Jonathan Creek, Friday, 11/20/09
I fished till just past noon on Friday (had to quit early because of an appointment) and caught 14 while trolling near the mouth of Jonathan. All of the fish came in the same location just off one of the creek banks as you enter Jonathan creek from the main lake. I caught 2 fish at 12 ft around brush, 5 fish between 16 -20 ft further down the ledge. But then I caught the last 7 at 23-24 ft with my depth finder reading about 24.8. All seven were nice slabs totally gorged on shad. The largest weighed 2.6 lbs. A few of the fish came on minnows, but the majority came on lemon-colored panfish assassins tipped with minnows. I don't know the actual name of the jigs but I call them "lemon-drops" cause that's what they remind me of. They are the best color jig I've found for Kentucky Lake...and I have been fishing the lake for 40+ years.
I fished this morning (Sat) at Kenlake at the mouth of the creek there. Again I was fishing water 23-26 ft deep. The fish seemed to have moved up a bit as the water movement is slowing. I caught 9 keepers and about that many little fish at 16 to 18 ft deep. It was hard to crappie fish because of the yellow bass. I was trolling with 6 rods and at times had yellow bass biting every rod. From 20 to 25 ft deep, the yellow bass were murder. That's why I ended up fishing shallower for the crappie. Glad I did.