Cadiz, Kentucky Surf Fishing Club

Well, it’s not surf fishing … and it’s not salt water … but it’s the next best thing.

Night fishing on Kentucky Lake!

Last Friday night I fished a night tournament with my buddy, James Shelton.  We are both members of the FOCAS (Fellowship of Christian Anglers Society) chapter in Cadiz, Kentucky.  In fact, James is the founder and president of the Cadiz chapter.

Our FOCAS chapter hosts several “buddy” tournament events throughout the year.  Since I am in the “boat free zone,” I depend upon the charity of others to secure a co-angler’s seat.

Well, James let me in his boat last Friday night … and it paid off.  We caught a full sack of five largemouth bass.  We caught two keeper smallmouth, but culled them both (one was an unintentional “cull” … it got away while James was trying to hook a cull bobber in its mouth! (Now, that was pretty funny…)

Anyhow, we weighed in a total of 12.46 pounds, including a 4.36 “big bass,” (and also took the “other species” bonus pot with an 11.63 lb drum – ugh!) and took home a total purse of $165.00.  Not bad for a night of fishing!

Here is a photo of James and me with our fish prior to releasing them all back into Kentucky Lake.