FRANKFORT, Ky. – I recently fished Cedar Creek Lake recently with an old and trusted buddy with whom I’ve fished a thousand times. A slow fishing day by Cedar Creek’s standards, I brought only one largemouth bass to hand by 2:30 p.m. After unsuccessfully casting a jig and craw combination on a baitcaster for a [...]

FRANKFORT, Ky. – It seems Mother Nature just flipped a switch. It was jacket wearing cool just two weeks ago and now the daytime highs flirt with the 90s. Summer fishing patterns are upon us. Although hot, the summer weather is a welcome relief after the spring of crazy weather we’ve had. We can finally [...]

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Floating a stream and catching smallmouth bass after smallmouth bass, a few spotted bass, rock bass, green sunfish and even an occasional white crappie is the one of the best ways to spend a summer afternoon. On a blistering hot day, you can beach your boat, wander out into a flowing, shallow [...]

Mortality is simply a natural outcome of a constantly evolving natural system of wildlife. The drama of predator versus prey plays out every day in Kentucky’s woods, fields and waterways. Many species of wildlife prey on other animals to survive. An owl snatches a squirrel from the side of a tree. A fox finds a [...]

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Everything is “growing like a weed,” as the old saying goes, because of heavy rainfall in April and early May followed by unseasonably high temperatures in early June. Fields of fescue grass, timothy, clover and alfalfa are tall and lush. The prime time for that first cutting of hay has come earlier [...]