Thread: Ky lake shellcrackers and bluegills - pics

Originally Posted by ISP4937

Nice Catch.. I Have To Get Down To Kentucky Lake And Try To Catch Some Of Those Crackers.. We Are Down There At The End Of March To Go After Those Slabs Every Year.. Huck Finn Do You Usually Fish The North End Of Kentucky Lake..

Yes, we were fishing on the North end of Ky lake. I don't know if the North end is any better than the rest of the lake, it seems like there is good fishing all over Ky and Barkley lakes this year. Good luck with those crackers and gills !

Have a chance to go down next weekend for the weekend. Are they still going to be biting then? I hear they should be good until the next full moon. I normally fish Blood River for crappie and catch redears then by accident. Is this a pretty good place to go?

We cleaned 26 redears and a cooler full of KY Lake bluegill this afternoon. We didn't see too many bluegill with eggs but the crackers still have them.

Originally Posted by Jigboy

Have a chance to go down next weekend for the weekend. Are they still going to be biting then? I hear they should be good until the next full moon. I normally fish Blood River for crappie and catch redears then by accident. Is this a pretty good place to go?

I can't seem to catch a fish in Blood River, but everyone else can. We are hitting coves off the main lake.

Originally Posted by Huck Finn

Me and my friend went to Ky lake today. The lake has dropped about 4 ft since our trip last week. We had a tough time finding any bluegill but the shellcrackers were still spawning on the bank. Ended up with 36 crackers and 5 or 6 bluegills, good trip!

Nice mess of fish... Congrats on the catch!
Blake

What part of the lake?

Originally Posted by speckfinder

What part of the lake?

We fished Jonathan Creek and the bays just to the north and south of it on the main lake.

Nice mess of fish Huck!I fished Blood River Friday morning for a little while before the Memorial Day madness started. Spent most of the morning spider rigging for crappie, but they were pretty tough. Had 2 keepers caught in 15fow and released 6 short fish. Went into the bay across from Wildcat Creek and caught one nice redear and kept a few more bluegill for supper.

Nice looking fish. had to be a lot of fun.