The winners for our April drawing are as follows:

Kentucky Hydrografx Big Sandy North and South maps - CJ

Paris Landing.com Shirt - Lance

Kentucky Lake Blood River to Big Sandy Fishing Hot Spot map - Alwaysfishin

Big Head Jigs Variety Pack (80 in all) - Danfish

Thanks to all those who posted! This board has grown tremendously and it is very much appreciated.

Winners will be sent an email to confirm.

That was a cool promotion. I feel it got more people involved in the board. Hopefully everyone will continue to visit and post the latest.

Fishman - thanks for the tool you have provided all of us who have nothing better to do than see what other folks are doing. It is great.

thanks to all who make this board posable and it's great to here from other people on the same water.

Thanks for the jig heads. I have never won anything and this is something I can really use.
THRILL RAPTURE JOY LOL WUPEEEEEEEE

Danny

Hey Danfish. You never did reply about Bumpus Mills Marina. How far is it from Gatlin Point by water? I am thinking about coming down this weekend. I Love this board. Keep up the reports.

Crappiechaser sorry I didn't see your post. Don't know how that happened. From the marina it is half mile to the channel you will be near mile 78 go south to mile 80 and turn right into Bards creek. At that point you will be in the stumps and you have them for 2 miles all the way to Galtin Point.

Good luck

Danny

Thanks a lot Danfish. I think I will try that route. I have been wanting to fish saline creek and this will work out fine. Good fishing.

I've got one more prize to announce. Scotty was nice enough to offer to mount a picture for someone on a plaque. The winner of the plaque is HarrisX. You will need to get in touch with me for contact info. Just email me at fishman@parislanding.com .

I would also like to say thanks to Scotty for this generous offer.

Thank you! Can't wait to get my hands on those maps! Mine are all old and I need new ones bad. My fihing has been way off this year. Maybe my luck is changing !

Hey Fishman. Could you please tell me where are all the launching ramps in the Big Sandy Area. Especially the free ones. I would like to come down this weekend and fish for shellcrackers. Any help would be appreciated.

Well, I'm probably not the best one to ask about boat ramps. I haven't even been able to visit the new (or improved) ramps down on the refuge. Running this site hasn't allowed me the fishing time I hoped for. So, others might want to chime in here and give you better details than I can.

The ramp I've been using lately is the one in sulphur creek. It's a very nice ramp. Wide, steep, good traction, works at any water level. Only bad thing is the parking. Sometimes you've got to park down the road on busy days. I'll try and give directions. Take East Antioch road (by Lake Realtors and General Dollar). Go a couple of miles and turn left just past the Amvets (I think it's an Amvets). That road will kind of fork. Stay to the left and you will end up at the ramp.

The others I used to use are at Big Eagle campground and another gravel ramp past it. The Big Eagle ramp is located just past Mayer's grocery on the left. You should see the signs. Mayer's is near Buchanan Resort. The gravel ramp is located past Big Eagle. You'll also take the road towards Mayer's grocery. At the end of the road you'll take a right, then a left, then another left. I think it's on Dog Road. It's a primitive ramp, but a nice location.

You can also put in at Buchanan's Resort and Mansard Island Resort (for a fee).

I'm not a shellcracker fisherman, so don't know what the best area is for them. There are other ramps down south of these and they may be in a better location for shellcracker, but someone else would have much better info on their state at this point. I know the one at Britton Ford has really been improved, but that's about all I know.

Hope this helps a little.

Thanks Fishman. I will wait for some more imput if it comes. Maybe Pappacrappie can tell us the best route to take. I will get me a map when I get down there. I have been fishing out of Dover, but I want to come on over to Big Sandy and check it out.

CS...from where you are port ramp...what fishman called sulfer creek..is your best bet..the last i put in at mansard you still had to pay...buchannan is free...pumphouse and west sandy also..i use pumphouse or west sandy..only cause they are within 10 miles of the house...port is the best ramp and parking on the big sandy...

If you are up for the drive--New Hope Landing out of Big Sandy is great. It has lots of parking and a nice wide ramp, 2 can launch at the same time if necessary. They are putting in some more improvements as well.

Thanks for all your advice. I am going to come down Sat and try out the shellcrackers. Thanks again.

I came down sat. and put in at Mansard Island. Fished swamp creek but could not find any shellcrackers. Fishing was slow. Most people were drift fishing at the mouth of the bays for crappie. I caught a few small crappie and a few bream. Wind was out of the north and it was slow. Hey Pappacrappie,where did you say to look for shellcrackers in the back of swamp creek? Or anywhere else for that matter? I saw a silver boat and thought that it was you, but it turned out to be someone else. I spoke to one man at Mansard that was trolling longlines with crankbait in the channel and he had his limit.