Pick a bay and beat the banks with 1/16 oz Roadrunners with 1 1/2" or 2" curly tail grubs. The blacks and whites should BOTH be in the shallow water. The Black Crappie are much more abundant than the whites and are much more aggressive. Blacks prefer a horizontal presentation as opposed to the traditional vertical presentations that is more targeted to the whites. I grew up fishing Buzzard Rock Marina and it holds it's fair share of crappie and is pretty well protected from high winds. If Buzzard Rock doesn't work, trailer down the road to Kuttawa. If you're wanting to be on Ky Lake instead of Barkley, Big Bear and Little Bear are good bets. Big Bear has more of an area to explore - Malcolm way on back in the back has a stump flat that is usually productive.

Even if you don't hook up on the crappie, there's enough buck bass cruising the shallows that love little Roadrunners to make for a fun day!