Kentucky River Beauty

[EZGO]

By no means i`m a pro on that river but my father lives down there and we fish it with decent luck. Whites at the lockport dam and bass in creeks, but as someone mentioned the bass have slowed since the spill. The lockport dam is a good place to fish on the lower spill side. Pull up to the dam on the right side work a bait from the wall or in that area all the way back to where the barges used to enter and keep repeating, that has produced early in the year for us. but watch your boat and depth finder it is shallow in there, now in the summer do not take a chance on it you will bottom out. On the right side of the dam as you enter there were big rocks along the wall. Baits ive used and my dad Jointed rapala med size and shad rap suspending white blue spinnner baits and bomber crawl pattern crankbait, that dives 1-5 foot. Hope this might help this is how we fish on the ky river most of the time and have decent luck, We do not spank them every time but can manage a few fish. I have never fished above the lockport dam, we always fish below it.

[condusivecranker]

I was on Dale Hollow once at the Wolf Creek Campground eating dinner when we noticed a guy in a boat coming at the bank rather quickly. Since it was no wake, it caught our eye, and we thought he was holding a golden retriever. Turns out he saw a baby deer struggling in the middle of the lake and had grabbed it and brought it to shore. Man, I never knew deer could yell out like this one did, it was one of the most awful yelps I have ever heard in my life. Anyways, the guy let the deer go on the shore of the campground, and the poor little guy, obvoisly stressed, jumped back into the lake rather than run through the campground. "Dam deer" Was the response by the guy in the boat. We all shared a good laugh and then watched the guys take the deer across the lake to the more secluded shore.

[wowsafari]

I was down at Barkley a couple years ago and saw a doe swimming across the lake. We were close to Lake Barkley State resort park. I have it on video. If I can find it, I'll post it.

[RoadToad]

I have never fished above the lockport dam, we always fish below it.

Where do you put in to get there? I fished there once with a friend who grew up near there, and we put in right below the dam, like within sight of it. There's no ramp there, but the gravel bank slopes in so it's easy to put in. But driving down to get there is another story. He was driving a large 4WD without which we'd have never gotten down there, and as it was it cost him a trailer tire. Someone else told me he once walked through the woods to fish the bank from the Owen County side, but it seems to me they must have crossed private property to get there.