Hydrographics Side Scan of Big Sandy, KY Lake Report and other stuff...

[Cane Pole]

Crappie Stalker, Mrs. Crappie Stalker, Honey and I went to the Paris Landing Sportsman Show this morning. We had a good breakfast and lots of good chatting. We went there for one main reason and that was to get the side scan of South Sandy area of KY Lake. We (all of us agreed) found Fatboy an new boat.. Only about 30K. Just what he needs. hahaha... Also had some 4 wheelers there on sale. I got me a new Yamaha 450 (something like a Kawasaki Mule). I just don't remember the name of it. The dealer gotta put it together and deliver it Monday or Tuesday next week.

Now side scan results.

I have 878 waypoints in the South Big Sandy area. Of the 878, 721 showed
on the scan. Of these that showed, 193 were ones I personally placed (put out). Fine with me. I share. I like the trade off here. I have been surfing the new side scan maps for several hours. I would bet there are over 20, 000 points to be marked. Looks like I got me work cut out for a while.
Another good thing is that I can now do some good editing of my existing waypoints. Looks like I marked some empty holes, but I've been marking stuff since 1996. The accuracy was not too keen at that time. Lots of the more recent stuff (2002 and up) I marked is "dead on".

I would suggest to anyone that might be fishing this area in the near future to contact KY Hydrographics and get these maps. They darn worth the monies. And for a few bucks more..I even tutor u on how to use em....haha just kidding...They easy to use..Pat Hahs has done a good job here and deserves a lot of credit for his hard work. Thanks Pat...

Tom

[crappiecrazy]

Pat Hahs is the Man !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TAZ]

Cane pole-- Just what is a side scan map? I fish not far from you but I'm on Barkley over by Dover. Is there a map like that for Barkley? How about posting those waypoints maybe just a few hundred a week to start! How do you keep track of that many waypoints and know what 's there? I've only got 21 in my GPS and I can't remember them with out some scratching on the map!

[FalconSmitty]

Can yall send this fella down here? I would love to have that type mapping of lakes I fish. Pat Hahs has put together a great resource for you guys on K lake.

Water is down on my lake. Today I was scouting when I ran across 35 Christmas trees with floating foam filled jugs. Most of the plastic on the jugs was busted but the foam was still holding them up. They are spread on a point. This location is where the DNR made it's first habitats back in the 70's. The bouy has been gone for years but I remembered it.
Could this be the same trees from the 70s????? I tried to bend a tip of one tree and it was hard as stone.

[Jerry Blake]

Hey Smitty:

Unless those Christmas trees are petrified I doubt they are from the 70s. I've never seen christmas trees here last more than a year or two with any limbs on them. But if the jugs are that deteriorated them must be pretty old. Maybe they ARE petrified!?

[ShilohRed]

Now the fishing will be tought. Though to deside where to fish..LOL
Did they have a lot of other good stuff there?
Pete

[Cane Pole]

Cane pole-- Just what is a side scan map? I fish not far from you but I'm on Barkley over by Dover. Is there a map like that for Barkley? How about posting those waypoints maybe just a few hundred a week to start! How do you keep track of that many waypoints and know what 's there? I've only got 21 in my GPS and I can't remember them with out some scratching on the map!

Her is the web site TAZ, I tells all about it

http://www.kentuckyhydrografx.com/

[Cane Pole]

Can yall send this fella down here? I would love to have that type mapping of lakes I fish. Pat Hahs has put together a great resource for you guys on K lake.

Water is down on my lake. Today I was scouting when I ran across 35 Christmas trees with floating foam filled jugs. Most of the plastic on the jugs was busted but the foam was still holding them up. They are spread on a point. This location is where the DNR made it's first habitats back in the 70's. The bouy has been gone for years but I remembered it.
Could this be the same trees from the 70s????? I tried to bend a tip of one tree and it was hard as stone.

I tried Xmas trees before. The bigger pain in the arz than me wife...ha

[fishingpox]

I think most of us men have that thorn in their side, hehehe, sometimes I will swear my wife has a little doll of me with needles in it. PLEASE DON'T TELL HER.

I tried Xmas trees before. The bigger pain in the arz than me wife...ha

[chef]

Smitty
Were they Cedar or Fir Christmas Trees, Fir should have rotted.
Cedar lasts a long time, longer than 30 years

Chef