Bill McElroy
Well-Known Member
Wow,...what a week,...if you need any water,..KY has MORE than enough to give you!! The lake is up 10ft over summer pool and still rising!! Parking lots are flooded,...back yards are flooded to the point where picnic tables are 3ft under water and now viable fishing holding structure!! LOL
Fishing was awesome BEFORE the water started rising according to some of the Pro's...they ALL had spots going that were producing 25-30lb bags!! 4-7lb fish were VERY common!! Then the rains came and the whole lake turned to chocolate milk and there was so much floating debris that navigation was almost "deadly"...you'd see a branch sticking out of the water and it would be attached to a 40foot 2ft dia TREE 2ft UNDER the water!!...Those do bad things to boat hulls and lower units!! Fortunatly, nobody I knew of was hurt or lost any equipt. do to hitting one!!
Fishing was tough for me,....had a riot in practice though,..fished mon-tues with Terry Baksay from CT....we covered a LOT of water and tried a ton of different techniques and baits,.....fish were spread out EVERYWHERE because of the floods,...we fished in peoples yards!!! Could make pitches up to decks and lawn furniture!!..ahahaha
It was cool!! My Pro's for the week were Bill Chapman from NC and Mike McClelland from AR.,...but fishing behind any of those pro's under those conditions,..particularly in flooded timber is next to impossible....I was lucky to catch the 3 fish I did and I only lost 1 fish on the 2nd day that "might have" cost me a check....it was a toad and I was @ 3-4lbs out of the money, so that fish could've done it for me,....I'll never really know and I'll sure as hell not dwell on it!! LOL. Caught one of my keepers out of a ladies garden in her yard,...on a spinner bait,..and I got another one on a jig and one on a Tx-rigged worm...I was at a HUGE disatvantage on thurs though,.....that "Pro" (and I use the term loosely) had absolutely no intention of doing anything to help me or put me in a position to help myself as far as catching fish, he was ONLY interested in his 5 and possibly culling, but it was not a good day to be his rider considering the cover he was fishing and the way he positioned his boat,...it was not a lot of fun but I'll just leave it at that!! Stark contrast between the 2 though,...one of them was extremely polite and made every attempt to be fair and put me in positions to catch fish all day,..he was a great ride,..(I will be sending a NICE email to HIS sponsors!!) The other was the exact opposite and from what I was told by other people down there,...he's known to be a bum draw!!..LOL Ohwell...I'm batting .250 as far as draws for Beaver and KY,...1 good one and 3 other's I would call "so-so".....but they are in it for themselves, and ONLY themselves,..I knew that going into it,..but a good draw can really make a HUGE difference!! Especially in that kind of a format! Maybe someday I'll get back to back primo draws and make the friday finals!!That'd rock!!
Anyway,...enough about me!!
Rob,...congrat's on the new job....sounds fun!!
Scott/Staci/Me,...I'm sorry to hear/read of your dilemna..you gotta do what you gotta do, and I hope you find peace and happiness soon,..you deserve that much,..EVERYBODY does at some point in their life,..(Except bin Laden,...go get'em Rob!!)...just KEEP the Boat!!!
Teri,...your gig with the Special Olympics is awesome....the world needs a TON more people like you,....you make us ALL look good,...Thank you!!!
Thanks to EVERYONE for the B-day wishes,...I was fishing that whole day, so it was a good day!!..LOL
Mini,...you're right,...I had NO cell phone service down there for the whole week!! Got on the interstate this a.m. and 1/2hr later it was working,...had 12 voice mails waiting for me!
Xston,..thanks for coming to the weigh-in dude!!..Was glad to see you again!! I'll be sure to tell Mini how much you like the All Star rod,...we need to spend a day on the water,...I
Fishing was awesome BEFORE the water started rising according to some of the Pro's...they ALL had spots going that were producing 25-30lb bags!! 4-7lb fish were VERY common!! Then the rains came and the whole lake turned to chocolate milk and there was so much floating debris that navigation was almost "deadly"...you'd see a branch sticking out of the water and it would be attached to a 40foot 2ft dia TREE 2ft UNDER the water!!...Those do bad things to boat hulls and lower units!! Fortunatly, nobody I knew of was hurt or lost any equipt. do to hitting one!!
Fishing was tough for me,....had a riot in practice though,..fished mon-tues with Terry Baksay from CT....we covered a LOT of water and tried a ton of different techniques and baits,.....fish were spread out EVERYWHERE because of the floods,...we fished in peoples yards!!! Could make pitches up to decks and lawn furniture!!..ahahaha
It was cool!! My Pro's for the week were Bill Chapman from NC and Mike McClelland from AR.,...but fishing behind any of those pro's under those conditions,..particularly in flooded timber is next to impossible....I was lucky to catch the 3 fish I did and I only lost 1 fish on the 2nd day that "might have" cost me a check....it was a toad and I was @ 3-4lbs out of the money, so that fish could've done it for me,....I'll never really know and I'll sure as hell not dwell on it!! LOL. Caught one of my keepers out of a ladies garden in her yard,...on a spinner bait,..and I got another one on a jig and one on a Tx-rigged worm...I was at a HUGE disatvantage on thurs though,.....that "Pro" (and I use the term loosely) had absolutely no intention of doing anything to help me or put me in a position to help myself as far as catching fish, he was ONLY interested in his 5 and possibly culling, but it was not a good day to be his rider considering the cover he was fishing and the way he positioned his boat,...it was not a lot of fun but I'll just leave it at that!! Stark contrast between the 2 though,...one of them was extremely polite and made every attempt to be fair and put me in positions to catch fish all day,..he was a great ride,..(I will be sending a NICE email to HIS sponsors!!) The other was the exact opposite and from what I was told by other people down there,...he's known to be a bum draw!!..LOL Ohwell...I'm batting .250 as far as draws for Beaver and KY,...1 good one and 3 other's I would call "so-so".....but they are in it for themselves, and ONLY themselves,..I knew that going into it,..but a good draw can really make a HUGE difference!! Especially in that kind of a format! Maybe someday I'll get back to back primo draws and make the friday finals!!That'd rock!!
Anyway,...enough about me!!
Rob,...congrat's on the new job....sounds fun!!
Scott/Staci/Me,...I'm sorry to hear/read of your dilemna..you gotta do what you gotta do, and I hope you find peace and happiness soon,..you deserve that much,..EVERYBODY does at some point in their life,..(Except bin Laden,...go get'em Rob!!)...just KEEP the Boat!!!
Teri,...your gig with the Special Olympics is awesome....the world needs a TON more people like you,....you make us ALL look good,...Thank you!!!
Thanks to EVERYONE for the B-day wishes,...I was fishing that whole day, so it was a good day!!..LOL
Mini,...you're right,...I had NO cell phone service down there for the whole week!! Got on the interstate this a.m. and 1/2hr later it was working,...had 12 voice mails waiting for me!
Xston,..thanks for coming to the weigh-in dude!!..Was glad to see you again!! I'll be sure to tell Mini how much you like the All Star rod,...we need to spend a day on the water,...I
