Quote Originally Posted by prister View Post
One comment that was made regarded nets blocking the bays. The net mesh is big enough that crappie movement is not stopped, they should be able to pass through it, but could require that crappie swim over, under, or around the net. We did a telemetry study a few years ago with crappie. This study looked at the movement of crappie. We did this by placing transmitters in 60 crappie, and tracking their movement. One study was conducted in Blood River and the other in Sledd Creek at Kentucky Lake. At Blood River, none of the tagged crappie ever left the embayment. At Sledd Creek only a few crappie left the embayment. So the thought that nets might be blocking off crappie getting into these embayments is incorrect. Crappie rarely leave the embayments.
Come again?

How long was this study conducted? 60 crappie is a mere drop in the bucket compared to the biomass in either of those bays. That statement flies in the face of every year 'round fisherman's observations that have ever fished on KY Lake (or any other lake, for that matter).