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<blockquote data-quote="TN Larry" data-source="post: 2815833" data-attributes="member: 2019"><p>The key to your first statement is "was". I am only 31 but been fishing there since I was old enough to carry a fishing rod. The smallmouth numbers years ago were great. They then took a beating for a few years and the numbers of KYs exploded. Right now though is the best that it has been in a long while in terms of numbers of bigger fish and the number of smallmouth and largemouth all together. I am beginning to like the low water myself. It is taking bigger sacks to win tournaments now than ever before. Actually the weight is about the same but the fish limit has been reduced. When I started fishing tournaments about 15 years or so ago, the Ed Rogers tournament had an 8 fish limit. 20 lbs was a good sack of fish. Now, you better have 20 lbs or close in the bigger tournaments with a 5 fish limit. There are a ton of short largemouth and smallmouth in there now as well. This is all with the water being low for the past few years. I am not sure if I am ready to see it come back up or not, but I do miss fishing the bushes in the Spring as you describe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TN Larry, post: 2815833, member: 2019"] The key to your first statement is "was". I am only 31 but been fishing there since I was old enough to carry a fishing rod. The smallmouth numbers years ago were great. They then took a beating for a few years and the numbers of KYs exploded. Right now though is the best that it has been in a long while in terms of numbers of bigger fish and the number of smallmouth and largemouth all together. I am beginning to like the low water myself. It is taking bigger sacks to win tournaments now than ever before. Actually the weight is about the same but the fish limit has been reduced. When I started fishing tournaments about 15 years or so ago, the Ed Rogers tournament had an 8 fish limit. 20 lbs was a good sack of fish. Now, you better have 20 lbs or close in the bigger tournaments with a 5 fish limit. There are a ton of short largemouth and smallmouth in there now as well. This is all with the water being low for the past few years. I am not sure if I am ready to see it come back up or not, but I do miss fishing the bushes in the Spring as you describe. [/QUOTE]
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