Go into the areas that are traditional bluegill spawning areas and work the deeper areas. Your best bets will be large bays that have a large creek flowing into it with a gravel/sand bottom. I tell most folks if you are catching bluegills casting toward the bank in these areas, you are probably sitting ON TOP of the redears. They will be in anywhere from 3-10 feet of water and it seems that their beds are smaller but more concentrated. Most guys who get onto a good redear bite keep it much quieter than crappie fishermen ever thought about being. Constant pressure will ruin a good bed and many guys I know ALWAYS release the big females back to spawn. The females won't be as brightly colored and will have a more yellow cast to the breast where the males will be gold/bronze/brown. This fishery has been growing big time for the last 15 or so years and we now have some pushing 3 pounds but the bluegill fishing on KY and Barkley is no slouch either.