Back from KY Lake....

Man...........what a GOOD trip.

No serious size, but we really Hammered the bass. We caught fish everywhere. North Barkley, North KY. Poplar Creek, Sugar, Turkey, WHEREVER. We averaged 75 fish a day with 5-6 legit keepers, but nothing over 3lbs until Today. TheBassMan30 did catch a few Keepers Friday though).

Today, we started getting into some bigger fish........but only 1 or 2 hours before we had to leave............DANG.

We caught all of our fish on watermelon seed and green pumpkin tubes and brush hounds.

I finally started to catch some fish on rattletraps, but not many.

I believe some serious HOGS are beginning to make their move.

Anyone else have any decent reports...........

Later,

Geo

got back yesterday. we were mostly crappie fishing but did bass fish a few hours sun. and did real well. just like you they werent very big but plentiful. we did catch one keeper. i was a little surprised because they seemed to be about the same size as what i caught a lot of last year. i thought maybe those fish would have grown and this year we would be on a little bigger bite..... if that makes any sense. talked to some guys sun. that had a couple over 4lbs so i guess they are starting to move. we saw one pretty good size bass in the back of a cove in a about a foot of water. dont think it was on a bed but it looked like it was gettin ready. the crappie for us were scattered but BIG. caught my personal best. didnt weigh it but it was huge. we caught both black and white crappie casting curly tails to the banks. one here one there. weather was beautiful, not much wind. you could fish any where you wanted, we just couldnt find the numbers. stayed at hillman ferry again. love that place. hope this helps some one. pm me if you have any more ?????? i'll try to help.

Good to hear these reports. A friend of mine sent a picture to me of a 7lb smallie he whacked on Barkley yesterday. No joke, this smallmouth is a legit 7 lbs:eek:. Supposedly, the brown fish are on fire right now on both sides. He did say he is catching a large amount of male largemouth too, but none to brag about.

I'll be venturing out that way in a few weeks -- I can't wait.

LM fishing for bigger fish is definitely on the upswing. Saw a lot of bigger fish moving in over the past few days. Guess my prediction in my last week's report was right on. Had a grandfather and his 7 year old grandson out on Saturday and they had 2 limits of keeper sized up to 4 lbs. Was doing a tourney prep yesterday and we covered 50 miles of running and gunning...and still had a limit and I broke off a hog on one spot where they were eating good.

Geo,

My dad and I are heading down tomorrow night, we are going out of eddy creek. Can you send me some details from your trip. PM if you want or give me a call. 606-571-7281.

Thanks

Skeeter

Guy I know was down there last week and they tore the bass up. Crappie was slow because of the wind. They managed two LM around 7 pounds. Said they caught 3 smallmouths.

[QUOTE=GeoFisher;409943]Man...........what a GOOD trip.

No serious size, but we really Hammered the bass. We caught fish everywhere. North Barkley, North KY. Poplar Creek, Sugar, Turkey, WHEREVER. We averaged 75 fish a day with 5-6 legit keepers, but nothing over 3lbs until Today. TheBassMan30 did catch a few Keepers Friday though).

Today, we started getting into some bigger fish........but only 1 or 2 hours before we had to leave............DANG.

We caught all of our fish on watermelon seed and green pumpkin tubes and brush hounds.

I finally started to catch some fish on rattletraps, but not many.

I believe some serious HOGS are beginning to make their move.

Anyone else have any decent reports...........

Later,

Geo[/QUOTE]

Geo, thanks for the report....sounds like the trip to West KY was well worth it, congtats. Bet you'l be going back SOON, by the end of April :cool:.

Question, if I can ask, where your catching you fish off the banks on lead in main channels or creeks, or main lake cove banks? I's OK, my wife says you don't have to answer :eek::eek:. Just kidding ;), waiting for your reply??????:confused: MARTHA

I would like to know which bay u saw that biggun. I am camping in Smith Bay as I type and am getting ready to start a 4 day haul-a-thon from here. Anyone wanting to fish some come see me. I'll be in a white and red nitro fish n ski. I'll be the one with that glazed over look in my eye.

Got back Sunday from KY Lake but we were crappie fishing. The fish were scattered and seemed to be in the 10-15 foot range. Caught a lot of 9" fish but when we caught a keeper it was a good one. Also caught one keeper bass on a minnow and two nice channel cats. The weather and the TVA jacking with the water levels really put the hurt on it but Sunday, before we left, the fishing was starting to pick back up.

Fished Thursday-Sunday and caught close to 400 fish. We only bass fished for 2 days and our best five went about 12 lbs each day. For the trip we had 9 smallmouth with one over 4 lbs. 46 keeper crappie. 6 redear over 1 lbs. 7 catfish on crappie jigs. The best pattern for bass was on main lake points, secondary points and channel banks between the two. All crappie were caught on 2 spots in 7 feet of water with minnows and roadrunners. Redear and catfish were caught on pink roadrunners. Was a GREAT trip!

[QUOTE=Owskiwoski;410084]Fished Thursday-Sunday and caught close to 400 fish. We only bass fished for 2 days and our best five went about 12 lbs each day. For the trip we had 9 smallmouth with one over 4 lbs. 46 keeper crappie. 6 redear over 1 lbs. 7 catfish on crappie jigs. The best pattern for bass was on main lake points, secondary points and channel banks between the two. All crappie were caught on 2 spots in 7 feet of water with minnows and roadrunners. Redear and catfish were caught on pink roadrunners. Was a GREAT trip![/QUOTE]

Thanks for the report.......Man , why didn't you take the rest of us with U :D:D.