KY Lake 3/30-4/1

Heading down to KY lake for the first time Thursday after work. Will be doing a combination of smallmouth bass and crappie fishing. We are staying near the dam on the LBL side (the sailboat place). We have a go fast boat so we might head all the way down to blood river. I'm not looking for specific spots, but colors, depth, location (backs of coves, points, channel swings etc...) would be appreciated. Red/White Triton TR-20 200 HP Yamaha MO registration 3 people in the boat say hi if you want.


Thanks,
Koko

Just got home from Ky lake and the action was HOT! We fished Sunday-Tuesday and had limit everyday. Sunday we spider rigged almost all day with minnows on top of drops in 8 to 12 ft of water, Monday and Tuesday all were caught casting roadrunners on the bank and submerged structure. Alot of males on the bank sporting their spawning colors!

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Originally Posted by slabdaddy

Just got home from Ky lake and the action was HOT! We fished Sunday-Tuesday and had limit everyday. Sunday we spider rigged almost all day with minnows on top of drops in 8 to 12 ft of water, Monday and Tuesday all were caught casting roadrunners on the bank and submerged structure. Alot of males on the bank sporting their spawning colors!

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Man you're kill'n me! :eek:

Fish have moved shallow.... get to the lake! Fished Sat. - Monday and had over 200 w/ some really nice ones. Caught some Big females in 3' of water! Charlie Brewer slider heads worked for me.

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Originally Posted by caseydrew

Fish have moved shallow.... get to the lake! Fished Sat. - Monday and had over 200 w/ some really nice ones. Caught some Big females in 3' of water! Charlie Brewer slider heads worked for me.

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Why don't yall just push bamboo splenters under my fingernails and be done wit it?!!!!! :(

Went Saturday and Sunday. We killed em. Caught limits both days. Sunday we were almost done by 10:00am. Start early if it is sunny, but that should not be a big deal with the weather forcast. We had tons of success on darker colors but to be honest, when they are on, they are on and going to hit anything. Caught most of ours in the 7 to 8 foot range. We fished Blood River on the b ig flat toward the back of the river. Just look for all the other boats but don't always go by them. I let them tell me where they were and start to look around from there. I long line troll so I cover tons of area on each pass, so it doesn't take me long to find them. You might drive down to say Irvan Cobs Marina instead of driving on the main lake all that distance. Fast boats are great but if that water gets up and the weather turns, you will regret your choice of trying to drive a boat out on that main lake. Good luck!!!!

How long do the crappie usually stay in the shallows to spawn? We are heading down on Sunday night and fishing all next week. Thanks for the info.

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Originally Posted by dkeeley

How long do the crappie usually stay in the shallows to spawn? We are heading down on Sunday night and fishing all next week. Thanks for the info.

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They should be shallow the whole time you are down. Looks like you hit it "right"!

We fished KY Lake Thur-Sat keep 160. I think spawn is still week or so off. Males up shallow but tails not beat up at all yet .

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Originally Posted by DTG

We fished KY Lake Thur-Sat keep 160. I think spawn is still week or so off. Males up shallow but tails not beat up at all yet .

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Not a single fish had a bloody tail out of the bunch we caught either. The males sure were showing off their colors though!

With the forecast lookin better (Sorry Wiskers) even a temperature drop of 10 degrees or so shouldn't disrupt too much. For anyone that will be in the Moors Resort area the 4th thru the 8th, sure would like to meet any of you from the boards here. Everyone seems to be real sportsmen and willing to help others enjoy the sport we all love. It'll be me and my 17 year old son coming down from Central Illinois. It'd be nice to meet someone to share a beer and fishin lies with after a day on the water!!!

OK, thanks much. What a great board!

So as a schooled bass fisherman, what tactics should we be using. Bobber and minnow in a foot of water? Jigs? Little spinner baits? All of the above :)

I guess I should have told you that we will be launching from Sugar Bay!

JT check your PM

well it looks like I might actually hit the timing right for a change ( missed it last year) we are heading down friday after work, should be out 1st thing sat morning, probably stay close to the cabin ( 1 cove north of shawnee bay) we have some friends comming down and his wife is nuts about fishing, so looks like a fun weekend, and maybe a fish fry is in the makings for saturday nite,, i also heard the redears are starting to hit,,,mmmmmm good,,,
question,,,, how many folks release the females if they catch them full of eggs? 3 weeks ago me and my wife released 2 females with eggs.... just courious ....
this is a great board,, tons of info for us newbe crappie fishermen,,,

Yea but like every year, blink and its over

Thanks for the replies. I'll post on Sunday night how it went. Given the reports I'll feel like a major failure if we don't load the boat up. ;)

Ok, I feel like a major failure. We caught more drum than crappie. No smallmouth, just a few largemouth, two of the largest pickerel I have ever seen, and a 12 pound silver carp (snagged). I know there have to be fish in the lake. All of those boats in Johnathan Creek were there for a reason. Did the fish just turn off, or was it us?