Guys (And fishergurl)

I have decided not to waste a bunch of gas and drive back to C land on Sunday. My bro and I are going to take our chances at a closer smallmouth habitat - the KY River.

It is at normal winter pool from what I understand. I just wanted to know if anyone has fished it this time of year and what to look for. I have fished it with pretty good success other times of the year, but never in Jan.

Any thoughts?

The plan is to find low/no current areas with structure close to deeper water. Then throw hair jigs, shakey heads, small rubber jigs, a small spinnerbait maybe or a crank if they are on shad.