Kentucky Lake Report 4/05-4/10*

As everyone else has said it was a tough week to be at he big lakes. The cold fronts rolling through were bad enough but I could deal with that since after all cold fronts are just a part of spring. The wind however was a whole other story. From Tuesday until Friday afternoon we could only find a few spots we could fish and making a run out on the lake was out of the question. At one point we decided to try trailering over to Barkley to see if we could find a little shelter over there. The conditions were a little better in the coves we tried but the protected areas didn't have the water we were looking for.
Even though it was a tough 5 days of fishing we did manage to get a few and like always Ky Lake didn't disappoint when it comes to size. We only had a few hours Tuesday evening to fish and I picked up this big girl...I didn't get a good measurement but it was past the 15"mark. I was so fricking cold but she warmed me up.
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Brian had a decent day on the last night. When the weather eased up a little.
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My buddy Terry got this one and it was just over 15"
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Here's one of the bass I caught
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One of the boats we were with were killing the bass just casting rocky banks with jigs. Brian had a monster bass 6-7# hooked on a 12' crappie rod but it came unbuttoned. In a normal trip to Ky Lake we generally have non stop action from bass, yellow bass, gills, red ears, catfish, sheep head, gar and whatever else is in there. This trip it was different. Not only was the crappie fishing slow, so was everything else.
It's a nice group I go with these days. No one complained, no one wanted to leave early (we were tent camping) and on the last evening there was already talk of next year.

Chaunc I hope these pics help ease your pain a little.

Oh yeah. Those are some nice ones. I've still got time to catch some of the spawn if I can get there within the next couple of weeks. Glad your group still had fun.

I don't know how I loaded the picks twice but if someone can remove those bottom pics please do.

This is my 1st trip since I retired and it is so nice not having to rush back to work after the trip is over. I have a few days of catching up around home and I'll be turkey hunting and crappie fishing around here next week. The following week I'm going to Cumberland for 5 days and then back here for 2 more weeks of turkey hunting. I think I've acclimated to my new lifestyle well.

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Originally Posted by chaunc

Oh yeah. Those are some nice ones. I've still got time to catch some of the spawn if I can get there within the next couple of weeks. Glad your group still had fun.

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I often wonder what it would be like skipping the spawn part and going down in mid May. Weather is more stable, less crowds to contend with. Momma has been bugging me to take her....maybe:pray

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Originally Posted by crappiemax

I often wonder what it would be like skipping the spawn part and going down in mid May. Weather is more stable, less crowds to contend with. Momma has been bugging me to take her....maybe:pray

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I have caught good numbers of prespawn fish in mid to deep water thru the first week of May for the last several years but they are normally pretty funky by the middle of the month. But June is overlooked and the fishing is dynamite, only downside is pleasure boaters and fish are kind of roughed up after the rigors of spawning.

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Originally Posted by pab1981

I have caught good numbers of prespawn fish in mid to deep water thru the first week of May for the last several years but they are normally pretty funky by the middle of the month. But June is overlooked and the fishing is dynamite, only downside is pleasure boaters and fish are kind of roughed up after the rigors of spawning.

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That's good to know and thanks for the input. We crappie fish year round here in SW Ohio and the summer action can be fantastic.

It was tough fishing for sure. Once the wind died down we finally found some fish. The amount of short fish this year was depressing, almost like we were back in Ohio. Attachment 235446

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Originally Posted by EFslabs

The amount of short fish this year was depressing, almost like we were back in Ohio.

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That's the seed for next year's trip :fish

That ain't no shortfish..... :biggrin Glad you guys had fun. Sure beats work.