Quote Originally Posted by crappiepappy View Post
If this was back in the mid 1970's ... I'd tell you to find some Button Ball Bushes (buck brush) in about 3-5ft of water, and drop your minners down into any open space amongst the branches ... and wait for the float to start slipping below the surface.

But, alas ... it's nearly 40yrs later, and many things have changed down there. The biggest change has been the emergence of the Black Crappie as the dominant species in numbers. They tend to spawn a bit earlier than White Crappie, so unless conditions don't allow things to progress in a normal fashion .... you're likely to be a few weeks late (for shallow spawning fish, anyway).

As far as number of views being an indication of tight lips .... not necessarily. If you look at the bottom of the page/screen ... you'll see that only 27 "members" have viewed the thread. The others "may" have been non-members (aka "lurkers"), and some don't cotton to giving out info to them. They could also be repeat looks at the thread, as the counting is done for anytime the thread is opened/viewed.

We wouldn't tell you to stay off our lakes ... your money is the same color as ours

Ain't nothin' wrong with your line size/color ... and what method you'd use would depend on where the fish were located. Color preferences change ... but, most anything with a little Chartreuse in it should get their interest.
I'd suggest that you read thru this : Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources - Preliminary Results .... and apply it to whenever & wherever you end up on Ky Lake.

You're likely to get as much "information" (of the type you're seeking), once you get there, as you will here ... just by observing where/how others are fishing. Talk to the other anglers, especially those cleaning a mess of fish, and to the people running the facilities where you stay. That'll give you the most "current" information.

That's my ... for what it's worth.

... cp
Yes CP i remember those day's that your refering to with the buck brush. I might have been 12 yrs. old at the time, but that's where i cut my teeth crappie fishing was in Turkey bay there on Ky. lake. And as you discribed is how we used to catch some really nice slabs when 12 to 14 inchers were very common.