Thread: Paris Landing

Just got back from Kentucky Lake. Fished half day Wednesday all day Thursday and Friday getting ready for U.S.A. tourney. Numbers we killed them. The wife even got her limit on Thursday. We caught about two hundred legal sized fish, 90 percent of them were over a pound but only two fifteen inch fish all week. We caught our limit during the tourney and I thought if we got that many fish on board we would have a good chance at getting a heavy stringer. Our fish were just normal 12-13 inch fish. My trolling motor batteries gave out at noon during tourney so we had to quit early. We fought 15-20 mile per hour winds and it rained every day. The wife was a real trooper, up at daybreak, out in miserable wind, waves crashing over the front of the boat, but we held all week in the wind guess that killed my batteries. We fished hard and must of hit forty waypoints that day. That too contributed to the batteries going south. Anyway we only had 7.67 and when I left the weigh in 12 pounds plus was winning almost 13 pounds. Big fish was 2.38 caught by my buddy Joey Briggs. I heard he had a 2.30 as well. He did well as I knew he would. It is his home lake. I would be surprised if the Crappiemasters tourney over at Reelfoot held same day would have those kind of weights. It was a ball to fish in and the wrapped boats and big name sponsors and pros from all over the country is a little intimidating. My style of fishing (single pole) is only competitive when it is very cold and the fish are deep, buried in the brush in twenty feet or more. The surface temps were as high as 53 and the fish were scattered and some even in three feet. The next month it will be very good down there and I will be back very soon.

Like I said I had a ball with the wife and yes she got the dollar on the last day. She boated a 14 and a 15 back to back. I beat her every other day though. She did get a five pound bass on a Deep Ledge jig.

The Humminbird shined again finding stakebeds. It is great for that. We found fish in them as shallow as 13 feet but for the most part we fished twenty feet on ledges.

It sounds like you had a great fishing trip even with the wind.

I didn,t get to see you I wish you would have give me a shout.

I saw a 2lb 9 oz floater in one of my freinds livewell yesterday at the weigh in. They caught it 30' deep at 7 am. Knew it wasnt goona make it.

Originally Posted by DTG

I saw a 2lb 9 oz floater in one of my freinds livewell yesterday at the weigh in. They caught it 30' deep at 7 am. Knew it wasnt goona make it.

Losing a fish that size will hurt you in any tournament.

Thought you guys would enjoy these pics. I took a ride down to "The Landing" to watch the weigh in and check things out. I was impressed considering the conditions. Steve, I noticed you down there from your websight so I snapped a pic while you weighed in. Not a stalker.....I swear Didn't get a chance to introduce myself because I continued to watch the weigh in and lost track of ya. Anyway.....enjoy the pics.

My wife and i toughed it out. only weighed 6 fish for 5lb. Rough fishing for sure, big sandy piles and ledges in smaller coves. Fished with crappie 24 on Friday before Duff showed up. Had 1 fish die before weigh in. Uhg!

dkb,

Good pics -- thanks

Z21

Last year, I caught 35 bass in two mornings of fishing, down by Big Sandy area.

I caught over 100 crappie in one day down thier las april.

That area is amazing.