Ky lake water levels going up

i was looking at the water levels, looks like the lake is going to jump in the next couple of days, with the cooler temp and water levels jumping what will that do to the bass this weekend

Water levels going up and water temps going down....gonna be a lot of different patterns working. Expect to see a number of fish moving shallow as the water comes up and we are also hitting the water temps for the first wave of shad to be moving in anyway. There will be current also so points and ledges will also be viable patterns but expect the fish to be moving a lot as the shad are in transition.

[QUOTE=DaveStewart;465006]Water levels going up and water temps going down....gonna be a lot of different patterns working. Expect to see a number of fish moving shallow as the water comes up and we are also hitting the water temps for the first wave of shad to be moving in anyway. There will be current also so points and ledges will also be viable patterns but expect the fish to be moving a lot as the shad are in transition.[/QUOTE]


thanks Dave

All weekend I saw huge schools of bass feeding on shad on flats at the mouths of bays. Flats as shallow as 1.5 to 2 ft deep had schooling action on them, but the better fish were schooling on shad right at the edge of the flat or off the edge in deeper water. Lots of keepers in the schools, but few over 3 or 4 lbs. - great way to fill a quick limit.

The best action I saw was in the middle of the day on Friday, when the lake was a flat as a pancake. Topwater and swimbaits were readily being taken by the schooling fish. It seemed like the fishing was taking a downward slide as the weekend went on and the weather was changing/unstable. Smallmouth were biting good on Sunday during the day with the overcast skies. Monday was too difficult to fish mainlake stuff/mouths of bays with the rollers going strong.

I did see some shad on in the bays, but not in the big schools like I was seeing at the mouths of the bays/mainlake.

[QUOTE=artcarney_agr;465015]All weekend I saw huge schools of bass feeding on shad on flats at the mouths of bays. Flats as shallow as 1.5 to 2 ft deep had schooling action on them, but the better fish were schooling on shad right at the edge of the flat or off the edge in deeper water. Lots of keepers in the schools, but few over 3 or 4 lbs. - great way to fill a quick limit.

The best action I saw was in the middle of the day on Friday, when the lake was a flat as a pancake. Topwater and swimbaits were readily being taken by the schooling fish. It seemed like the fishing was taking a downward slide as the weekend went on and the weather was changing/unstable. Smallmouth were biting good on Sunday during the day with the overcast skies. Monday was too difficult to fish mainlake stuff/mouths of bays with the rollers going strong.

I did see some shad on in the bays, but not in the big schools like I was seeing at the mouths of the bays/mainlake.[/QUOTE]


Those shad were staging all last week around the mouths of the bays. Lots of schooling fish on the flats but like you said, best fish were on the tops of the ledges and over the side. This was true on the main lake also. The base water temp has dropped 7 degrees since that cold front hit on Sunday.

You guys are making me wanna take a trip.......:)