Transcript
All right. Welcome, everyone to our second episode of The Ripple Effect. So we started this podcast with the intention for it to be a great resource for visitors and local residents alike, so that you can get all your info about Kentucky Lake, whether it’s educational, inspirational, or informational. We’re going to talk about a lot of topics over the course of this podcast. But today, today is all about fishing. So we’re going to do some real talk, our E, and we’re very excited to have a special guest with us today. Mr. Jason Sealock. Welcome. Glad to be here. Thank you. Yeah. We’re excited. So, Jason, we have had a relationship for probably about a year and a half. You think as far as fishing and content and really helping us sort of bolster our information and educational content on our website.
So which we are very excited about, very grateful for. Um, it’s, it’s been a big hit. We really were able to kind of watch and see how people get on those, those blog posts and the articles that you’ve written for us to, to read and talk about the fishery. So, um, let’s kind of break that down a little bit. But before we do that, first off, can you just maybe tell us a little bit about yourself, your background, who you are, kind of how this came to be? Sure, sure. So, uh, yeah, so I moved here in two thousand and five to work for what was then FLW, now major league fishing, major league fishing. So they brought me in to work on the magazines and do a little bit of website work. Um, eventually I became the editor of the magazines.
Um, so I ran the magazine group, kind of the person that started their Facebook page and their social media because that was all just getting going when I was there. So I did that from two thousand and five to twenty ten. Twenty ten I left to join the startup Wired to Fish. And so I worked for wired fish for fourteen years. Um, ran that was the publisher and CEO there. So built that into one of the largest media properties in the outdoors. Mhm. Um, and then left when they, they, they got bought out by a capital equity group in twenty twenty four and decided I wanted to kind of go do my own thing then. So, so I left there and yeah, I’ve been doing that since, um, partnered with you on because we wanted to kind of elevate the, the, I guess, you know, what people know about the fishing here.
We have so many people that come here, there’s so many different things to fish for and so many different seasons to fish. We felt like, you know, it can be overwhelming because it’s such a large fishery. So we wanted to help people have success when they come here, you know, and your vacations when your vacation is, you’re here visiting. When you’re here visiting what good bite can you actually get on? So we kind of came up with the idea to build that calendar out. So and I, and I enjoyed doing that. I’m a huge proponent of the, like, it’s one of my passion projects that I want more people to know about Kentucky Lake and know how good the fishing is and how unique the fishing is here. It’s not very many places in the country you can go and have so much, so many different types of fish and be exceptional fishing for all of them.
So, um, yeah, so I, I have always kind of felt like this was a underdeveloped resource in our backyard, right? So it’s, there’s a lot of good fisheries along the Tennessee River, but we’re unique from a lot of those. So I feel like we still need to get the word out about what there is here. So yeah, so when people go to our website now, they go to the fishing tab and it’s kind of broken down, like you said, the fishing calendar. So, I mean, you spent pretty much an entire year, um, you know, really getting out on the water. Um, and I mean really, honestly, you’ve been doing it way longer than a year. But for us specifically, it took about a year, um, to build the calendar out for us online. And so when people click on a month, um, kind of what’s a little bit that they’re going to see when they click on that month on our website.
Yeah. So we, we tried to do it. What’s the best bite month to month? So when I say best bite, like what is the, the, the fish and the presentation that people can expect to see when they come to the lake that month. So, so like if they got, you know, if they clicked on July right now, I think our we talk about night fishing a lot for bass. Um, that’s one of the best bites is if you’ll switch from going to the daytime to the night time, it’s a lot easier to catch fish, I feel like, and it’s a lot more comfortable. Yeah. You know, so, um, but that’s one of the good bites. Catfish is also a good bite. So we kind of highlight, you know, this is what we think the best bite is. These are some other good bites, you know, white bass or school.
