4-22-13
Pickwick Lake Elevation 414
Kentucky Lake in the Savannah area 362.30
Water temp 74
BASS
In the last two weeks bass fishing has improved dramatically. Several
different baits work well at different times of the day. Early morning
you can start catching fish on top water baits on main lake point and
in the backs of creeks. During that first hour it is good to throw a
Strike king Series 3 crank bait and a Red Eyed Shad on the main lake
points, in the backs of cove just stick with the top water baits and
Red Eyed shad. You can carolina and Texas rig throughout the day
starting early and ending late. The best bait for plastic rigs seem to
be green Strike King Rag Tail worm. If you like to throw a crank bait
all a lot stick with a Series 3 and throw it along the main lake
banks and focus on points at the mouths of creeks. In the late
afternoon I like to find myself shallow again with the same patterns I
started off with.

STRIPE
White bass are still running strong. We are able to catch multiple
limits. Small crank baits are producing a large number of fish. Small
white grubs are also doing well. Rocky banks and gravel bars are very
good locations for white bass right now.

Rockfish(Stripers)
Deep diving crank baits that dive deeper than 15' are still working
well but since the yellow tail minnows are present the strippers are
starting to be a lot easier to catch. Drifting minnows around the dam
with a three way swivel and 3oz sinker has produced fish throughout
the day. In the afternoon you can catch a few busting the surface the
last 30min of daylight.

Sauger
We are catching a few sauger on small crank baits. We are catching a
few casting along the river banks but we are catching a few more
trolling the crank baits in 15' of water.

Crappie
Crappie have been showing up in shallower water. Small minnows have
accounted for most of the crappie. Small jigs and grubs are also
catching a lot of crappie.

Catfish
Catfish are bitting. Fishing cut bait around the dam seems to be
working well. Also fishing in 15' of water on the edge of the river
channel with worms or nightcrawlers has produced several catfish.
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