need help with kentucky lake

**ronnbo** · 02-18-2010, 08:36 PM

dont really know the laws in Kentucky as far as open contaniers on the water but always wait till we get back to camp

**CrappiePappy** · 02-19-2010, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by ronnbo

dont really know the laws in Kentucky as far as open contaniers on the water but always wait till we get back to camp

Here's the law : KRS 222.202

"KY law specifically prohibits the drinking of alcoholic beverages in public places ... and the waterways of this state are considered public places.
Further, in a public place, persons who are manifestly under the influence of alcoholic beverages to the extent that they may unreasonably annoy or endanger themselves or others shall be subject to arrest."
(copied from 2010 KY Fishing & Boating Guide, published by KDFWR)

And, just as a reminder ... KDFWR has changed the daily limit of Crappie on KY/Barkley Lakes (within the borders of those lakes ruled by KY licensing law) to 20/person per day. Possession Limit is 2 daily limits of unprocessed fish. Size Limit on Crappie is 10 inches (mouth closed/tail pinched).

Stay safe, stay legal, and have a great trip !!

... cp

**Ranger Z21** · 02-19-2010, 10:30 AM

Pappy,

Haven't been to KY lake for years what was the limit before the change ??

Z21

**Wiskers** · 02-19-2010, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by Ranger Z21

Pappy,

Haven't been to KY lake for years what was the limit before the change ??

Z21

30 fish 10" limit

**ronnbo** · 02-19-2010, 05:50 PM

Thanks crappiepappy for the info shouldnt be a problem hope we can catch some fish thanks again.

**dvuks** · 02-19-2010, 08:53 PM

That's great, might finally get to say I caught a limit on KY Lake.

Dennis

**dkb23** · 02-20-2010, 04:11 AM

I still like the cold one idea

LOL .......at camp though

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**crappiemax** · 02-20-2010, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by dkb23

Think outside the box. If they are not shallow, then they have to be deeper and usually on brush. Kentucky is full of brush that people have set out......at lease I think that is where it has came from. You just have to find the structure. Use your electronics and move around.....just like we have to in Illinois. Good luck.

This really says it all for Ky Lake(or really any lake). I rarely can get there before April so we just go looking. We have 4 guys in 2 boats and we usually fish different patterns until one of us comes up with something. This year I'm trying to talk a friend of mine into going down a couple of days before me. I'm hoping he can find some fish before we get there.

**ronnbo** · 02-20-2010, 11:44 PM

we try and go the second week of april wev'e done okay a coulpe times last two years couldn't catch a hickory shad.Where goin try and time it this year. prayin to the fish gods.Ill try and post when we will be there.

**CrappiePappy** · 02-21-2010, 12:50 AM

... it was back in the early 1970's

:p

Always went around the end of the third week in April. Always fished Barkley, & usually from the dam to the prison ... small bays & main lake cuts with buckbrush/buttonball bushes or flooded brush/timber ... 10-12ft fiberglass poles w/minners under a slip float. Camped at the Corps campgrounds at the canal. Almost always found them bedding in <4ft water. Cold mornings turned into the 50's & 60's by afternoon.

Many years later -
The "one" best trip I ever had on KY Lake ... went in early April - fished a small bay up near the dam - caught'em on Roadrunners in flooded field weeds in about 6ft of water, while our companion boat caught theirs on minnows while drifting just outside of where we were. It was cold & rainy (mid 30's air temps).

Been on both lakes when they were flooded ... but still managed to find some fish. Fished Barkley, when flooded, and found the Crappie to be holding on the trunks of flooded live trees, in 2-4ft of water. They were nose to tree trunk, so you had to put your minner right next to the trunk

or they wouldn't hit. Water was dirty brown, but clearing. Another guy in our party fished KY Lake, same pattern & same result.

Many more years later -
Another buddy & I fished KY Lake, when flooded ... and found the fish scattered. Water was clear, and we caught fish from around everything from flooded concrete picnic tables, to along cliff walls, and even some keeper Sauger (caught off a small brushpile in 12-15ft of water).

If'n I was goin' there, now ... I'd seriously study the Crappie Movement Study Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources - Kentucky Lake - Crappie Movement Study ... and try & coordinate my plans to account for the major changes that have taken place over the last decade.

... cp

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You a smart man, there, Ronbo ...

When I used to go, every year ....

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