Scot Ortwein of Park Hills holds a 21-inch smallmouth bass caught yesterday from Laurel River Lake. The trophy smallmouth fell for a 3-inch pearl swimbait.
By Lee McClellan
From Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Winds blowing straight from Santa Claus’ abode at the North Pole rocketed across Kentucky this past week, bringing with them the start of reservoir smallmouth bass fishing season.
“From now into late winter, if you can stand it, is the best time of year to catch trophy smallmouth bass,” said John Williams, southeastern fisheries district biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. “The whole cold water period of the year is the most productive time for large smallmouths.”
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