Well Boys, has anyone been to KY lake lately

[GeoFisher]

Catch a hog!

Caught 3 today........no hogs.

2 on a jig 1 on a shakey. Amazing how much warmer north/shallow banks were. nearly 5 degrees.

I'm headed out tomorrow, but will probably not get out too early.

[outdoorsman_33]

Caught 3 today........no hogs.

2 on a jig 1 on a shakey. Amazing how much warmer north/shallow banks were. nearly 5 degrees.

I'm headed out tomorrow, but will probably not get out too early.

Thanks for the update! Weather is looking good in the next couple weeks. I will be down there next weekend. Last weekend that the wife will let me go before the baby comes. So hot or cold here I come!

[GeoFisher]

Eddie and I managed to catch a few and had pretty good fish.

We started out on North Barkley on Thursday around 5:00pm only had 2 or so hrs, so we stayed in Champion Springs. 41 degree water. It was COLD. Eddie and I both caught fish on a jig. Ended up with 3 on Thursday.

Friday, we put back in at Champion Springs, and fished north to some sunny spots. On one of those I caught the largest fish for the weekend a 4.5 largemouth in 6 or so ft of water, close to the river channel. Black and Blue hair jig is what I caught it on.

We fished Friday mostly on North Barkley in crappy water. After fishing junky water for most the day, we ran through the channel and headed back into Pisqua. In Pisqua, be both hooked up on fish. We ended up catching 7 fish with 2 keepers. Not bad, but not great either. Water temps on North KY were nearly 5 degrees warmer. Amazing.

Saturday, we put in at Fenton. Threw a lot of crankbaits but didn't end up hooking up on them. I also tried to jerkbait, which also didn't work for me. WE did catch a couple on red eye shad, but most fish came on a tube or jig.

Sunday, after multiple days struggling, and only 18 fish for the previous 3 days, Eddie and I called an audible and fished crazy, CRAZY shallow. We got some information about shad raps from Dave Stewarts Report, and tied on a couple. WE fished 5-6 ft of water on sunny banks and managed 19 fish with 6 keepers. Best 5 going about 12 lbs. We could have definitely caught more, but with a 3hr drive home, we ended up leaving fish around 5:00pm.

Dave told me I was prob fishing too fast, so I paid real close attention to the speed of my retrieve, and specifically pausing.......THAT was the ticket. 10 of the fish came on cranks, 7 on shakey head, and 2 on a jig.

It was fun.

Here are some pictures:

[GeoFisher]

[SLP]

Glad you had fun looks like some nice fish. I'm trying to plan a trip to Barkley with a friend probably either the second or third week in April. I hope the fishing will be good, he will be driving about seven hours to meet me there.

[Dave Stewart]

Nice fish Geo...glad that tip about slowing the crankbait down and stop and go retrieve worked for you.

Dave

[GeoFisher]

Nice fish Geo...glad that tip about slowing the crankbait down and stop and go retrieve worked for you.

Dave

Did it ever.............

Later,

Geo

[elnutsmalljaws]

That is without a doubt the UGLIEST Guy holding up a Bass that I have ever seen. Good grief George , just when I thought you were about as UGLY a man that I ever met last year, you go and do it up better

[SLP]

Those pictures of that Eagle are great! How close were you able to get to it?

[GeoFisher]

Those pictures of that Eagle are great! How close were you able to get to it?

Right under it...............and I took it with a Canon point and shoot......40x zoom though

[Devils Horse]

Geo, our club fished New Johnsonville, TN Mar 1st and 2nd. Saturday was nice, but Sunday turned nasty in a hurry, and we stopped before lunch.

First place was over 40lbs. Me with one that went 5.45. The guys who won holding up 23 lbs. My partner holding part of an 18lb limit. Notice the bruiser in the tank he just got those 2 out of.

Crank baits.

[GeoFisher]

Geo, our club fished New Johnsonville, TN Mar 1st and 2nd. Saturday was nice, but Sunday turned nasty in a hurry, and we stopped before lunch.

First place was over 40lbs. Me with one that went 5.45. The guys who won holding up 23 lbs. My partner holding part of an 18lb limit. Notice the bruiser in the tank he just got those 2 out of.

Crank baits.

That is nice.............

40 lbs for a 5 fish limit?

I really need to get down south sometime..........but I honestly love the northern areas, and have not taken time to research too much past 68/80. Maybe one of these days. Heck, I might purchase down there, since the costs for property further south on KY and Barkley are much, MUCH better. Close to 50% better .

Later,

Geo