The lake is at 355.79
Water Temp is 38-40


It’s been a long cold winter and hopefully spring will finally break thru. Looks like the weather man is forecasting some air temps into the fifties so that will help get the fish moving.


The water temps are range 37 to 40 and there some ice in the shallower areas of the lake. But I think it will melt with the warmer weather coming in. No doubt the water will be cold the next couple weeks. Hopefully the warmer temps will hang around for us.

There is a lot of current on the lake and that means the bait and fish will be trying to stay out of it. Really cold water and current isn’t a good combination. I will be looking for fish in the second dairy ledges where they can get out of the continuous current, also in some of the channel banks leading into the creeks and bays.

The key baits that I will be fishing are Jerk baits I use Bag5 custom colors in Blue Glimmer, French Pearl and Ghost Tn shad., shad raps in rootbeer pattern Bag5 pattern that I help design. Also A rigs with ZOOM swimming super flukes and Basstrix hollow body AYU color. I have something that I have done the past year with my A rigs and that’s to use an insert head I designed with Elite Pro. I also use this insert head on swimming just a swimbait. It’s unreal how many more bits I get on this. The lead head is actually concealed inside the swim bait, I’m also getting more life out of my swimbaits, saving me money. Look up eliteprobaits.com or tackleexperts.com to get yours.

Another pattern I use late winter is fishing channel banks with a ½ ounce football jig that I make. I like a natural color in crawfish pattern, a custom color alsom. I guess you see I use a lot of custom baits, but that’s what it takes.



Focus on mouths of creeks and on the secondary channel side of Kentucky and Barkly lakes, the current will be less there vs the main river. Look for any wood stumps, laydown or brushpiles that may hold a fish. I will fish the wood several times a day. If I catch a fish off a stump I will go back and hit it again later I have caught some of my biggest fish by doing this. There are lots of shallow flats here and you can find fish on the flats on any sunny day that is warmer. A jig and a Balsa Crankbait in Bag5 rootbeer pattern will catch some giants by doing this. A lot of guys fish plastic crankbaits, but I use mainly balsa this time of year. A wooden crankbait is by far better than plastic when fishing shallow wood cover, it will bounce off wood so much better than plastic increasing my catch ratio. Nothing is worse than seeing a good stump in 3 ft of water and casting to it and hanging, trust me that’s the places the begins get. With wood or balsa crankbaits I can bounce that bait right into the stump and it will deflect, then pause it, Hang on, its all over then. I like a David Fritts Lews Cranking rod 7ft med action with 20lb test Seaguar abrazx fluorocarbon line when shallow cranking.

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Ledge and Electronics Class, on the water!
Learn and get confidence by catching fish on the ledges

If you’re new to Kentucky Lake or just haven’t been able to figure out how to fish the hundreds of miles of ledges that it has to offer. Then this class is for you. Fishing the ledges is something a lot of anglers struggle with. Understanding what ledges hold fish, when they hold fish and why they hold fish is something I can teach you. I will help you eliminate 90% of the lake in a short time. See what type of areas hold fish and how to find the bait.

Get on schools of fish and get them fired up! This is some of my favorite techniques on this amazing lake. Just give me a call or email me at
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