Some years it's a little late....others you will be right on time for the bluegill and redear. There will probably be some black crappie on beds. Memorial weekends a couple years was some of the best fishing I have ever experienced on Kentucky Lake,others it was a little too way late. Have caught more crappie than you would expect,killed some real nice bass,caught 200 or so redear and bluegill in a weekend.

Part of the problem is finding a bed that has not been fished to death.....or you get lucky and fish move in late when a lot of people figured it's over and quit fishing . Then you hit it just right.

Catching fish this time of year can mean running around from spot to spot. One spot may be fished out, then another,then you find one missed or overlooked. Or a bed fished hard early than forgotten and another wave of fish come in. And you are catching fish on beds now...not prespawn fish...the fish are not just in the area swimming around and feeding...they are guarding a bed. You have to put it right on them.

I learned where a lot of the best banks where over the years (many years) and specific beds. I didn't fish randomly, just go from spot to spot. Some bays only fish like three places then off again. Would cover miles in a day. Some beds on main lake bank not even in bays or creek arms.

The best part is the water is now warm enough you're not waiting on that. Weather has stabilized,less cold fronts rolling in and cold rain. Now you just have to watch for thunderstorms mainly. Generally less windy days. Fishing in the rain can be good this time of year and it's not so cold out. Have caught them good on beautiful sunny days too though.

I probably would have never fished that late if not for my wife. She never like to go early. And always like to go in May and like to go holiday weekends. She pushed me to go...so while there I set my mind to finding any fish I could still spawning so I wasn't bored. Learned a lot by doing that.