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Headed down to KY lake mid May. Need to know if anyone has targeted the 'other' panfish in the lakes lately. I plan to try some Crappie fishing, but will be after the Bluegill, Shellcrackers and Yellow Bass mostly. I really like the Yellow Bass to eat if I can get some size. If anyone has done some fishing for the Bluegill, Shellcrackers or Yellow Bass recently, I'd like to know how it's going.
I haven't been, we've been awfully busy painting houses. I'm supposed to finish this latest job Thursday. After that, I'll be out there hot and heavy after the shellcrackers.
Redearhoosier, I'm gonna be down on north end of the lakes Friday to Sunday. Any updates or tips you have would be aapreciated.
Took a day and went bluegill fishing a little over a week ago down here on Kentucky Lake. Although they aren’t on the beds yet, I found a good concentration of them in six foot. Small jig and small bobber. And this was from shore.
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I got out for a few hours after my Easter obligations. Here is a magnum shellcracker from Barkley...I'm always amazed at their size. This one went 1lb12oz.Attachment 340098
Very nice
Awesome fish!!! Will be heading that way myself in 3 weeks.
Great fish Troy. That's the same size as the one I have mounted in the shop that I won awards with.
Yes, I've seen that fish and it's a great mount. I promise you that if I ever catch a 2lb or bigger male redear, I'm coming to you with it! That's been quite the challenge!!
This fish had somehow rubbed most of its redear flap completely off. I've caught a few like that down here and I think they get that way from fighting....although I'm not sure. It is an interesting look when you catch them like that.
Many thanks for the replies and information. I'm sure it will only get better. Looking forward to about 5-6 days of 'perchjerking' in May.
Can't report on the fishing there, but have to agree with you about the yellow bass. I never throw back any big enough to fillet! They are amazing. Hope you fill a cooler with them!
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Greenfish, I agree on the Yellow Bass. If I could catch Yellow Bass around 8-10", this is what I would go for. The best tasting fish that I found out by mistake a few years ago trying to catch crappie. Caught several decent size fish, filleted them and really liked them. Story. I was at Ky lake, 20-25mph winds for the day in May and decided my little 16ft boat was not going to work. I went to the Irvin Cobb 'Dock' and asked the owner if we could fish off the dock. They let us, and we fished around the fish cleaning station and the Yellow Bass were everywhere. You'd have to catch 6 or more until you got a good one. We ended up with about 35 decent fish for the day. We made sure we spent some money at the dock for bait, food, drinks, ice to help him out. Appreciated the dock owner letting us fish, otherwise, we probably would have spent the day in our cabin.
That’s a cool story! Thanks for sharing.Quote:
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I usually start wearing out the yellow bass in late May on a jigging spoon, all the way through Labor Day. I'll let you know if they happen to show up early.