For someone who is only 10-years-old, Ben Norwood is gaining quite a reputation as a deer hunter.
Ben, a fifth-grader at Pope Elementary School, bagged a seven-point buck on a special TWRA Annual Juvenile Hunt at Fort Campbell, Saturday, Nov. 11.

The buck weighed in at 142 pounds, dressed.

Ben used a Savage 220 topped with a Zeiss 3×9 scope with Horndady SST rifled slugs.

“The shot was from the ground at about 40 yards,” John Norwood said. “Ben was sitting near some fresh scrapes in a hardwood creek bed travel corridor surrounded by thick cover and pine timber.”

The deer was Ben’s second this year – fourth overall – with each coming on special juvenile hunts with his dad, John.

Earlier this year, Ben dropped a three-pointer on a Juvenile Hunt.

Fishing Report

Gibson County Lake

Water temperature: mid 50s

Bass: “There are still some good bass being caught shallow on lipless cranks and square bills,” Trenton’s Brent Smith said. “Some schools are showing up in 16-feet, suspended off main points.”

Crappie: “Crappie have really turned on with nice slabs being caught on minnows at 12-to-15-feet,” Brent said.

Pickwick Lake

Water temperature: 54 degrees

Bass: Bass remain as productive as any other species in the area for the first few hours of daylight.
Give top-water baits a good look, but you might do well with small crankbaits.

The Strike King Series 3 and Series 5 have been very productive on main lake points. They cover a lot of points on the lake, but the key seems to be the time of day.

The Sexy Shad in the Series 5 appears to be the right color and size of bait, but later in the day, try a Carolina rig with a green pumpkin lizard or crawfish.

Kentucky Lake/Lake Barkley

Water temperature: mid 50s. Water level: Water is 355.1 and falling slightly headed to winter pool of 354.0.

Bass: “Bass are still super slow with a few fish being caught on shallow flats sing top-water jerk baits and lipless cranks,” Darrell Van Vactor said. “Putting several fish in the boat right now is almost impossible. Shad schools, which are normally present seemed to have disappeared this fall, Asian Carp responsible?? Probably…..”

Darrell Van Vactor is the Operations Manager at Crappie USA/Cabela’s King Kat Trail in Benton, Kentucky.

Crappie: “Crappie have moved back to deeper water conditions with best depth around 18-to-22 feet,” Darrell said. “Live bait is working the best, but a few guys are doing good on black/chartreuse and red/chartreuse tubes tipped with a minnow. Shallower fish tend to be non-keepers, right now.”

Catfish: Darrell said catfish have slowed down as well, but a few fish are being caught down river of Smithland Dam on the Ohio River – targeting the river channel break – using skipjack and shad.

“The cold fronts have now passed, and the north and northwest winds are diminishing, so the bite should improve later this week,” Darrell said. “Stained to muddy conditions exist in the southern portions, but clearing conditions are present north of the Tennessee/Kentucky (border). The Big Sandy river area is still pretty muddy.”

(PHOTO: Ben Norwood)
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