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Mid-South Fishing Report
Pickwick Lake: Tommy Akin of Strike King Lure Company says the stripe fishing below Pickwick Dam has been excellent. Anglers are catching lots of fish during the heat of the day, bumping bottom with live skipjack. When the fish come to the surface during the evenings, Akin says, you can catch them on just about any kind of topwater bait or jerkbait. Fish in the 7-to-12-pound range have been common. Reelfoot Lake: With water temps in the high 80s, fishing has been super slow. A few anglers are catching bluegill around shallow weeds on jigs tipped with wax worms. Catfishing is also fair with a few eating-size fish taking nightcrawlers in the ditches. Herb Parsons Lake: Bank fishermen are catching a few decent catfish on chicken and turkey livers, but everything else is slow. Lake Graham: Bass fishing is fair with trick worms and Zoom Super Flukes fished around the shallow cover just after sunrise and for about the last 90 minutes before dark.
Event features fishing legend
The Blue Grass Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host a special event on Monday, Aug. 14, with fly-fishing legends Dave and Emily Whitlock. Dave Whitlock is a renowned conservationist, fly tyer, writer and artist. His presentation and fly casting demonstration will be held at 6 p.m. at the Good Ol' Days Farm, 544 Old Frankfort, in Midway. Reservations are required, and tickets are $30 per person. For tickets call Holly Phipps at (859) 351-7158, or e-mail: hphipps@ballhomes.com. "How fortunate for the world of fly fishing that Dave Whitlock was born in the right place, in the right era, and got started on the right road," wrote John Randolph, editor of Fly Fisherman, in 2000. "In a sport where the arcane is standard fare, he makes fly-tying innovations and new fishing techniques practical and understandable.
Fly fishing workshop offered
8/30/2006 - Alberto Rey will present Fly Fishing in the Great Lakes at the Adams Art Gallery Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. All proceeds will benefit the gallery.
Rey is an accomplished fisherman as well as an educator and nationally recognized artist. His articles and artwork have been on the covers and in the pages of Grays Sporting Journal, Art of Angling, Fish and Fly Magazine and Buffalo Spree.
The Fly Fishing in the Great Lakes is based on Reys research, background and experience. He is an Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Guide and the founder and director of SAREP Youth Fly Fishing Program.
Weather permitting, a portion of the presentation may be held in Washington Park.
The cost for the workshop is $30 for adults and $20 for children.
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