Thread: Kentucky lake questions

If you stay around the north end of the lake there are a ton of resorts and campgrounds that would offer the services you are looking for try kentuckylake.com. Also that whole area around big bear/moors and bee springs to cozy cove there are endless pea gravel banks and long deep points both main and secondary. You can almost start at any of those locations and keep your line wet and cover water without making a long run so a little boat would be ideal. Expecially if the redears are on bed...you can almost sight fish them.

thanks guys for the responses, I've just got to make my mind up if we're going or not. I've read some good articles about the shellcracker down there and I'm itching to try it out. They say they're lots of two pound crackers in there.

Originally Posted by redearhoosier

thanks guys for the responses, I've just got to make my mind up if we're going or not. I've read some good articles about the shellcracker down there and I'm itching to try it out. They say they're lots of two pound crackers in there.

There's a few less there after last years trip. :D Me and T O did pretty darn good last may. Here's a couple pics of last years trip.

I'm a local taxidermist near KY Lake. If there were "lots" of 2 pounders showing up, my freezers would be full of them. I wouldn't make a trip down thinking I was going to catch a 2 pounder any more than I would go to Florida thinking I was going to catch a 12 pound bass. There are lots of good quality redears with an OCCASIONAL 2 pounder showing up.

Originally Posted by mrdux

I'm a local taxidermist near KY Lake. If there were "lots" of 2 pounders showing up, my freezers would be full of them. I wouldn't make a trip down thinking I was going to catch a 2 pounder any more than I would go to Florida thinking I was going to catch a 12 pound bass. There are lots of good quality redears with an OCCASIONAL 2 pounder showing up.

I agree w/ mrdux......I catch a lot of redear in April and May, but 2 pounders are not all over the place. I catch a few every year, but I'd say I have maybe (1) for every 300 - 400 I catch. Lots of people say they are catching 2 pounders when they are actually 1 1/2 lbs, which are darn nice redear. However, there are lots of nice ones in the lake. Good luck.... just wouldn't want you to make a long drive and be disappointed.