Quote Originally Posted by artcarney_agr View Post
Kentucky Lake and Barkley have always had an excellent population of both whites and yellows. I used to fish for whites all the time in the summer and fall, mostly on Barkley Lake. The flats near the canal on the Barkley side were always good, and along those islands as well. The flat around the island in the main channel near Buzzard Rock was also a hot spot of mine. Another good one is the Ashland Oil barge terminal near Buzzard Rock that has a ledge by it that comes from about 40 or 50 ft up to about 10, and the whites would load up on it chasing shad. Even the mouth of Buzzard Rock holds them during the summer and fall, around the rip rap and the points at the entrance. The jumps used to be phenomenal, but have declined a little over the years, or at least it seems that way to me. It always seemed that the hotter the temperature, the more you would catch. This past fall was one of the better falls for the whites and yellows that I can recall...I think I caught more on a jerkbait and a shad rap than anything else!

I've heard good reports of whites on Taylorsville, but haven't ever gone after'em there...yet...
Thanks Art you just brought back a good memory for me about Buzzard Rock. Me and a buddy Tommy Walker absolutely whacked'em in the mouth of that canal inlet and in the canal itself leading back to the marina one weekend. Bass I'm talking about. We would get up before daylight and not even start the big engine, just troll out there and get'em. We would stand around and look stupid when a boat would motor out by us leaving the canal at it's pretty tight through there. When they would clear sight we would go back to catching. Had about a four pounder on and here come a boat, Tommy says hold your rod down and just act like you don't have one on. I did and still caught the fish, LOL. Between Saturday and Sunday morning we caught probably 50 plus bass with alot of keeper size and several over 4 lb's. I'll never forget that, it was really cool, I bet we didn't burn 5 dollars worth of gasoline that whole weekend.