Man, this weather is depressing!

We wait ALL YEAR for the May full moon and this is what we get??!! Here in Kentucky, they are calling for temperatures approaching the freezing mark tonight! What is up with this cold weather in May?

For me, I'm going all in the moment the weather warms back up with an eye towards the May new 🌚. Here on Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake, the shellcrackers are notoriously elusive and flat out difficult to catch outside of April/May when they come shallow to spawn.

These panfish would have much more successful spawns if they did their business in the fall of the year.....The stable and traditionally better weather patterns would really allow them a better chance to spawn. Interesting thought that occurred to me yesterday...

Know what you're saying! Sonar showed a water temp of 51 degrees and the sun was out. Guess the spawn will have to wait as will the increase in fish activity. But at least after 3 hours of no bites I found bait fish on sonar accumulated near one shore that dropped down to 8'. Larger fish nearby were caught in open water. The 10 plus mph wind didn't help much as I didn't have the heavier anchor with me to hold position. The only thing that got consistent bites were small grubs (Trout Magnets) rigged on 1/32 oz jig heads. Rain today and tomorrow with more cold night time temps in the upper 30's moving in.
What a weird year !!

Blackberry Winter, hopefully one of the last cold spells of the Spring.

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Sat. 20-30 mph wind. Guess I'll be modifying soft plastic lures in the basement for the foreseeable future.:(

Rainy & cold here.

Same here. Hope to get out in the boat and see if I can find some beds tomorrow after it warms up

I’m going. Yesterday the weather was perfect but I was working. This was last weekend. Attachment 374620


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SE PA SAME-O SAME-O. there may even be some frost up in the mountains.

In north western Pa, it is snowing, and will again tonight and tomorrow. Mother Nature needs to make up her mind.

The weather along with the virus has made for a depressing spring for me. I must have scanned around 200 acres of prime bedding areas on Nickajack. Not so much as the first bed. Water temps were 61-62 degrees. I know at some lakes the spawn is on......but not for me.

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It's tough out there, storming here.

It is very discouraging for sure that the weather pattern never seems to stabilize; front after front keeps coming and that the winds continue to howl day after day. I have been on the water only about eight or nine times this year. Twice I was blown off the water and at least four or more other times I was forced to fish areas or use tactics other than where I wanted to because of the wind. I guess it's the nature of the beast when it comes to outdoor sports of any kind... but geeze... this year has been a rough and unpredictable one so far for getting on the water and fishing the way you want to... to say the least. Hopefully things will settle in soon.

FWIW, my local forecast shows warm weather arriving middle of next week...Fingers crossed!

My "home" lake in N Ga is the same, Randy, except I think it is up to 66F now, or was until this cold front hit. In middle GA the bedding is on, but not yet up here. Lows tomorrow in the low 40s. When it finally turns on, I bet it is going to be epic.

The April full moon saw a small redear spawn in central Arkansas. A few bluegill were starting to mull around the shallows as well. Then we had a cold snap and they all moved out. The May full moon has been unreal around here. Unfortunately for me, I have had to work the last 11 days in a row and have to work tomorrow as well. We are relating the boat trails on my home lake and have hired a contractor to cut stumps in the trail under water. After an 11 hour day of physical work, it is tough to get motivated to fish sometimes. Last weekend, the local bait shop sold out of crickets, red worms, wax worms, and even minnows. They just got restocked today. From the talk I have heard and by how full the parking lots have been, anglers have been wearing out the bluegill and redear around here. I guess missing the action due to work is just as bad as missing the action due to crappy weather.


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Same ordeal in lots of places it seems.Crappie spawn taking a hard hit,cold temps,much rain and flooding on many of our lakes ( most are creek fed).I’ve had to cover my grape vineyard several times in the past few weeks,gotta do it again the next few nights.........I’m gonna find that lousy groundhog and put him outta my misery !

Good one Yaker !rotfl

It seems either the wind is blowing, raining or cold just not good fishing conditions. I need some warmth and sunshine.

I got about 20 minutes of fishing in this evening before the wind and rain picked up to a level beyond my desire to fish. Supposed to almost get to freezing the next few nights. It was 86 here last Saturday. Snowing in PA. Crazy stuff.

we had a 25 mph south wind Thursday here and a 25 mph north wind Friday here …
90 one day and 65 the next …..tough stuff to ketch fish in no doubt :banghead

Water temp on Center Hill Thursday was 65 to 66 degrees. No beds were found using side scan. Water was very high.

41 degrees here this morning very unusual for ark. Water temp are up and down

64 at 7:00am when I got to Lake Conway to work and 72 when I left at 3:30pm. There were quite a few boats out pounding the banks. Wish I was one of them!


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No fishing today:
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I got out yesterday to find it slow. No rain for weeks, temps were good, post front, boat traffic off the charts. Several boats went by with near a dozen people in them. No doubt headed for a river beach down river a ways. Social distancing my foot! Have to get out and look for beds again, last time I found none that were new or active. Hard to concentrate on finding beds when you’re trying not to get run over. I’m patiently waiting for the season to open on jet skis.......

Amazing how many people ignore safety until it's too late - deadly in this case.