Thread: Kentucky Lake Report

We just returned from Shawnee Bay, and had a lot of luck just one or two bays north of Shawnee. We were fishing the south side of the bays with minnows and a bobber. Fishing pretty close to the banks and off points. Did pretty well on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. The water in that particular bay on Wednesday evening was up to 55 degrees. I think that helped move them shallow. They started hitting in the evening around 5pm. Hope you find em'.

I have had to keep moving during bright daylight hours. Pick up one here and there. But before dark, say around 5:30pm up to sundown, the bite really picks up. I believe even with the rains the water is still pretty clear for the shallower crappie to be active. But when heavy cloudcover exists or once the angle of the sun eases light penetration into the cover, they come out and are HUNGRY! I use sidescan as do many and have notice that during bright light the crappie can be seen deep in the stakes and brush. When the light decreases you can see them move to the edge of cover and eventually out away from it several feet. Pretty cool!

Old Guide

Fished Blood River and found this exact thing to be true. It was hard to IMPOSSIBLE during the strong daylight hours. But once the evening low light conditions came.....BAM....we picked up 15! And they were hungry! Kind of cool that you experienced the same thing. Also when it got darker....they all came out of 2-9 foot of water.

Originally Posted by Old Guide

I have had to keep moving during bright daylight hours. Pick up one here and there. But before dark, say around 5:30pm up to sundown, the bite really picks up. I believe even with the rains the water is still pretty clear for the shallower crappie to be active. But when heavy cloudcover exists or once the angle of the sun eases light penetration into the cover, they come out and are HUNGRY! I use sidescan as do many and have notice that during bright light the crappie can be seen deep in the stakes and brush. When the light decreases you can see them move to the edge of cover and eventually out away from it several feet. Pretty cool!

Old Guide

Your right dkb. It is neat when you see other people experiencing the same thing you are. At least you know your not nuts Huh! LOL

It will be interesting to see how things change over the next week or two.

Old Guide

I ended up with 12 good black crappie ( biggest about 1 1/2#) and 20 GOOD yellows. I was casting jigs and minnows under a bobber on gravel points and banks. It seemed that the fish would turn on during the periods of the hardest rain. It was really nice to only have 2 boats get within 100 yards of me all day! The wind kept me off some of the places I really wanted to be. Seems the weather kept most folks at home. The first fish I caught was a drum about 10 pounds. They are a ball on ultra-light tackle!! I'm just glad I didn't have about 6 poles out on a spider-rig.