July 1, 2008

Water Temp: 82.7


Water Level: 359.8

Hello everybody!!

Glad to report that fishing is great!!!

Bass are being caught everywhere. There are still a lot of bass shallow. These fish are being caught on buzz baits and top water baits in the early morning before the sun gets high. After the sun gets up they are biting spinner baits and ten inch big worms in the grass that has four to six feet of water on it. Most of the big bass are being caught on main lake ledges that are thirteen to thirty feet deep. You can catch them on ten inch big worms and ¾ ounce jigs.

Chuck Jones and I fished a tournament Saturday June 28th. There were six twenty pound stringers. We had five bass that weighted 24.23 to take first place honors. All of the fish we caught came off of deep ledges. They were caught on ten inch worms and black and blue ¾ ounce jigs. We were culling fish at 10:00 a.m. Our biggest bass weighed 5.65 lbs. But we did not win big fish honors. Shawn Penn and Steve Freeman had a bass that weighed 7lb Big Bass.

Bass fishing has been as good as I have seen it in a long time. Since the weather has gotten hot night fishing has started to get a lot better to!!! Call if you are interested in a night bass trip. We do guide night trips!!!

Now that the water is getting in to the 80’s the white bass and stripers are really starting to get cranked up. Check out the striper pictures on my web page. They are the biggest we have ever caught!!!! My mom caught a 24 pound one! There is a picture of this fish on my web page. I guided July 1st for four hours in the morning. We limited out on whites and stripers. We had 9 BIG stripers. The littlest one weighted 7lbs, the biggest weighted 17lbs.

There are also pictures of these on my web page. The date is on the bottom of the picture so you can see when it was taken. Most of the fish was caught on 3/8 ounce Roster tails. They seem to like the 20 to 25 foot if they are pulling water. They will get a little shallower.

Blue gill fishing was good during the full moon of June. But now the ones you catch are on the small side.

Crappie fishing is pretty tough rite now. With the water in the 80’s they seem to be doing a lot of suspending in open water. You can still catch a few, if you want to work at it.

Remember now is time to book the fall fishing packages at Cozy Cove. Give Danna a call and she will hook you up!!!

1-800-467-8168

For all your all your fishing and hunting needs call Brandon or Dave at Kentucky Lake Outdoor World. 1-270-395-0427. They will take good care of ya.

Thanks for reading

Keep a line wet!!!!!

Craig