Kentucky Lake 3-26 thru 3-29

[denmo83]

Just got back from 4 days on Kentucky Lake.

Water is very high, dropping and rising. Cold fronts galore. Rain. Lightning. High winds. One low sittin' boat got half sunk at the dock overnight. Should have been in a slip with his bow facing the wind and waves.

Got completely out-fished by my daughter, but it sure beats the heck out of work, so no complaints.

Even handed my rod to my wife to help my daughter and she caught one on it. Made the score 33-21-1.

The majority of our fish came from our dock when the north and east winds blew us off the lake. About half were skip jacks(what are those things, are they edible??---they fight hard), pert-near a dozen largemouth, half a dozen yellow bass and the rest crappie. And one big ugly drum.

All the jigs and spinnerbaits were put aside and the old reliable splitshot above a medium minnow on a gold aberdeen thin wire #2 hook was our weapon of choice.

Shawnee Bay's dock has 16 slips and sits in 12-14 feet of water. We were most productive about 6 feet down from the surface.

Had enough keepers for a nice fish fry.

Didn't get to hook up with Wiskers, but did manage to converse on the phone. Pretty much the same all over. Tough out on the lake, but with the success we were having on the docks, most of the visitors in the resort followed our lead and fished the dock. Made for good conversations and a few hearty laughs.

As we were leaving, we booked another trip for next year's Spring break. Hope to see ya there.

[crappiemax]

Having fun is what it's all about.

[akwalung]

ship jack is what most serious catfisherman use for bait! use whole or as cut bait. lots of fun to catch. i generally stock up on them and freeze them for later use. in dec 07 i caught 400 in 2 hrs ,, my freezer is full and should last me till summer.

heres a little vid i made, catchin skip jack for bait

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKZ4nvVi5-4

[klight1122]

Those are some good videos lung.

[newblade]

I so silly I thought they were hybrids

[Yankeefisherman]

denmo,
Coming from the southside to Shawnee bat 4/9. Are they biting at the mouth of that bay yet? Last spring we had whitecaps on two of the days.

[denmo83]

denmo,
Coming from the southside to Shawnee bat 4/9. Are they biting at the mouth of that bay yet? Last spring we had whitecaps on two of the days.

Hey Yankee,

The first day, we had southwest winds and we had no trouble getting out.

When the winds came from the north and east, we were grounded within the Bee Creek bay.

We did stay out past sunset one night and yes, we did pick up a few fish on the main lake side of the north, main lake point. Look for a lone, pine tree located on a steep orange clay spot at the waters edge. Lots of brush about 50ft. out from that small pine tree in about 24 feet of water.

[slab_slayin_fool]

skip jacks are alot of fun to catch i use sabiki rigs and catch 5 or 6 at a time sometimes

but i dont know if i would eat them they do have alot of meat in them if you ever cut one up youll see

and i guess it is a great bait for blues and striper

but with flatheads i fish live bait any bait as long as its live

and nice vids akwalung