Eddie and I managed to catch a few and had pretty good fish.
We started out on North Barkley on Thursday around 5:00pm only had 2 or so hrs, so we stayed in Champion Springs. 41 degree water. It was COLD. Eddie and I both caught fish on a jig. Ended up with 3 on Thursday.
Friday, we put back in at Champion Springs, and fished north to some sunny spots. On one of those I caught the largest fish for the weekend a 4.5 largemouth in 6 or so ft of water, close to the river channel. Black and Blue hair jig is what I caught it on.
We fished Friday mostly on North Barkley in crappy water. After fishing junky water for most the day, we ran through the channel and headed back into Pisqua. In Pisqua, be both hooked up on fish. We ended up catching 7 fish with 2 keepers. Not bad, but not great either. Water temps on North KY were nearly 5 degrees warmer. Amazing.
Saturday, we put in at Fenton. Threw a lot of crankbaits but didn't end up hooking up on them. I also tried to jerkbait, which also didn't work for me. WE did catch a couple on red eye shad, but most fish came on a tube or jig.
Sunday, after multiple days struggling, and only 18 fish for the previous 3 days, Eddie and I called an audible and fished crazy, CRAZY shallow. We got some information about shad raps from Dave Stewarts Report, and tied on a couple. WE fished 5-6 ft of water on sunny banks and managed 19 fish with 6 keepers. Best 5 going about 12 lbs. We could have definitely caught more, but with a 3hr drive home, we ended up leaving fish around 5:00pm.
Dave told me I was prob fishing too fast, so I paid real close attention to the speed of my retrieve, and specifically pausing.......THAT was the ticket. 10 of the fish came on cranks, 7 on shakey head, and 2 on a jig.
It was fun.
Here are some pictures:
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Originally Posted by Dave Stewart