And you can get on schools of those this time of year. So we do that month to month. It’s like, you know, when crappies the best bite in the spring, we’ll, we’ll tell you kind of where they’re going to be, where you can expect to find them, the ways you can catch them. Um, and then as well as some other bites that are good at that same time. So yeah, so it’s, I mean, it’s such a useful tool, um, for the average angler, recreational angler, um, you know, really we want it to be utilized by as many people as possible. So, um, you know, when it comes to the fishery, what is one of the common misconceptions that you think, um, are around Kentucky lake in the fishery? Um, well, of course, we had a downturn, you know, several years back, which everyone blamed on the carp.
And honestly, it had, it really had nothing to do with the carp. The carp was a, you know, a compounding factor, I guess you could call it. It did affect bait fish for a couple of years, but it really didn’t have an effect on the fish. It was what we went through with the flooding for so many years in a row. And what people don’t realize is like like a largemouth bass, it takes four and a half years for them to get to fifteen inches, which is the keeper size. Okay. And so what you don’t realize is like you have flooding, say like back in fourteen fifteen, a little earlier than that. Well, you’re not going to see the results of that until like eighteen, nineteen, twenty, which is what we saw like eighteen when the fishing really started to take a big decline.
And because of that, you know, we got a lot of bad press during that time. Right. So and, and so, but now we’re on this, what I, I consider, you know, fishing cyclical. So like early two thousand was like a boom period for fishing here, like two thousand and five to twenty ten was like some of the best fishing ever. Twenty ten to twenty seventeen, there was probably, I would say there was not as big a schools of fish, but there were so many big fish in the system. And so part of what I think is the misconception now is that that was some of the best fishing there’s ever been on Kentucky Lake, and that like twenty ten to twenty seventeen period. Oh, I remember they called it the heyday. Yeah. Yeah. Right.
And there was a heyday in the nineties. So and I say that to say like, you know, we had a boom period in the late nineties. We had a boom period like that twenty ten range. We’re kind of at the bottom of another boom period, I feel, you know, so we’re so people. The lake is back. What I’ve seen a couple people make like a guy made a video about, well, you know, Kentucky Lake’s not back. Is it ever going to be those two boom periods that I can’t answer. Right. Yeah, but we are. That’s up to Mother Nature, right? Legendary waters await Kentucky Lake. So I am curious, in your opinion, um, do you think Kentucky Lake is going to see another golden era? Um, as before, like the early nineties, early two thousand.
I do, I think it’s going to be different. So and the reason I say that is because the common denominator with the nineties boom and the like twenty ten boom was there was grass in the system. And so like in the nineties, there was grass from the dam down past Paris, and it was in every bay. Oh, wow. And so, yeah, when I first moved here in two thousand and five, there was grass in most of the bay still. Okay. And so, and then like twenty ten, when we were having that boom period, most of the grass was on the main lake. There wasn’t much grass in the bays at that time, but we did have a lot of grass in the main lake. And the reason grass is such a big contributor there is that helps with recruitment.
So when the the fish spawn, they can go bury themselves up in the grass and not get eaten. And so you have much better spawn classes when there’s just a lot of cover in the water. And so and that’s another contributing factor. So there’s a natural erosion that happens with every lakes. All the lakes in the country go through that. So one of the things that’s affected us is there used to be willow bushes out to the winter pool line, which is two, three, fifty four here. And so now most of the bushes are at that three fifty nine line. And so until we get to full pool, we don’t have a lot of cover in the water for the fish to go get in. The problem is we, our fish want to spawn like our crappie spawn in March and April, our bass spawn in April and May.
We’re not always the full pool when the bass spawn in, so there’s not a lot of cover in the water. And so that’s, that’s another factor that, you know, will it be as good as it was, you know, in twenty ten? Probably not. Because the fisheries, the ecosystem is different than it was. Yeah, but I do I do believe we’re in a boom period because we’ve had so many good spawns. And so we want to pile up as many good spawns as we can, because that’s what happened in eighteen was the big fish. They eventually get old and die. They don’t live forever. And so as those die off and you don’t have four years of good spawn classes behind them, there’s going to be a gap. You get a, you get a gap in your fishing. Yeah, that’s what happened.
