The Calloway County Laker team of Cody Jackson and Trevor Salyers placed first in Saturday’s Region 1 Bass Fishing competition held on Lake Barkley. One of only three teams to bring in a limit of five bass, the duo tipped the scales with a day’s catch of 15 lbs., 10 oz. Salyers, who grew up fishing on Barren River Lake in central Kentucky, stated that “conditions on Barkley are similar, maybe giving us a slight advantage today.”  Salyers, a second-year member of the Laker team and his partner, Cody Jackson, will advance to the KHSAA State Championship at the end of April. The tourney will be held on Kentucky Lake and promises to be two days of action-packed angling. Continue reading

Daniel Lawson and Travis Hunt used a 4 fish bag that weighed 7lb 15 ounces to capture the Region 3 High School Championship on Lake Cumberland this past weekend. With the winter like weather holding on until mid-week and frigid waters of Lake Cumberland proved tough for the 44 High School teams that made the trip to the chilly waters of the legendary lake that just crested the 50 degree water temperature mark this week Continue reading

It was an exciting day on the water Sunday, April 7th 2013 for the first ever Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Bass Fishing Region 2 tournament held at Taylorsville Lake. The weather conditions were difficult with a strong wind and cold water temperatures around 50 degrees. This made for sluggish fish just starting to move up from their wintering areas and difficult boat control for all of the competitors.

The field of 44 boats took off from Possum Ridge Boat ramp at Taylorsville Lake State Park. The mood at the launch was festive as the competitors made ready well before the 7am start on the warm and blustery early April morning. Around 7am the boats heard their final instructions and had a reverent moment for the National Anthem as the morning light filled the sky.  Continue reading