Need help at Paris

[knobrad]

I always fish N. Barkley and a little on N. Ky. I have been invited to fish in the TOT in two weeks out of Paris, Tn. I know ledges fairly well on the North end of the lakes. Just wondering how differrent they are down there. Is there enough grass, too make a difference in techniques. Not looking to win, just want to boat a few. Any help would be appreciated.

[lroberts]

I'm headed to this tourney again this year too.....its a blast...you'll get to see some of the Elite Series fellas and be treated to a good show. The only thing that stinks is waiting in line to launch and load! From what I've heard a lot of the fish are still fairly shallow....in two weeks who knows though. Good luck!

[bigrod]

If I was you I would stay on North end of the lake. If you don't know anything below Paris you are better off staying with what you know.

[lilmule]

Certainly if you feel nore comfortable fishing north ,then go north.
We do have ledges,and a fair amount of them,one large line is at the mouth of the big sandy,just the other side of the 79 bridge.follow the bouy line and toss in towards the main lake,the entire line from the point to the last one at main lake is but humps and ledges.
If you never go south from here your missing out on the best fishing on ky lake,grass,lilly pads,pads have been up over a month now.Grass in the backs of the bays was about 1 ft off the bottom in say 2 ft of water,now topped in the very backs of some bays,again shallow.
Bass bay,new johnsonville area just look in tiny cuts and coves or very shallow bays.
Some fish still shallow lead in lead out banks being of importance,shallow cranks,bandit 200.bushogs green pumpkin with purple or blue an alternate color,jigs with paca craw trailers,spinnerbaits around flooded buckbrush,and floating frogs around topped veggies.
Its all here myself I prefer to toss topwater frogs from april on in stuff like this.
http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...llypads002.jpg

[bigrod]

What bay was that picture taken in? That's beautiful water right there.

[knobrad]

Thanks for the help. How many miles is it to New Johnsonville from Paris?

[bigrod]

I think around 35 miles or more

[jdw174]

Presently, the Big Sandy and main lake are the color of coffee/cream. Lake was still at 360' this past Wed. I landed 35 bass in 5 hours fishing the Pace Point area at the mouth of Big Sandy. Best fish came on a Black Neon creature bait flipped dead into the center of outside buckbushes. You had to almost hit them on the head, but they'd thump it pretty good when you did. Took several from base of willow trees, but you had to be persistent. Sometimes a 6 inch difference in where you put your cast made the difference. Also got a lot of short fish (13-14") on a Jackall Flickit Wacky Jig using Watermelon/Red YumDingers. Went thru almost a whole bag of those. It was a decent day......

[lilmule]

Lake has stayed about 360 all week,is clearing up backs of bays first,It s actually not Paris ,Paris is 17 miles west,here its paris landing where the ramp is,Buchanan,Springville,new johnsonville.
Running to say new johnsonville depends upon the boat and lake conditions,30-35 min for most guys in say 20 ft bass boats,capable of running at least 60mph,again lake conditions can limit faster timing say in my allison.
The pondweed taken last june and two points in the link pictures are within sight of paris landing slightly north,the rest are of the ramp area and south
http://kylaketn.webs.com/apps/photos...lbumid=7639922
I live in Buchanan about 6-7 min away