So but yes, we’ve had lots of good spawns since like seventeen. And so, you know, I feel like right now in the system there is a million like ten inch bass. Oh wow. And so we’re a couple years from them being keepers. So yes, I think like I say, you know, it’s going to go up in peak. But we’re I feel like we’re on like the bottom part of a peak. Right. And so we’ve still got two, three, four years where we’ll have a huge population of bass. And that helps things like, like this place is known for ledge fishing right this time of year. And so the bass have to get to a certain size before they’ll go out there and group up with schools and be on ledges. And so until they’re about two pounds, not many of those fish go out and get on ledges and school up.
So they have to get to kind of that keeper size before you start seeing those numbers out there. But yes, I feel like we’re going to have a boom period. We’re probably still a few years away from it, but. Okay. Well that’s exciting. Yeah. So when it comes to, um, you know, like, for example, I just had a family who they were, they chose to do a staycation this year. Um, you know her, her boys love to fish. Um, but they didn’t really have any experience. So, you know, when people are coming to Kentucky Lake, they want to try fishing. They want to sort of get that experience of what we’re, you know, best known for is there. How would you suggest them kind of go about? I know that we have fishing guides listed on our website and we, you know, we try to have that as a resource as well.
But you know what, what does that process, in your opinion, look like to get the best access to a good fishing experience here? Yeah. I mean, a guide is, is the easiest way. I will say that. So obviously not everyone can afford to hire a guide. But yes, if you can go with a guide, what he does is shortcut your learning, right? This is what the fish are doing right now. Yeah. He can show you four or five places, but you can run around and find one hundred places that are that are just like that. You know what I mean? And so once he kind of puts you on what the program is at that time, then you can go have a good experience. The thing is like when people come here and they don’t say they don’t have a boat, right?
Well, now you’re limited on where you can fish, right? And our fish here, they’re not they’re not up around the bank very much. Um, certain months of the year. So like, you know, it starts like in March, they’ll start coming and getting on the banks. And so you got like March, April, May, June. And then as the water temps get hot, they’re going to move out deeper to be more comfortable. And so and that’s when night fishing. That’s why night fishing gets good in the summer is because the water cools off at night. They’ll come back shallow. There’s less predation. They have to worry about being up shallow. So the fish get in shallow places again. They’ll get easier to catch. Yeah, that’s what it is. So that made me think so.
Lake accessibility. Um, you know, when it comes to species of fish, you know, if you are going to try to shoreline fish and kind of in during that time frame, What kind of species would you think would be the easiest to catch for a family? Yeah, bluegill right here is probably top of the list. Okay. Especially like because they all they both move shallow starting in March. They’ll be shallow. April, May June. There’s a bunch of bluegills. So bluegill spawn every full moon starting in April. And so like this full moon that came a week ago, a bunch of bluegills came up and got shallow. There’s a bunch of bluegill. Shallow. Yeah. It’s crazy how like the moon and how that affects it. Just there’s so many factors to a fishery into fishing that I just, I find it all fascinating, I really do.
Okay, good. So we’ve talked a little bit about bass. We’ve talked a little bit about shoreline bluegill, you know, but I know I also know you’re pretty passionate about crappie fishing. Um, so can you talk a little bit about Kentucky Lake and the crappie fishing here for sure. Yeah. And that used to be the draw here. Yeah. You know, obviously bass fishing has always been a draw here. But you know back in the heyday in the nineties, that’s, you know, celebrities came here, all the fishing pros that had TV shows came here and shot their shows here with the guys because the fishing was phenomenal. And so it’s the same thing with crappie fishing that we’ve had bass fishing, we’ve had, you know, lulls and boom periods.
And it seems like, you know, the crappie didn’t get affected by the floods. Those floods as bad as the bass did. And because again, it only takes like three years for a crappy to get to ten inches, which is super size. Okay. So those, you know, it’s not as drastic when you lose your classes. And so because you’ve always got a year class coming right behind it. And, and so, but right now we’re in a boom period for crappie. Like crappie fishing was phenomenal this spring. And it was like even in January. It was incredible. Oh, it’s been incredible all all year. And do you expect that trend to kind of continue? Yeah. Because there’s so many there’s a million eight inch crappie in the system right now. And they’ll be keepers next year.
