Barkley 4/22--4/24 report
There should have been bass and crappie spawning everywhere they normally do------{not}---fished for both---backs of bays/coves---secondary points inside of coves,main lake points--brush piles 10-12 ft of water--fished banks---mud/rock with brush--seems to me that they are post spawn the way both species where acting---front did come through friday but not major---full moon last weekend---i was at a loss--i threw 20 different colored jigs---used live bait--fished with every lure i had in my box--well almost--lol---heres what was caught between 5 guys----1 2lb s/mouth on a gold shadrap----3/crappie-total on jigs--white/chtrse---1 4lb l/mouth--on dt6--old school color---and 1 striper on a white jig---thats only my 2nd trip to barkley--ist was as bad as the second---from now on ill go to kentucky lake-----later jc
Rough week on KY Lake as well
We were on KY Lake 4/18 - 4/23. We had to work pretty hard for what we caught. Since we had awesome trips the past few years, I guess we were due.
Tues I only had 1 keeper. The other days I had 4 or 5 keepers. Never got a limit. Never got anything over 4.5 lbs.
We caught very few in the flowers. We got the vast majority on lead in banks and points in about 4' of water on a lizard. I even had two sauger, one drum, 2 smallmouth, and a catfish on the lizard.
I have never seen conditions look better. It was very frustrating.