Quote Originally Posted by luvtohunt View Post
Laurel can be a frustrating lake at times if you don't have any experience on it so I personally would mark it off the list. It is a great lake don't get me wrong but when I think about where I would fish, I wouldn't think kayak. Green is still in the bathrooms in several of the ramps so it is crazy right now. Cumberland would be my choice if I was gonna make one. You can pick from most any creek and have good access close to decent fishing. I like fishing the small end of the lake myself but it depends on what you want to catch. The small end tends to be more spot and LM fishing while the big end has a more consistent SM bite. I love fishing White Oak if I am moving toward the big end and looking for SM and you can launch way up creek at Piney and be in decent fishing pretty quick. Buck creek is a beautiful creek that I see a lot of kayakers in and plenty of LM and spots to be caught there.
Definitely won't be as much boat traffic up buck creek.That's probably where i'd go in a kayak & if the spawn is on decent you'll have a pretty good time too. This time of year about any creek will have boats running all the way to the head in extremely shallow water.