Thread: Kentucky lake?

Conditions on KY Lake have been awful this spring. Some of us pretty much have had to deal with a different fish pattern most every day. Boat control is a big issue with a big boat so I started pulling cranks when the water temp was 52 degrees. Some days have been much better than others but we have caught crappie every day.
I take time to talk to anybody who approaches me on the dock asking for help. I’m not going to give out GPS coordinates but I first find out how they are fishing and not catching crappie. Many are using tactics that might have worked here 40 years ago when they came here with Grandpa. When I tell them some things they might need to try, many just shrug me off, keep doing the things that haven’t been working, then go home and say KY Lake is dead.
Pulling cranks isn’t rocket science or I wouldn’t be doing it. It doesn’t have to be expensive to start. But when they walk by my boat and scoff about it when the results speak for themselves, I find it hard to feel pity.
Sure, it has been a while since I could consistently catch limits with clients. Those days may never be seen again in my lifetime. At least I’m will to try whatever I think it will take to make my clients go home happy. Many aren’t willing to get rid of their nostalgia.


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