Home from Iraq KY Lake

BassinSoldier · 12-17-05, 06:24 AM

Hey guys. US Arny Soldier here, just got back from Iraq in October, from my second 1 year tour away from my wife and 3 year old daugter. I was wondering if any of you fellas fish Kentucky or Barkley Lakes. I have only been out on the lake once and wanna go again. If any of you guys fish Kentucky or Barkley Lakes please gimme' a holler. Hopefully I'll hear back from ya'll. Either way it's great to be back home and be a member of such a great forum, Tight lines fellas...Thanks! Spc. Shafer

KenDammit · 12-17-05, 08:25 AM

Welcome home from a fellow Kentuckian. Thanks for everything that you do. Fort Campbell..home of the Screaming Eagles..not a bad place to be.

JB · 12-17-05, 08:26 AM

We fish Ky lake all the time,
I head toward Benton Ky and go to Moors and Big Bear Creek for a starting point, Ya go over the ky dam and its a few miles south of Benton ..
The lake starts getting great fishing about 3rd week in April or so, depends on when the water temp is 50-53 degrees or so, jerkbaits, jig on flooded buck brush, also pea gravel shores off of points, or a rattletrap over brush piles.
Most brush piles are marked on area lake maps..

scrap · 12-17-05, 11:37 AM

well back to the good old USA

Rebbasser · 12-17-05, 11:57 AM

Welcome to the forum and welcome home!

Wish I could help you out. I can't in KY but you ever get to central Texas I sure can.

TackleTester · 12-17-05, 03:28 PM

Welcome home!!!!

We appreciate your service and I also wish I could help you out but unfortunately I have never taken a cast at Kentucky Lake or Barkley.....Good luck tho

dodgeguy · 12-17-05, 06:12 PM

welcome home.you are a GREAT AMERICAN!!!i thank you for your service to your country.there is no way we can ever repay you guys .we must all treat you guys with the respect and honor you deserve.if you ever come up to ny then i could help.

skeeter944 · 12-18-05, 02:52 PM

appreiciate the service in the army. my dad went to iraq a few years ago.

BobM · 12-18-05, 04:12 PM

deeply appreciate the work you do...was stationed at FT.Campbell myself back in 1987

islandbass · 12-18-05, 06:22 PM

Welcome home and thanks for your service!!! I'd love to help out, but I live on the other side of the country.

If you ever get stationed to Ft. Lewis, let me know. I don't have a boat but we can fish from the bank or if the season is right, get into some salmon and steelhead. I tagetted salmon for the first time and darn well nearly got converted. Bassin' will always be number 1 though.

-Alex

bassintom · 12-18-05, 07:45 PM

welcome soldier..if you ever get to jersey,i'll always have an open seat on the boat for you.just give me a holler.i'd be proud to fish with you.

BassinSoldier · 12-19-05, 05:27 AM

Didn't really expect this kind of response. Thank you. People like you are what keep us soldiers going through hard times. To those of you who aren't from near me, I hope I get a chance to come fish with you guys some day. Tight lines to all of ya!

bassthumb32 · 12-19-05, 09:38 AM

Welcome Back We All Owe You So Much. Hope We Get The Chance To Go Fishing Sometime But Till Then Good Luck.

Rodman_Rob · 12-23-05, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BassinSoldier

Didn't really expect this kind of response. Thank you. People like you are what keep us soldiers going through hard times. To those of you who aren't from near me, I hope I get a chance to come fish with you guys some day. Tight lines to all of ya!

it's people like you who let us fish! thanks for your service!