So you know what I mean. Yeah. That’s exciting. Yeah. So we have a lot of really good, like there’s, I mean, there’s such a huge volume of pound and a half crappie in our system right now. So if you want to just come here and catch a limit of good crappie, you can pretty much do that twelve months out of the year. Not a problem. Wow. Yeah. So this place is that’s what is so special and unique about Kentucky Lake. There are almost I mean, you could probably count on one hand the places you can go and catch two pound crappie, black crappie, white crappie. You can catch five pound largemouth. You can catch five pound smallmouth. You can catch giant catfish. You can catch tons of big white bass. There’s red ear over two pounds in this lake.
There are almost no fisheries that have that many good fishing opportunities for that many different species. Yeah, I think that that is something that we probably we need to do a better job. You know, just our office, the CVB really selling that that we are such a versatile, dynamic and diverse fishery that not a lot of other places in the country can claim. Yeah, that’s what I mean. That’s why the calendar was kind of a passion project for me was because it’s like, I don’t think people understand. Like when I say like, there’s a good bite going on every month, there is a good bite going on every it might not be the thing you normally fish for, but there is a good bite every month of the year here because we have so many different species and opportunities to fish.
So that’s I mean, that’s why I’m so passionate about this place because, I mean, you go to Guntersville, it’s not like that. I mean, they have good crappie fishing. They have good bass fishing. That’s kind of ends there. You know, like, yeah, I mean, because it’s getting down. I, you know, we have the downturn with the, with the flooding and the different species. Well, yeah, the largemouth was probably the most affected fish on the lake, but the smallmouth population flourished in that period. And so now we have a fishery that’s full of like three to five pound smallmouth. Yeah, I will never. So when we hosted the Bass Pro Tour last year in June, um, that was such an exciting time for, for us just to really, you know, be able to see the pros out there and to catch them, you know, watch them catch the fish, like live in real time.
Um, I think I believe it was, um. Adrian Avina is that. Yeah. Um, he got up there on stage and he said he was like, you guys, I think this is about the only place in the country right now where you can catch a, you know, four pound largemouth in one cast and then the next cast, it’d be a three and a half, four pound smallmouth. He was like, there’s no he’s like, this place is a blast right now. So, um, that and you know, you kind of are echoing that. So that’s really, really exciting for us. So, and I know, I guess the smallmouth population, I always hear people say like, they’re, they’re feisty, like they’re more aggressive. It’s, is that a considered what you would say, like a more fun or more exciting catch?
Or is do you just think a big fish is a big fish no matter. No, I mean, I, yeah, I mean, the only thing that could compete with a small mouth bluegill got to five pounds. That’d be the best fish in the lake. But they don’t get that big. So So yeah, when you can catch a five pound smallmouth, it’s hands down the meanest fish there is. So yeah, I mean they’re, they jump ten feet out of the water. That’s what people love about it. Okay. Yeah. So it’s like kind of a freshwater mini tarpon, you know, they jump and show out and pull real hard. So yeah, no, they are by far one of the funnest fish to catch on the lake. That’s awesome. Great. So, you know, I mentioned the Bass Pro tour a little bit. So we actually just recently they announced their twenty twenty seven schedule.
Um, and Kentucky Barkley Lakes are going to be the, um, the heavy hitters locations. So we’re kind of, we’re excited about that. Um, you know, it’s a really small pool of anglers. Um, it’s only thirty, you know, but, um, we were really excited about the opportunity to be able to host this tournament and showcase, um, you know, showcase the lake because it’s, it’s a lot of airtime, it’s a lot of broadcast. And, um, so I’m excited to see, I know you said we’re kind of a little pre-boom, but I still believe we’re going to be able to catch some big fish during that time. Oh, one hundred percent. When I say boom, it’s so when the when the lake boomed. Like everyone caught twenty pound limits and everyone caught five pound bass.
