Kentucky Lake Question(Dave Stewart)

[bigwormy]

im heading down friday as well. i was excited, but now nervous. i am seeing a possible 3-5 inches of rain for the forecast over the weekend. do you think this will destroy the fishing or just move the fish up shallow, and i mean shallow, with the rising waters? please anyone with lake experience respond. thanks a lot!

[jdw174]

Fished out of Paris last Wed., caught 20 and only two measured. The rest were all short males, but they were hitting practically anything I tied on. Two best fish came off of a point leading into a creek on a Bomber Square A. I'm headed out this morning, but it's chilly and the water is up. I predict a rather slow day this time.

[Spider04]

I am intrigued by Dave's assumption that some bass spawned deeper. My brother and I fished the lakes a couple of weeks ago for a full week. I fished north, south, Barkley, Kentucky. Jeff and I commented that we thought they may be spawning deeper because of the water being pulled. He caught several bass with bloody tails in deeper water - 12 to 18 feet. And this was on north Kentucky. On South Kentucky I saw what is normally seen this time of year. I guess I am testifying to Dave's idea of a deeper spawn. Jeff and I really didn't say anything about it to other guys we fished with, but we thought that could be the case.

Aside from the safety aspects, my two cents on the rain. If it is raining and the water is rising pull out a 3/8 oz blue glimmer spinnerbait and make some memories. Three of my best days ever on Kentucky Lake were done in that fashion. If they pull a lot of water, the opposite can happen. A couple of springs ago I fished on a Saturday and had fairly good success fishing shallow. They pulled a ton of water that night and I couldn't find a bite shallow that Sunday.

Good luck!