Fishing

Kentucky Lake November

I know it is early but I want to remind clients I am guiding on Kentucky Lake "Big Sandy" area November 1-17th. Near Paris Tennessee. I have these trips still available. November 5,6,7. I only take two besides myself on these trips. We all set up on the nose of my boat and tight line 12ft. rods over stake beds and brush. We do it this way mainly because of the wind. My boat can handle it comfortably. It is so wide open down there that you will be in some sort of breeze. Too much for a slip bobber. [...]

By Steve Welch|2024-08-06T14:34:34-05:00July 22, 2024|Fishing|

Availability for 2024 & 2025

Lot's of clients have reached out asking "when are you going to start booking for next year?"... Well here goes... Kentucky Lake - Big Sandy March 25-27,31 April 7 Might open up March 20-24 as well. These trips are in the wall-hanger timeframe & a must see Bucket List Opportunity. Lake Shelbyville Pre-Spawn-Spawn Crappie April 19-24,30 May 1-3,5-11 Walleye/Crappie/White Bass - Pulling Spinners May 12-16,22,24-29,31 June 1-12 Be aware for the later trips in June, if the walleye quit and I can't give you a decent trip then I switch to post-spawn crappie. June 12-28 Crappie/White Bass on slip bobbers [...]

By Steve Welch|2024-11-13T18:10:30-06:00December 9, 2023|Fishing|

Bouncers and Spinner Rigs Sure Has My Name on It

I started guiding back in 1994 on Clinton Lake and when we needed to cover water and catch a variety of fish we got out a presentation that had long been used up north. A bottom bouncer to get your presentation down and a simple single hook spinner rig to put on a crawler or minnow. We would troll this up in front of the power plant on the underwater dykes. We would catch everything that swims but it was the big walleye we were after. The big stripers and catfish would not stay off it. Then 9/11 came and they closed it for boat traffic. This was a big part of my summer fishing so I just moved the guide service down to Lake Shelbyville and naturally I brought my old habits with me.

By Steve Welch|2018-04-10T11:26:04-05:00July 15, 2016|Fishing|

Summer Time Crappie Lake Shelbyville

I love catching crappie on a cork. Just brings me back to my childhood and watching that cork go down is magical. Lake Shelbyville my home lake is by far the best summer crappie fishing lake in the state due to its depth and width.

By Steve Welch|2018-04-11T11:30:50-05:00July 14, 2016|Crappie Fishing, Fishing|

Summer Time Slabs

Lake Shelbyville has got to be the best summer crappie fishing in the state due to its depth and ample width to get the southwest breeze we need to move the bait. Once we get into July, the lake starts to create a thermocline and this forces all the fish to live in the 15-18 foot range all summer.

By Steve Welch|2018-04-11T13:50:39-05:00May 26, 2016|Crappie Fishing, Fishing|

Winter Crappie Fishing Kentucky Lake

Most of you know that I spend a lot of time on Kentucky Lake and guide down there for two months a year now. I try and time it when Shelbyville is slow like during the up and down water levels and cold rains of early April or the lake turnover period of late September to early October.

By Steve Welch|2018-04-11T11:30:57-05:00May 26, 2016|Crappie Fishing, Fishing|

Walleye/Crappie Combo

Once water temps hit the 70-degree mark you will start to see baby shad eating on moss at the boat ramp. Once they get an inch or so long you will see the walleye and white bass ambushing them on the huge flats that exist on Lake Shelbyville my home lake.

By Steve Welch|2018-04-11T11:31:05-05:00May 26, 2016|Crappie Fishing, Fishing, Walleye Fishing|

November Jig Crappie Fishing, Feel The Thump

I wait for it all year that thump of a hungry crappie that knows winter is coming so he better fatten up quick. All my rods for slip bobber fishing are gone so are my white bass rods. It is time for my favorite rods to come out. My custom made Norm’s jig rods. They are stiffer than what you can buy and I need them stiff so I can fish my 1/4oz. Deep Ledge Jig.

By Steve Welch|2018-04-11T11:31:11-05:00May 25, 2016|Crappie Fishing, Fishing|

March on a Flood Control Lake

Every year is so different fishing on Lake Shelbyville an Army Corp of Engineer flood control-lake. Most years they have drawn the lake down from 599.9 ft. above sea level or summer pool down to 594 ft. or roughly six feet.

By Steve Welch|2018-04-10T11:53:17-05:00May 23, 2016|Fishing|

Walleye/Sauger Lake Shelbyville

Lake Shelbyville has really turned into the prime spot to catch walleye and sauger these last few years. Raising the fry up to a decent size in the rearing pond has insured a healthy population and last year with a mild spring they harvested the biggest crop ever and put about 350,000 in the lake.

By Steve Welch|2018-04-11T11:31:52-05:00June 1, 2015|Fishing, Walleye Fishing|