These guys, the thirty guys that come, they’ll catch five pounders like no doubt like. And they’ll be twenty pound limits, no doubt, because they did a really good job of scheduling. So they’re going to show off this lake. Good. Because when they come is a time when the bass are doing a lot of different things. So a guy can fish his strengths and catch good fish and they’ll catch them a lot of different ways. So, you know, like it’s, it’s not one of those times like when it’s ledge fishing, you have to hope you can get on one of the good ledges when they’re coming in May. It’ll be a little early for ledge fishing. There’ll be some fish out there, but they’ll probably still be some fish spawning. There’ll be some fish garden fry.
There’ll be some fish in bushes. There’ll be some fish offshore like so they’ll. Yeah. They’ll get, they’ll get caught up. That’s a good thing too. Like they will get, they’ll catch a lot of fish like. So yeah, I think you’re going to see really impressive whites. You’ll see really impressive fish that that will be a good event. They’re coming at a good time. So thank you. That’s a awesome music to my ears. Right, right. That we were able to kind of make that and I will, you know, that event. Um, it’s been a really great experience to be able to partner with some of our other, um, cvbs and tourism offices that, that touch on Barkley and Kentucky Lake. So we partnered with, with Callaway County, Lyon County, Catawba, and then Katie’s in Trigg County, um, to kind of help pool our resources together so that we could afford to do this tournament.
Um, and that, that was, that felt good that we all believed in, in, you know, working together to kind of get this sort of exposure. So, um, shout out to that partnership. It was really, really nice. So on Kentucky Lake, you’ll catch that story, one you’ll tell about family and friends here and all that surrounds these legendary waters. Legendary waters await Kentucky Lake. okay, if I had to do a few lightning round questions to kind of wrap this up. Let’s see. So what is your favorite fish to catch? And I think I know this, but, uh, ready? Oh, actually, that is not what I was gonna guess hands down. Yeah. So. Okay. Yeah. And if and they’re one of the most nomadic fish on the lake, so they, they wander around, especially this time of year.
They don’t stay in one place in the spring. They group up obviously to spawn and prespawn. They’ll group up to feed right before the spawn. So you catch them in big groups like in April, May, June. But I mean yeah, in regular can get to like five pounds. Oh wow. The world record rate is six pounds. And so. Okay, so here they’re it’s very common to catch two pound red ear. And so it’s basically bluegill fishing. Except they’re two pounders. They’re big. They’re bigger than crappie. You know what I mean. And so okay. But yeah, those things, if I could catch those things twelve months out of the year, I’d get rid of all my other stuff. Okay. It’s my I think they’re the coolest fish because like a bluegill here only lives to be like five or six years old.
And then they they’ll pass away. And it’s and that’s an interesting. We can get on that topic on another podcast, but but a red ear can live to be like thirteen or fourteen years old. That’s why they get so big. Wow. So I would not. Yes. And it’s the it’s probably the of all the fish species we hear, it’s probably it’s probably the smallest population of fish we have. So there’s less red ear than there is any other fish in the lake. Okay. So they’re unique. They get big. They pull way harder. They pull harder than smallmouth does. I mean, if they got to the size of smallmouth, they’d be the meanest fish in the lake. And. Interesting. Okay, so we need to have another episode where we just talk about the life cycles of fish and what I work with, like Doctor Flynn at Murray State, he and I have gone to diet sampling.
They’ve been doing a telemetry tracking study on Red ear. So they know all their movements. They’re going to release their data this year. So I’ll get to talk a lot about that. I’ve had to keep it under wraps for a while. But yeah, so I work with the biologists because it’s a passion thing for me. Pan fish is a passion thing for me. Okay. Bluegill right here. So I can talk for hours about that stuff. Okay. Well, yeah, we’ll reschedule after this. We’ll get that going. Okay, so your favorite month to fish on Kentucky Lake? Um, probably April May. I it’s that’s a that’s a good one. Probably. May, may. It’s probably my favorite. Okay. And that’s why I say heavy hitters are coming in May. It’s gonna be exciting. Lake is fun in May.
