Thread: Heads up on Ky and Barkley Lakes Levels.

Thanks, this is some great information that can be use across the state.

lots of help!! thanks

Thanks wiskers.

Good info, can't wait to feel the thump!

Thanks Whiskers for the info! I work off nights Friday morning and am planning on putting out some beds that afternoon then fishing Saturday. There's a lot of drift coming down through the dam. Seeing a lot on the river in Iuka.

Folks... For the life of me I CAN'T understand why the COE isn't cutting back at Ky and Barkley. The gauge at Cairo is over 40' and on a steady rise. We have BIG TIME flooding on this Ohio right now! I don't know if the deal at Pickwick has anything to do with it but normally the COE Woulda already been holding water back at Ky. No way they can continue running like they are with what's coming down right now. Even though TVA is showing Ky to fall I look for that to change. I could be wrong but I just can't see them not cut'n back soon.

I don't understand it either. However, I truly appreciate your updated posts. They give information unavailable through any other media, in addition this information is always unbiased, accurate, and truthful. Thx, buddy

Been up and down on pickwick had fish messed up too. Good on rise bad on extremely fall. Caught my best fish in 28-34fow with surface temps around 43-45

If there's water up in the living trees along the banks of Barkley ... say, 3-5ft deep ... and the water is "dirty" but not muddy ... someone needs to fish right against those live trees with a minner/cork about 1.5ft deep. Bonus scenario would be to find a old dead tree that was flooded. Fish that minner all the way around the trees, or at least on all four "sides" ... and don't drop the minner/cork farther than a foot from the tree.

Worked for me, many moons ago !! Crappie were nosed right up against those flooded trees, and even prop wash wouldn't push them away !! Now, this was in April, when it happened to me ... and we did only catch White Crappie ... but, it's still worth a try (providing you can get your boat back into the inundated tree line). Oh, and it worked on KY Lake, too !!

... cp

Wiskers, as always, very good info. Would you use a float with a jig up close to the bank or just cast. In your opinion what colors work best in muddy water, light, dark, fluorescent or chartreuse? What's your thoughts on high the water will getting this coming week?