Crappie can be found anytime of year on KY and Barkley lakes....

Mid March thru April is just when most of the out-of-staters come in...so the boat traffic is pretty high in the major bays close to lodging...

Crappie patterns on these lakes are very typical as relating to water temperature...

So whatever the water temp is at the time of your stay...patterns in this thread...http://www.crappie.com/crappie/main-...e-degrees.html ...produce well..(unless there is floodlike conditions from an over abundance of spring rain...)

Rickie