April is really fun. April’s a little more volatile with weather. That’s like it could be windy every day in April. That gets old. Yeah. This place is the ocean when the wind’s blowing. Yeah. So, um, so that’s the only thing like I would say April, but it’s like there’s so much volatility in April. Yeah. Like a lot of question marks when it comes to weather. It seems to calm down a lot. And fishing’s really good. So I like May. Okay. Good deal. Uh, sunrise or sunset to fish. Mhm. Gosh, that’s a good one. Probably. I, I enjoy sunrise, but I go more at sunset sunset because it just doesn’t work, right? Yeah. Yeah. So more convenient. Yeah. A little easier to work around. Okay. So do you prefer offshore or shallow fishing?
Oh, I’d rather shallow fish. I grew up on the Arkansas River, so. Okay. I’m a river rat. Yeah. I would rather I have an aluminum boat now because I fish shallow more than I fish deep. So. Okay. All right. Um, is there a lure that you could fish all year long? Mhm. Well, I would say it’s probably species specific. It’s funny you say that. So I have been fishing trout magnet. That’s like the one of the original travelers. It’s bar none. One of the best lures for bluegill and red ear. It’s also my main lure for crappie now. And so the best day I’ve had smallmouth fishing this year was everything was caught on a trout magnet. I just put a video up on YouTube about that where I caught like a twenty pound limit on bait.
That’s this big. Okay. So yeah, trout magnets, probably my lure that I throw more than anything because it catches everything. So okay, I think that has a lot to do with probably forward facing sonar, where now that we can throw right on a fish, you throw something small that’s natural. They pretty much they love it. Yeah. They’re like yummy. Turn their head away from it. No. So yeah. So do you. What’s the biggest fish you’ve caught on Kentucky Lake? Oh, I’ve caught a fifty pound catfish by hand. That’s probably the biggest one I’ve caught. I’ve caught some stripers over twenty pounds. Okay. Yeah. I’ve caught a fifty pound flathead with my hand noodling. You are bright. You are brave, sir. I you know, yeah, I will count it.
But you would never catch me doing it. That is for sure. You should go with us sometime and at least watch it being done. Okay. Yeah, I will do that. I will watch from the boat. We won’t make you stick your hand in a hole. But, uh, what’s one local restaurant that you highly recommend after an. Anglers been on the water all day? Oh, fast eddies, if you can get in there, it’s so. Yes. Yeah, we did go the other day. It was an hour long. I’m biased and he’s one of my best friends, so. But no, I love fast. I ate there last night, so. Yeah. Seriously, they’re fried fish is phenomenal. Yeah, steaks are the best in the area. Like. Yeah. And it’s all I mean, you have to be prepared. It was standing room only in there last night on Thursdays.
Yeah. That’s that’s what you have to deal with. But but it’s good food because. And it’s worth the wait. How good it is. So. All right. What’s one overlooked species everyone could catch here? Uh, bluegill, I think. Yeah. Like just because they’re so prevalent and it’s that’s one of the species that boomed when we had the downturn so used to, you know, you could catch seven and eight inches here, ten inches, kind of the magic number for bluegill. People consider them a trophy if they get to ten inches. Now there’s quite a few ten inches in the in our system, there’s not been in years past. So there’s a million nine inch fish in the system. So yeah, bluegill fishing is, it’s easy to get started in, you know, once you kind of understand the areas to look for, you can run around and catch them everywhere like you can still catch them if you’re here staying at a resort, you can get on a bank probably right there by your Marina.
Okay. Yeah, on the bank with a little lure, like a trout magnet. And have an experience and catch them. Yeah. Good deal. Okay, um. Let’s see. All right. Fill in the blank. Kentucky lake is blank. Um, I think it’s the best fishery of the whole TVA. Okay. Because it it has so many species that you can catch. It can handle the most anglers too. Yes. Because it’s the biggest of all the fisheries. Yeah. And so, so you bring a tournament here that has two hundred boats. This is the best place to fish because they can get so many places. Yeah. You know, you go to a place like Pickwick, there’s not twenty five good places when they go offshore. That’s hard to put two hundred boats when there’s only twenty five good places.
