Dale Report

[Bonefish]

I fished out of Wisdom Friday and Saturday. This was a family outing for the most part so I didn't get to do any night fishing, which I should have done because the bass were not active during the day. As far as I could tell, the bass are still holding on main lake points 25 to 35 feet. I did try jigs and caught some small bass, but nothing over 12 inches. However, I did catch 42, 10 to 12 inch red-ear's that mad a great family dinner. All in all, it doesn't get any better than that to eat fish, corn bread and taters with coffe and tell family stories on each other. The water temps stayed around 75 degrees so the water needs to cool some before the bass activity gets better, especially during the day time. The sad are starting to gather up on the surface, but no acitvity which again indicates the bass are still down deep.

[thebassman30]

Thanks B!

[mustangiiman01]

thx for the report will be going down there the 21st hoping its good during the day then

[Ranger_07]

What type of patterns were you catching the red ear on? If you don't mind my asking.

[kygorski]

The ramp at the state dock is single again, if it gets any lower, it will be a problem.Water temps are 72+. Gills are scattered and my honey spots didn't pan out yesterday, but got enough for a good meal.

[Bonefish]

I found the red ear's on a main point grass bed at mouth of Fanny's Creek in about 15 foot of water. I use red worms for them. Use 4 to 6 lbl line with a small shot 16 inches up the line with #8 wire hook. Let the red worm sink to the bottom and just fish it like you would a T-rig very slow until you find where they are. The reason I found them I was casting a pin minnow into a shad pod and caught one so then I started using a red worm. They will hit a night crawler, but they will absolutely eat your hook off for a red worm. Red worms have a smell to them that gills and crackers realy love. You will also find crackers if you look for rocks and gravel banks that support the little twisted shells. All of the crackers I opened had those little twisted black shells in them. That is their main diet because they have crushers in their throat to crush them. Their intestinal system can also desolve them as well. Hope this helps. Dale has some of the biggest crackers of all the lakes in KY.