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My dad and I caught these this past Thursday and Friday. KY lake is awesome!!!
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My dad and I caught these this past Thursday and Friday. KY lake is awesome!!!
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Rickie
Good pics! Can you give us some info on how deep and what you used, crawlers or red wigglers? Kentucky Lake shellcracker/bluegill spawn appears to be way behind an it's hard to figure them out right now. Didn't see any bluegills, did you catch any good ones. Thanks for the post, encouraging.
Heading down to KY next Monday through Wednesday. Will be in staying up at Malcolm Creek Resort. Caught a good number of redears a couple weeks ago but looking to get into them heavy next week. Strange thing is every one of mine looked real orange color not dark like yours. Mine had the tail tail red ear but the bodies were not dark like yours. Almost looked like a sun fish except for the fact they were huge and had the red ear. Strange.
Jigboy .... isn't the orange bellied Shellcracker a male & the yellow bellied ones a female ?? Perhaps the ones you caught were a little more "pre-spawn" than the ones pictured ... and possibly males, where the pictured ones look to be mostly preggy females ?? Belly color also looks to be a bit faded out, possibly from being dead for awhile :donoQuote:
Originally Posted by Jigboy
... cp :kewl
I'm not sure either but when I say orange, I mean orange all over. From heat to tail, from top to bottom. I only took one picture of one that went 15 ounces but it was right at dark and you can't tell anything about the color at all. It was strange because every single one was the same color. Literally when I pulled the first one in I told my wife it was a huge sunfish. After I caught another one I looked more carefully and could see the red along the ear. We kept 10 to 15 I guess and they were all over a half pound with the one almost one pound. next time I will get some pictures if I catch more like it. I was also like you and thought maybe they are just that color earlier before the spawn but I am guessing.
Yum
Glad y'all got on'um.
Males have black fins.
The ones I caught were in dressed in Bourbon Street colors so not sure if they were male, female, or shemales. Strange fish but tasted good.
nice very nice mess
Man that gets me pumped I'm coming down Sunday to fish Barkley! Anyone know what the lake looks like?
Chocolate Milk with trees in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by indyfisherman
He's right. Choco milk:(
Great. So between that and the cold front what is your guess for next week. Good or bad?
Well hope it cleans up some between now and Sunday! I fished both the 2010 and 2011 floods and killed'em! Both times we showed up the day they opened the lake so I don't think it can get much worse then that! How high is it now?
4 feet over summer pool.
The lake is very fishable right now. Color is murky but the north end is reasonably clear. A few warm days and the gills/red ears will fire up!!! Put in a long day and the gills will reward you.
I'm fishing out of Malcolm Creek. From there I can head up farther north up the lake but to be honest I am glad it is flooded. last year I was lost when the water was low. I had no clue where to go. Now I at least know where to look for them.
That's the same way I felt when we showed up last year!! Hope my same flooded spot are still going to be hot!!
I fished the LBL side of KY Lake this afternoon for about three hours. The water was in pretty good shape given all the rain we've had. Caught 25 really nice bluegill and 2 shell crackers/redear that were decent size.
Nice fish! What did you catch the Bud Light on? I need to know so I can avoid that lure. :cool: