Kentucky Lakes Fishing Report

Lake - Lake Barkley 03/22/06:

The past two days have been cold and wet. Not many fishermen have ventured to the lakes. Before that crappie fishing was excellent.

The male crappie have started getting their spawning colors. Vertical jigging hair jigs like Mister Twister Lighting Bugs has been catching some really good white crappie.

When the sun has been out black crappie has been caught near the shore in 6' to 8' of water by casting Curly Tails. The cold and wind the past couple of day has cooled the water a bit and will slow fishing for at least a few days. As soon as the sun is
out for a couple day crappie will be very good again.

Largemouth have been hitting jerk baits along the gravel shorelines and points inside the bays.

Smallmouths have been hitting small crank baits along the pea gravel shorelines inside the major bays, especially on Kentucky Lake. They are in pre spawn and have been hitting well. There haven't been any reports but they should hit on these cloudy days.

Fishing in the tail waters has been slow because of the high water.

The dams have been releasing a lot of water because of the recent rain. When the weather gets stable fishing will be good again. The water temps are in the mid fifties and fish have started moving shallow for spring.

TIP: Remember that the warmest water sometimes is along the shoreline.