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I have fished for Bass about all I can stand, is anybody catching Crappie on Ky. or Barkley Lake? The only time I have tried for them lately(mid August) I only caught some small fish on Eddy Creek. At what water temperature do you think the fish move back into the bays? I have had no luck fishing the main lake drops. Too much water! THE BANDIT
Hey Bandit. Make sure you keep us posted if you happen to catch any. Wife and I are going camping this weekend to try them out. Water should be cooling off pretty good around here. It's been getting down in the 50's at night. The bite should start picking up.
Havent tried to much fished 3 beds last Saturday caught one small crappie I usually do better when the water is 70 or below but I am going to try pretty hard this Saturday to catch a few.
Went to KY lake last week and managed to catch a few. Fished Blood River both days.Only got to fish for about 3 hrs the first day due to lightning but managed 16 keepers,fished about 8 hrs on Tuesday and had 25 keepers.Almost all fish caught on minnows fished from 8 to 12 ft.Tried some deeper brush piles from 15 to 20 ft and had no luck at all. No really big fish like we caught in the spring but had a few over a pound.NO boat traffic at all! Water was 79 and with these cooler temps it should only get better.Planning a trip the first week of October so please keep us up to date!Take plenty of minnows because the white and yellow bass will keep you busy.
i went out on the lake friday of last week and didnt catch anything until about 1130 in the afternoon...ended up with 17 keepers 5 were nice 13-14 inch..the crappie seemed to be tight on structure in 8-10 ft of water....fished jigs and caught only a few switched to gold number two aberdeens with a minnow and bobber and they was biting quick..... sorry posted so late but maybe this will help a little
Minnerhead, Did you catch those in Ky. or Barkley? The few guy's I talked to that have caught any are doing it on Ky. I normaly fish Barkley. The water is cooling down pretty good and I think the fall bite may start a little early this year. I sure am ready. Please keep us posted on any trips and I will do the same. THE BANDIT
i was fishing on ky lake the water temp was 76 friday cant complain for september crappie fishin i believe the fall season will start earlier too and if you can get out mid week there is no boat traffic which makes for a great fishing day in my book.....will prolly get out this weekend and test it out ill report back if anything good comes of it
Headed back to KY Lake Sunday-Wednesday.Is it still muddy or is it clearing up any.Will most likely be fishing blood river and ledbetter. Any info appreciated!
http://www.murraystate.edu/qacd/cos/hbs/wq.cfm
You may want to check this out.
Hey Ricky that is a cool website I saved it to my favorites, the bottom temp I think is very useful thanks for passing it on.
I fished Sunday, Eddy Creek is too muddy. We managed to get 4 keepers at Dryden. Threw badk just about that many short fish. It is stained but fishable.
THE BANDIT
Hey Bandit. Have you heard how Old Guide did in his tournament? We have not been catching much up here either. Went to Patoka over the weekend and caught a few but all small.
On the .com web site he said he finished in the mid thirty's out of sixty boats. Not to bad considering he spent some of his time helping out some unfortunate boater that had some trouble that he helped out. Good guy to sacrafice valuable fishing time. If you can get down here it appears the bite should get pretty good around the end of the month and keep improving each week until we ice over (if that occurs) THE BANDIT
I'd like to get down there but probably not going to happen. (I have been trying the last 2 years) Seems like something is always coming up. Maybe next spring I will be able to make it. From reading what I have sounds like the crappie fishing was pretty good this year.
Could anyone suggest a reasonbly priced cabin/cottage area in the northern sections of Barkley or Ky to spend a few days crappie fishing? I have an elderly fishing partner (86) that would love to fish a few days around the 19th of this month.
We would have a bass boat with a 150HP engine, so we could move some but would like to stay in the general area where the resort/cabins are located.
We'd be coming from southern Indiana (Bedford), and probably cross at Owensboro.
Thanks.