1FASTLASER · 12-23-05, 07:47 AM

WELCOME HOME AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Man I gotta give ya a HUGE thumbs up on the job you and the othere soliders have done over there in that sh@@ hole. Cant say enough about what you fellas have done for the good ole US. Wish I lived closer to take ya out on the lake but someone closer to ya will do it I'm sure. Have a great one......
TIGHT LINES
KEEP THE WET SIDE DOWN

12-17-05, 06:24 AM	#1
BassinSoldier BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ft. Campbell, KY Posts: 14	Home from Iraq KY Lake Hey guys. US Arny Soldier here, just got back from Iraq in October, from my second 1 year tour away from my wife and 3 year old daugter. I was wondering if any of you fellas fish Kentucky or Barkley Lakes. I have only been out on the lake once and wanna go again. If any of you guys fish Kentucky or Barkley Lakes please gimme' a holler. Hopefully I'll hear back from ya'll. Either way it's great to be back home and be a member of such a great forum, Tight lines fellas...Thanks! Spc. Shafer

12-17-05, 11:57 AM	#5
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	Welcome to the forum and welcome home! Wish I could help you out. I can't in KY but you ever get to central Texas I sure can. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

12-17-05, 06:12 PM	#7
dodgeguy BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: poughkeepsie,n.y. Posts: 930	welcome home.you are a GREAT AMERICAN!!!i thank you for your service to your country.there is no way we can ever repay you guys .we must all treat you guys with the respect and honor you deserve.if you ever come up to ny then i could help. __________________ chrysler master tech,avid fisherman and i bleed red,white and blue!!!!

12-18-05, 06:22 PM	#10
islandbass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,783	Welcome home and thanks for your service!!! I'd love to help out, but I live on the other side of the country. If you ever get stationed to Ft. Lewis, let me know. I don't have a boat but we can fish from the bank or if the season is right, get into some salmon and steelhead. I tagetted salmon for the first time and darn well nearly got converted. Bassin' will always be number 1 though. -Alex __________________ ARX "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." Doug Larson (Shimano 2005 Reel Catalog)

12-19-05, 05:27 AM	#12
BassinSoldier BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ft. Campbell, KY Posts: 14	Thanks Guys Didn't really expect this kind of response. Thank you. People like you are what keep us soldiers going through hard times. To those of you who aren't from near me, I hope I get a chance to come fish with you guys some day. Tight lines to all of ya!

12-17-05, 08:25 AM	#2
KenDammit BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Richmond, KY Posts: 691	Welcome home from a fellow Kentuckian. Thanks for everything that you do. Fort Campbell..home of the Screaming Eagles..not a bad place to be.

12-17-05, 08:26 AM	#3
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	We fish Ky lake all the time, I head toward Benton Ky and go to Moors and Big Bear Creek for a starting point, Ya go over the ky dam and its a few miles south of Benton .. The lake starts getting great fishing about 3rd week in April or so, depends on when the water temp is 50-53 degrees or so, jerkbaits, jig on flooded buck brush, also pea gravel shores off of points, or a rattletrap over brush piles. Most brush piles are marked on area lake maps..

12-17-05, 11:37 AM	#4
scrap BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 217	well back to the good old USA

12-17-05, 03:28 PM	#6
TackleTester BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Indpls, IN Posts: 333	Welcome home!!!! We appreciate your service and I also wish I could help you out but unfortunately I have never taken a cast at Kentucky Lake or Barkley.....Good luck tho

12-18-05, 02:52 PM	#8
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	appreiciate the service in the army. my dad went to iraq a few years ago.

12-18-05, 04:12 PM	#9
BobM BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Port Jervis,NY Posts: 5	deeply appreciate the work you do...was stationed at FT.Campbell myself back in 1987

12-18-05, 07:45 PM	#11
bassintom BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: washington(northwest) N.J. Posts: 3,958	welcome soldier..if you ever get to jersey,i'll always have an open seat on the boat for you.just give me a holler.i'd be proud to fish with you.

12-19-05, 09:38 AM	#13
bassthumb32 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Fort Loudon, PA Posts: 682	Welcome Back We All Owe You So Much. Hope We Get The Chance To Go Fishing Sometime But Till Then Good Luck. __________________ MY LIFETIME GOAL IS TO KEEP AT LEAST A SMALL CASE OF BASSTHUMB FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

12-23-05, 07:47 AM	#15
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	WELCOME HOME AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS Man I gotta give ya a HUGE thumbs up on the job you and the othere soliders have done over there in that sh@@ hole. Cant say enough about what you fellas have done for the good ole US. Wish I lived closer to take ya out on the lake but someone closer to ya will do it I'm sure. Have a great one...... TIGHT LINES KEEP THE WET SIDE DOWN

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