If you cut off the red meat and grill them any of the white bass etc are edible.Barkley and Kentucky can be real fickle.Sometimes the bite just ain't on much. Late fall when the water is colder is more consistent when the fish gang up on the channel and creek ledge brush piles etc.

One thing about a trip to either of these lakes is....if you won't give up even when it seems the bite is off...you might find one or two spots that have fish and do all right. Sometimes on all that water you are looking for a couple spots maybe no bigger than 100 sq ft or less.

And sometimes you have to remember some days the fish will only feed good a time or two.And it may not always be early morning.If you ain't there when its time you be soaking bait.

Always watch were the channel turns in close to the bank,sometimes some shallow structure just off that channel turn on the main lake bank will have fish when they are pushing the shad feeding,and thats when they will readily hit your jig.

Main lake points, bank,and secondary points and banks near them still close to the main channel are as far back as you need to go 90 percent of the time.

And I ain't an expert or guide I have just fished it some.