Times R tuff on Ky Lake

[Quackrstackr]

I told mrdux yesterday that if a man had previously told me that you could stand in a boat in the middle of Blood River on April 9th at around noon, turn 360 degrees looking in every direction and not see another single boat on the water.. I would call that man a liar.

Folks, he wouldn't have been lying yesterday.

I guess most folks were just smarter than us and called it a day before they got sunburned.

I caught a handful with my little girl on Friday but a handful has pretty well been the rule for me this year. If it hadn't been for the good company, yesterday would have largely been a bust.

I've not seen it this bad on the lake in a long, long time.

[Tube man]

What was the problem?

I told mrdux yesterday that if a man had previously told me that you could stand in a boat in the middle of Blood River on April 9th at around noon, turn 360 degrees looking in every direction and not see another single boat on the water.. I would call that man a liar.

Folks, he wouldn't have been lying yesterday.

I guess most folks were just smarter than us and called it a day before they got sunburned.

I caught a handful with my little girl on Friday but a handful has pretty well been the rule for me this year. If it hadn't been for the good company, yesterday would have largely been a bust.

I've not seen it this bad on the lake in a long, long time.

[cantcatch]

i am with ya, been lucky to catch a handful myself, been here a week and two days and might have caught a days limit. i dont know where they are at, tried deep, shallow, flats, and breaks, catch one here and there but usually never two on one spot

[M R Dux]

What was the problem?

25 mph winds and an overnight storm front to start with. We fished from 4 feet to 20 feet and saw lots of fish on the side-scan and fishfinder. They were stacked up on drops and around structure but it's pretty tough trying to structure fish when the boat is being pushed 1.5 mph BACKWARDS with the TM running wide open. No doubt we ended up doing as well or better than most who were in Blood River during the time frame we were. I talked to a buddy this AM and he had the same luck Sat in Big Sandy. With 64 degree water and the water rising, it should be wide open but doesn't seem to be yet.

[crappiemax]

I just got back home to Ohio.
We fished the north end. Wednesday had 9 keepers, Thursday had 18, Friday had 19 and Saturday we had 28. Size was pretty good too. Big crappie was 2# 4oz. The bite really seemed to pick up for us on Saturday. We had several times we had multiple hook-ups.
What we noticed on Wednesday was the bite was just dead for us. Not just the crappie but also the gills, yellow bass, SM & LM bass even the drum, not many hits at all. The overall fish activity seemed to pick up each day for us.
Even on the north end of the lake the fishing pressure seemed fairly light on Saturday.

[Quackrstackr]

All of the decent reports that I have had lately have come from the north end of KY and way south on Barkley. It's been dead as a hammer in the traditional southern hot spots. The water is still pretty stained compared to water on the north.

[cantcatch]

All of the decent reports that I have had lately have come from the north end of KY and way south on Barkley. It's been dead as a hammer in the traditional southern hot spots. The water is still pretty stained compared to water on the north.

I've been fishing north end of KY, sledd and the main lake. I usually fish further south but I didnt think I would have this much trouble finding the fish. Got any pointers or advice to share?

[Quackrstackr]

I wish that I did. Heck, I wish that I could find them myself on a regular basis.

[Wiskers]

Just a bad year boys. The fish are as confused as we are. Still some big fish deep. They are just not where they should be given the conditions we have. They're fix'n to make a run though. Should be a good spawn year. Hopefully I live long enough to benefit from it.

[Kentucky Lake]

Yeah, it's been a tough year for me also, I have been lucky just to catch a few Crappie, here and there, I have not caught any numbers of fish yet this year.


I really hope it picks up soon.