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MURRAY, Ky., June 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, Kellogg's Frosted Flakes pro Dave Lefebre of Erie, Pa., weighed 23 pounds, 15 ounces of bass -- the heaviest limit of fish at the FLW Tour on Kentucky Lake presented by OFF!. Lefebre didn't duplicate that effort Sunday, but it turns out he didn't need to. At the end of the day, Lefebre's five bass worth 19 pounds, 5 ounces gave him a total four-day weight of 77 pounds, 3 ounces as well as a championship trophy and $125,000....

MURRAY, Ky., June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Walmart FLW Tour Major on Kentucky Lake presented by OFF! began on Thursday as a field of the best bass-fishing professionals from all across the United States, Canada, Spain and Japan launched underneath the beautiful, sunny skies of Kentucky. Anglers employed a variety of techniques and strategies as they began the competition for a top cash award of up to $125,000. Link to photo of pro leader Todd Hollowell As has become the norm...

MURRAY, Ky., June 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodwill pro and father of two Chad Grigsby of Maple Grove, Minn., caught a five-bass limit weighing 22 pounds, 13 ounces Sunday to earn a Father's Day win and $125,000 at the Walmart FLW Tour on Kentucky Lake presented by Kellogg's with a four-day catch of 20 bass weighing 73-3. The catch gave him the win by a solid 6-pound, 8-ounce margin over Kevin Snider of Elizabethtown, Ky., who caught a total of 20 bass weighing 66-11 and earned $33,287....

By Bryan Brasher During the late 1980s and early 1990s, aquatic grass was prevalent all over Kentucky Lake, and fishermen could almost always catch a limit of bass targeting the grass with surface lures and floating plastics. But as the turn of the new millennium rolled around, the grass slowly disappeared - and so did the millions of fish that called them home. "TVA began some spraying and dropping of pellet-form herbicides in 1990-91 with a high emphasis on areas like boat ramps, marinas,...

By Steve Vantreese, The Paducah Sun, Ky. Aug. 6--Kentucky Lake again is growing weedy, a cause for celebration or consternation, depending upon one's perspective. Multiple species of aquatic vegetation are growing in bays and, in some cases, on flats and ridges on the main body of the lake. They are seen toward the reservoir's northern end but grow more plentiful to the south, especially into Tennessee reaches. Rooted in the bottom, many patches of greenery reach toward or to the surface...

By Steve Vantreese, The Paducah Sun, Ky. Jul. 12--U.S. Rep Ed Whitfield, R-Hopkinsville, said Friday he plans an August meeting in the Lake Barkley area to seek a consensus on water level management of Barkley and Kentucky Lake. The session is designed to bring together stakeholders in the water elevation manipulation: Lake Barkley-managing Corps of Engineers, lakes area business operators, property owners, sportsmen and those with conservation interests, Whitfield said in a statement....

By Steve Vantreese, The Paducah Sun, Ky. Jul. 9--Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley managers are releasing more water to go with the downstream flow -- and against the wishes of some lakes area tourism interests. Tourism groups and business people continue to claim that lowering lake levels in early summer creates risky boating conditions and undercuts the lakes' value as a visitor attraction. Lakes managers, meanwhile, say the drawdown schedule best cares for the area's resources while...

By Steve Vantreese, The Paducah Sun, Ky. Jun. 16--GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. -- Making good use of a hefty lead, Kevin VanDam caught enough fish Sunday to withstand Timmy Horton's late charge and win the Bassmaster Elite Series Bluegrass Brawl on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. VanDam, a Kalamazoo, Mich., pro, sacked a five-fish limit weighing 16 pounds, 9 ounces -- his lightest catch of the four-day tournament. It gave him a total of 84-13 for the 20 bass he weighed. Muscle Shoals, Ala., angler...

By Steve Vantreese, The Paducah Sun, Ky. Nov. 29--The presence of fish-eating fowl on our area's huge lakes is greatly increased nowadays. Two species of water birds are highly notable because they have come seemingly out of nowhere in recent years to represent a significant presence on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley -- double-crested cormorants and white pelicans. The snaky-necked cormorants have gone from a rarity to regulars on the lakes. They are diving birds, black as adults and...