farmer’s kitchen. If you’re ready to add a tangy bite to your bass, try Tim’s marinade and it’s “next stop: Heaven.”
“Kentucky Afield” is a production of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. It is the longest continuously running outdoor television show in the nation. The program airs Saturday at 8:30 p.m. Eastern /7:30 p.m. Central and is repeated Sunday at 4 p.m. Eastern/3 p.m. Central on KET 1 and on the web 24/7 at fw.ky.gov.
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