Ky Lake early October

[GeoFisher]

My wife and I will be fishing Ky Lake in early October. We have only been there once before and the wind was up so we never left the Ky Dam Village area. I would welcome any tips or suggestions.
Thanks BB

I will also say, Dave Stewart's reports are one of the best resources about KY lake and Barkley lake you can find. I've been using his reports, and his guide services for a while.

One thing to remember is that the lakes can be deadly, and you did right by not leaving the area if you're not familiar with the lakes.

If wind is too bad, you can always drive down the trace and put in at other ramps. Smith and Sugar are good ramps, but the gravel roads are brutal.

I can generally get out in my 19ft tin boat in winds upwards of 10-15mph as long as they are not straight up or straight down the lake. If they ARE........hang it up and just use the LBL ramps.

Man, I hope you stick some fish.

I might have an idea late september, as I'm not getting very many October trips this year, so I will try last two weeks of sept and maybe 4 weeks in nov and december.

Later,

geo

[bullbass]

Thanks Geo.

[roadrunner]

agree GEO if the winds are bad on Kentucky you can put on the north end of Barkley sometimes. Be careful as the lakes will be drawn down at this time stay in the channel markers and idle into the bay especially on Barkley. This is transition time and like GEO said find the shad the fish will be there.