Hi All
After all the snow run off and the heavy rain, does anybody know if the north end of Barkley LBL side is too muddy to fish or not? Thinking of trying it tomorrow. Thanks for the info.
Mark
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Hi All
After all the snow run off and the heavy rain, does anybody know if the north end of Barkley LBL side is too muddy to fish or not? Thinking of trying it tomorrow. Thanks for the info.
Mark
Main lake and East side bays are muddy. LBL side is fishable. Them ol'white crappie like dirty water. Don't forget to check high on the brush. The lake is up and that dirty water soaks up that sun! It don't take but a couple of degrees to make a difference to those fish. That last big rain we had was warm for this time of year and warmer water is coming into the lake from down south. They'll surprise ya how shallow they'll go.
Thanks for the quick info whiskers. I think you talked me into it!
I don't know but I plan on finding out tomorrow too.
Spent the day in lbl Christmas day. Ky lake was a little stained but not bad. Stopped by and looked at buzzard rock on the way home, it looked like chocolate milk. I'm gonna put in sugar bay sat. morn. and probably new years day also
Did anyone catch any???
North Barkley on the LBL side was muddy today. I had 12.
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Originally Posted by justinp61
How deep? What was the water temp?
May see me there.Quote:
Originally Posted by crossarm
15-22', 47-48*Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiskers
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Originally Posted by justinp61
Man!!! :yikes
Water temp was like 38 to 40 when I caught the boat Dec. 2nd! I am gonna beat'um UP when I get home!!! :biggrin
I'm assuming there is no ice in the bays?
No ice, I'll bet by this afternoon the temp will be pushing 50 with the sunshine and dirty water.
Thanks for the report. I thought about going tomorrow, but decided to go listen to beagles run.Quote:
Originally Posted by justinp61
Talked to a buddy that bass fished both lakes today with no luck. He said the current was pretty strong. Got the ranger hooked up and batts charged. Gonna put in sugar bay in morn. Wiskers you make it back yet and gonna be on the lake?
Nope... Get off bright and early Monday morning! If the weather's nice I may be fish'n by 10.Quote:
Originally Posted by crossarm
Got a report yesterday of fish being caught spider rig'n in the mouths of the bays 10' deep in 12' of water.
If the lake is stable I'll bet ya a dollar you can find fish on shallow humps in the mouths of certain bays as shallow as 8'. Those Blacks will take advantage of a warm spell and rising water this time if year. Me and some buddies found them a few yrs ago, in late Feb./early March, in the back of a shallow bay during high water, 3' deep in 5' of water. Water was muddy and 42 degrees. They were all BIG Blacks! Spanked'um casting jigs under bobbers for about 4 days in a row.
Another year I got into'um big time in the middle of a bay, 8' deep in 10' of water. Caught a limit of big Blacks. Busted the tail lights on my trailer out with ice that morning putting in. It was sleeting and spitting snow toward the end. Liketa not got my boat back outta the lake that day due to ice on the ramp. :yikes
I can't wait!!!
It's a good idea to keep a bag of salt or sand in the truck if you're going to fish this time of year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiskers
I fished Barkley yesterday afternoon for a couple of hours. Water looked like coffee when I pulled up to the ramp so I almost turned around an headed to KY Lake. Figured I could at least find a few good brushpiles and check out some I fished last year to see if they needed sweetening up.
Several boats came off the lake while I was getting ready to unload. Several had fish and what surprised me most is a lot of them were caught using floats in 2-5' of water right around the drop. A few caught fish earlier in the day and said they caught them shallow to 15' deep.
I only had 4 after 30 minutes or so of fishing. About 4:00, they shut off and I didn't catch another keeper. All my fish were white crappie but I was sitting right over the top of them. Some of the guys fishing with a float caught moslty black crappie. Whiskers makes some good points to remember about fishing muddy water.
Whiskers, what color do you like to use in muddy water? Float or tightline? Do you think it is a waste of time to cast when water is muddy during the winter?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiskers
I LOVE a 1/16 oz chartreuse glow jig with a 2" yellow and chartreuse (my favorite) or black and chartreuse Southern Pro Lil'Hustler tube. I like to fish it under a rattle bobber with no additional weight and I pump the tubes full of crappie nibbles with my bait pump. I really believe the scent helps in muddy water.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bronson
Next time you go out find you some shallow stuff fairly close to deep water to concentrate on for the next time the lake takes jump and we have a few days of unseasonably warm weather. If the lake is rising they'll even run back in the bays on the shallow flats. Keep track of what the lake is do'n cause just as SOON as it starts to fall they'll make a dash to the drops for the security of that deeper water. They'll even pull out to the creek channels and set right on top of a brush pile that comes up high in the water column.
Man I wish I had been home this past week!:banghead
Whiskers, thanks for the post. As usual, you have some pretty good info. I'm going to copy it and keep it on file to remember when water gets up and muddy during winter. Sounds like a good time to get into some good fish rather than sitting it out at home in front of the TV.
I've got a bait pump stored away and haven't used it for years. It used to be my go to bait back when I was using tubes. Still use nibbles but on a hook with crappie magnets or BG baits.
Years ago, a buddy and I got on some good ones on a stump in about 1 1/2' of water. Caught about 26 black ones. What you said may explain why as it appeared the crappie moved up on top of a shelf from 15' of water. They were nailing it as soon as it hit the water.
Again, thanks for the very, very good info. A keeper!