Blood River Slabs

My brother Dan and I took our grandsons out this week on Blood River for some crappie. The crappie were good but they did seem to slow a little after a cold front passed Saturday evening. Most were blacks with a few whites. Crappie bit best early and late. We used jigs only, casting to banks and submerged stakes and brush in 3 to 10 feet deep. Midday we hit the banks and got into some really good bluegill action to keep the boys interest up. We are hoping some day they can run the boat, tie on jigs, untangle birds nests, fetch us a pop, etc. for us while we lay back and enjoy the ride!

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Hey Old Guide,
You are one lucky feller spending time with your grandkids. It don't get no better than dat! I am thinking of coming down to Blood for the first time and practice for a CUSA tourney out of Paris. Looks like Fish Tales Lodge is the place to be. You all healed up it looks like. Thanks for sharing your joy!

yup can't wait until my one year old grandchild is old enough.

Great story. Glad to hear had a good time. Just like me and my dad going out fishing good times. I'm heading down in a few weeks for my first time. Can't wait.

That’s the only way to keep kids away from those stupid hand held games and x-boy crap now days.
Take them fishing, hunting, hiking or whatever get them out and keeps them busy.
Nice seeing that !!!

You are right guys. I am lucky and blessed. I have worked years as a police officer and I have usually seen that kids that start out fishing and hunting don't end up in trouble as adults. Yet bleeding heart liberals still want to take guns away and outlaw hunting and fishing as being cruel. Makes sense huh! It doesn't matter how that poor steer is treated before it becomes the hamburger they eat tonight as long as they don't see it. I heard a saying years ago that if you take your kids hunting you will never have to hunt for you kids. I believe the same is true about fishing too.

Well said SIR !

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You are right guys. I am lucky and blessed. I have worked years as a police officer and I have usually seen that kids that start out fishing and hunting don't end up in trouble as adults. Yet bleeding heart liberals still want to take guns away and outlaw hunting and fishing as being cruel. Makes sense huh! It doesn't matter how that poor steer is treated before it becomes the hamburger they eat tonight as long as they don't see it. I heard a saying years ago that if you take your kids hunting you will never have to hunt for you kids. I believe the same is true about fishing too.

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I agree with you sir. Where a outs is the creek your fishing?

Hi Fred,

We fished Blood River which is in the south end of Kentucky Lake, still in Kentucky close to Murray, KY. You can go a few more miles south to Cypress Bay before hitting Tennessee. If you come out of Blood and go straight east you are fishing Tennessee waters. Lucky for Blood fishermen we do have a reciprocal agreement with Tennessee which allows us to fish south to the 79 bridge on our Kentucky license.

I took the kids across to the LBL one day but things were slow there so we stayed in Blood most of the time. No real pattern to our fishing as we found fish from the mouth of Blood all the way back towards Crappie Hollow. The crappie are really spread out right now. That is one reason I like pre-spawn better than the spawn. I find fish more grouped up. But good numbers are still being caught, we just have to sort through a lot of smaller fish to get a mess.

Good Luck!

Lyndon

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Hi Fred,

We fished Blood River which is in the south end of Kentucky Lake, still in Kentucky close to Murray, KY. You can go a few more miles south to Cypress Bay before hitting Tennessee. If you come out of Blood and go straight east you are fishing Tennessee waters. Lucky for Blood fishermen we do have a reciprocal agreement with Tennessee which allows us to fish south to the 79 bridge on our Kentucky license.

I took the kids across to the LBL one day but things were slow there so we stayed in Blood most of the time. No real pattern to our fishing as we found fish from the mouth of Blood all the way back towards Crappie Hollow. The crappie are really spread out right now. That is one reason I like pre-spawn better than the spawn. I find fish more grouped up. But good numbers are still being caught, we just have to sort through a lot of smaller fish to get a mess.

Good Luck!

Lyndon

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?... Sounds good. I been fishing the creek over here in the ky river halls on the river that is and nothing at all this year.... So do you think they will be spawning a few weeks I would think if they are spawning and at the banks in shallow then that's when you can catch them???but I'm still learning. Do you ever fish ky river, I can only bank fish sure hope to find them crappie. God bless

I have never fished the Kentucky River Fred. I have crossed it a bunch of times on I-71 and I-75. I also have kin in Estill County. I think it winds right through Irvine. I think the crappie will be spawning the next few weeks and will be shallow. They can be caught shallow but I like other times of the year as well. The lake isn't as crowded.

Good Luck!

Nice day on the Blood. I used to have a place at Blood River Campground. Man did I love fishing up in Crappie Hollow on all those stake beds. Good times and good memories. Congrats.

Thanks Double D! I launch at the old Blood River Campground which is now called Waters Edge. At least when the water is deep enough otherwise I head to Wildcat. The owner of Waters Edge, Mic, has done a lot with it. He spent thousands a few year ago trying to dredge a channel for winter pool so we could launch in low water but the floods the last few years have silted it back in. And crappie hollow is still a good place to fish for sure. I will be glad when we get a few more feet of water so I can get way back in the shallows.

Thanks,

Old Guide (Lyndon)

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I have never fished the Kentucky River Fred. I have crossed it a bunch of times on I-71 and I-75. I also have kin in Estill County. I think it winds right through Irvine. I think the crappie will be spawning the next few weeks and will be shallow. They can be caught shallow but I like other times of the year as well. The lake isn't as crowded.

Good Luck!

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Sounds good,so do you think crappie will be close to the banks next week

Hi Fred,

Maybe but I don't know how good the number will be. A lot has to do with these cold fronts. I believe a good bit of the blacks have spawned. But a good portion of the whites may still be yet to come. It's just hard to tell. One day can be so different from another. For me that is what makes the spawn a tougher time to fish. They can really be effected by the cold fronts when they are shallow. Also the TVA is raising the lake but they are doing it very slowly. I believe as the water rises we will find more crappie, white and black in the newly flooded cover. But there are many variables to all of this. I know thats not much of an answer. Its kinda like the weather man telling you there is a 50% chance of rain tomorrow. That means there is also a 50% chance it won't rain! LOL Guess that works. I predict there is a 50% chance you will find crappie on the banks next week. Of course if they aren't on the banks I am right too. :Hands Clapping

Good Luck buddy!

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Hi Fred,

Maybe but I don't know how good the number will be. A lot has to do with these cold fronts. I believe a good bit of the blacks have spawned. But a good portion of the whites may still be yet to come. It's just hard to tell. One day can be so different from another. For me that is what makes the spawn a tougher time to fish. They can really be effected by the cold fronts when they are shallow. Also the TVA is raising the lake but they are doing it very slowly. I believe as the water rises we will find more crappie, white and black in the newly flooded cover. But there are many variables to all of this. I know thats not much of an answer. Its kinda like the weather man telling you there is a 50% chance of rain tomorrow. That means there is also a 50% chance it won't rain! LOL Guess that works. I predict there is a 50% chance you will find crappie on the banks next week. Of course if they aren't on the banks I am right too. :Hands Clapping

Good uck buddy!

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Thank you sir for the info. It's hard when I don't have a boat lol. Where you from. Hope we not missed the spawn.

I have a place near Murray and fish the Blood River area most the time. I don't think you have missed it. We might just to have to look a little harder to find it! LOL

Good Luck!