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BC_Wader said:
Have been to Central City a few times, but anymore I just go to Beaver Dam. I got some good holes out there. I'm a wax worm/jig fisherman. All my buddies exclusively use crickets or crawlers but the waxies and jigs slay the panfish at a much higher rate IMO. We usually hit the Ken Lake area. Some fantastic fishing out there. You go to a pit with a lake/pond mindset you'll still catch them, but you gotta adjust for the much deeper water and steep banks. I absolutely love that area. I know it like the back of my hand.
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We use to fish the Ken Lake area all the time when I was younger, that was our go to place for Bluegill. We fished the big lake back by the coal loading dock. Our best friend wad a dozer operator for Ken Mines, he would drop us off with our boat, then pick us up when he got off work at midnight. I haven't been back there in years. My best friend fishes the lake that is stocked with trout at Homestead I think it's called. If you ever decide to go to Arkansas I can give you the guides name, best on the river.
 
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cordmaker said:
We use to fish the Ken Lake area all the time when I was younger, that was our go to place for Bluegill. We fished the big lake back by the coal loading dock. Our best friend wad a dozer operator for Ken Mines, he would drop us off with our boat, then pick us up when he got off work at midnight. I haven't been back there in years. My best friend fishes the lake that is stocked with trout at Homestead I think it's called. If you ever decide to go to Arkansas I can give you the guides name, best on the river.
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I'd like to have fished all those pits when I was a kid but I wasn't into fishing then. Even years before that I heard stories if the size of some of the gills being pulled out of there. I believe the state record gill came out of a pit but I'm not sure where off the top of my head.
 
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BC_Wader said:
I'd like to have fished all those pits when I was a kid but I wasn't into fishing then. Even years before that I heard stories if the size of some of the gills being pulled out of there. I believe the state record gill came out of a pit but I'm not sure where off the top of my head.
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4.19lbs caught in strip pit in Hopkins Co.
 
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bcw1029 said:
Some buddies of mine and I went fishing with him several times during the past 12 years or so - great guide and down to earth. We tore up some hybrids, channels, and stripers on the tail waters at Barkley/KY Lake dams. He worked hard and knew what he was doing.
Small world!
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Just found out Jim Doom's birthday was yesterday. We may go out fishing with him again in late April. I'll fly into Nashville, rent a car. stay with cuz on Nolin Lake and then drive out to Lake Barkley early next morning. Depends on weather.
 
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Fished with Jim yesterday. Awesome experience.

 
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bcw1029 said:
Nice smallie! The Asian carp have really f’ed up the fishing ecosystem down there. I actually ate one of those and it wasn’t bad, surprisingly lol
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The carp have been pushed back greatly. They are no where near as prevalent as they were a few years ago. Game and Spanish populations gave seen a resurgence.
 
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