Yeah. So so yeah, this place is like back in the boom period when, when the lakes really good and fishing is really strong. There’s two hundred places they get, you know, where the schools will group up and go catch them. So it makes for a really good fishery, especially for tournaments. Okay, so I know very early in the beginning of this, you said that you kind of wanted to get out and do your own thing. So I mean, Jason, for people who want to follow you and, you know, hear your content, listen to you talk, where can they go find that information for you? Yeah, the main place I’m doing stuff now. I have a newsletter. You can, but you can go read everything. I put it out there for free on Substack. So.
Okay. Current fish at Substack. If you just look that up, you can find it. It’s I think it’s current fish dot substack dot com is the actual web address. Um, I have a YouTube channel that’s also current fish. Okay, so I am, and I’m, I have had to wait. I’ve had a non-compete with wired for two years that just went out this year. So I wait to kind of get all this going. But, um, so now I’m ramping all that up. I have like ten videos in the queue right now that are releasing every few days. And so the videos that you do, I mean, they really are meant to be just educational like. And I think a lot of it is like from POV like your point of view, right? So you wear the camera. Yeah. You’re watching me fish. I’m explaining why I’m fishing in this area.
Most of the videos are going to be on Kentucky Lake. Okay. Yeah. That’s exciting. Well, we’re really excited to continue our partnership. Thank you so much for everything that you have done for us. And just for this fishery in general, you are such a gigantic cheerleader for this for this fishery. I am passionate about it. I love this place. And I want more people to experience how good it is so they’ll fall in love with it. Well thank you. We appreciate that. And it sounds like we need to have another episode of Real Talk with you so we could talk life cycle. We could talk. We didn’t even get to talk about the new the announcement with Kentucky Fish and Wildlife and the genetic, um, sort of development that they’ve had.
Um, so we may want to have a part two. Well, yeah, we need to bring Adam in. Yes. I consider Adam a friend. I think we are blessed to have him. We are not only in our area, but the state of Kentucky is blessed to have him too. And, that guy is. I’ve been around fisheries people for thirty years. He is the best person I’ve ever been around fisheries. And because he he earnestly will listen to fishermen and he wants to hear your opinion, even if he doesn’t agree with it. He wants to have your opinion. He wants your input. He sends me emails like once a month asking me questions. Hey, we’re going to drop structure in the lake. Where would you where would it be best in your opinion? Oh that’s great. He doesn’t operate in a vacuum, which has always been my experience with fisheries people.
You know, they they have degrees. They’re scientists. They pretty much think they know everything. Yeah. Adam’s not he is an open book. He will answer your questions. He will take your input. Yeah. He’s he’s great. He’s always sometimes I’ll email him with the most random things like, hey, I want to tag two thousand five hundred fish. And he was like, oh, you could. Yes. But he was like, Kentucky Lake is really big. Yeah, yeah. So we were thinking about doing some like a derby, you know, where if you, if you fished for a tag fish, you could win money and that sort of thing. So but you know, it’s, it’s we, we put it on the back burner for now. But he’s always good about really hearing out my crazy ideas for someone who has no idea about fishing really.
Um, and then giving me a very thoughtful, sort of informative answer of why it will or will not work. So I’m very appreciative. And he would, he would be a great guest. So maybe we can have you guys, um, back on to kind of dig a little bit deeper into the biology of. Sure. I think what they’re doing is amazing. It is. I think that’s the future of fisheries management. What, what they’re trying to do. Yeah. So kind of. Well, good. That’s exciting. All right. Well thank you. We really appreciate your time today. Appreciate it. We appreciate everyone for tuning in to the ripple effect. Continue to kind of follow here for more information as we just really hear the stories and learn all about Kentucky Lake and what we’ve got to offer here.
So, um, until next time.