Fishing With Your Phone

With the fall in full swing, now is the time to get on on the rivers
that you fish the most. Most large river systems the water level
has been lowered to winter level by now. If you have a smart phone like myself, this is the best time to use your phone's gps system to map and make notes on trees that are under the

water.

When the water is at full pool you might not see these trees.
Another idea is t take a camera and photograph these trees. This
allows you to reference land marks so when the water is at full pool
you will have a reference. I like to print off these photos and have them laminated and keep
them in my boat, to reference on he water. In almost every case I place that laminated photo in my fishingtoolbag butt seat so it's within easy reach.

Average Fisherman supports use of iPhone. Sent from version 3.0 S

Kentucky Lake River Level

TVA uses operating guides for each reservoir to make decisions about moving water through its dams. These guides are based on many decades of operating experience. They are built around the idea of allowing seasonal variations in the use of flood storage space.

Operating guides take into consideration all the features that influence a reservoir’s ability to store and release water—the size and shape of the surrounding watershed, the reservoir’s surface area, and the average rainfall and runoff—as well as historical demands for water use and flood storage space at different times of the year.

Kentucky Dam is 22 miles upstream from the confluence of the Tennessee River with the Ohio. The dam is the longest in the TVA system, and the reservoir, which stretches for 184 miles across the states of Kentucky and Tennessee, is the largest in the eastern U.S.

Kentucky Reservoir is home to many varieties of fish, including largemouth and smallmouth bass, catfish, bluegill, sauger, and crappie. Numerous boat docks and launching ramps dot the coves of Kentucky’s shoreline.

Fishin Tool Bag can be found on most days on the Kentucky Lake putting it though its paces.

Carl Perkins Bass Classic

The water on the Tennessee River will be busy on Friday, October 9th & Saturday, October 10th. This will be when the Carl Perkins Bass Classic has more anglers on the water than bass fish can handle. The Carl Perkins Bass Classic will be hosted from Perryville Marina at mile marker 135 on Tennessee river. Since this is the lower end of the Kentucky Lake, most fisherman will be locking through to Pickwick Lake. This Average Fisherman will be heading back north to my normal spot.

Keys to winning are:

• Make sure your fish stay alive, if you are going through a lock or traveling long distances flush your live wells to keep fresh water for the fish.
• Ice your live well if you are done fishing and waiting to head to the tournament weigh in.
  
• Watch for Shad movement, food always brings the larger fish.
• Fish Ledges and shallow water early in the morning.

And of course always fish with your Fishin Tool Bag in your boat.