Fishing for Crappie in the KY Lake Area
Mar 1, 2020 10:24:59 #
tee069
Loc: Murray, KY
Needing to know how to successfully fish for crappie from the banks in KY and Barkley lakes. Thanks
Mar 1, 2020 13:01:27 #
Don't know much about fishing in Kentucky, but crappie are crappie.they hang out in bunches and they love heavy cover. There used to be a minister for a church down in San Diego who would go to El Capitan reservoir and fish from the bank with a 9ft 5wt fly rod with a Mitchell 300 reel mounted on it and yellow mister twister grubs under a bobber, and he would catch hundreds (seriously) to feed his congregation at a Sunday fish fry. I would follow his lead. Get you a long rod so you can make long casts, put on a casting bubble (the one you fill with water) and either crappie jigs or Berkley crappie bites and go to town on em. They're not hard to catch once you locate them. And please put your location in your profile so we don't have to ask where you're at every time you post. Photos! We love photos.
Mar 6, 2020 10:28:52 #
Let me know too. Will be on KY Lake in April 2020. Was there In 2018 and the weather got so bad and windy, we could not even get the boats on the water. 5 guys, 5 days, 5 fish.
Mar 7, 2020 17:10:59 #
Ron620DVS
Loc: Guntersville Alabama
2020 Barkley Lake is a little tougher fishing for Crappie than Kentucky Lake:🎣🐠🐸🕳
Barkley Lake is a little tougher fishing for crappie than Kentucky Lake, but the fish are much fatter. You can expect to catch good numbers of short fish this year along with a lot of 11- to 13-inch fish from the 2014-2015 year classes. As these year classes dwindle, it may take a couple years for recent year classes to reach the 10-inch minimum size. Many fishermen are changing tactics, casting or trolling light jigs, crank baits, and roadrunners year-round. 2020 Barkley Lake is Good to Fair.
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Barkley Lake is a little tougher fishing for crappie than Kentucky Lake, but the fish are much fatter. You can expect to catch good numbers of short fish this year along with a lot of 11- to 13-inch fish from the 2014-2015 year classes. As these year classes dwindle, it may take a couple years for recent year classes to reach the 10-inch minimum size. Many fishermen are changing tactics, casting or trolling light jigs, crank baits, and roadrunners year-round. 2020 Barkley Lake is Good to Fair.
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Mar 7, 2020 17:21:16 #
Ron620DVS
Loc: Guntersville Alabama
2020 Crappie Fishing Locations On Kentucky Lake:🎣🐠🐸🕳
The shoreline rip-rap and jetties around Taylor Creek hold Largemouth Bass and Bluegill... Productive bass baits include deep-diving crank baits and plastic worms or jigs... Taylor Creek is a popular tournament site... Catching bass for harvest from within the bay is not recommended...
Numerous small humps, stumps, and breaks in this area attract White Bass and Crappie during the Summer Months...Fish vertically with jigs or minnows, and use a structure marker to help maintain boat position once a small productive spot is found... Be alert for large pleasure craft approaching the marina...
Pre-spawn bass collect on both points of Sledd Creek Bay...
The back of Sledd Creek is a major spawning area for Bass, Crappie and Bluegill... From the last week of April to Mid-may, the "Buck Brush" can be effectively fished with jigs or plastic worms for bass... Try White or Chartreuse Spinner baits early in the morning...
The "Shallow Bar" south of the island is used by Bass and Crappie, both before and directly after spawning... Active fish are easily taken on spinner baits...
The old foundations and roadways of the town of Birmingham offer holding areas for "Sauger" and Cat fish... Just to the north, the old road for the Hillman Ferry is a prime spot for Fall "Sauger" action...Vertical jigging is most productive...
Stone was quarried from this area to build the dam, leaving a hole about 118 feet deep... A loading road on the east side is lined with large rip-rap that is heavily used by spawning Catfish...During May and June, try "Night Crawlers" and slip bobber rigs fished close to the rocks...
An old road forms a hard-bottomed area just out side the deep weed line on the east side of "Pisgah Bay" Crappie, Bass, and Catfish can be taken all Summer...
During February and March, Crappie relate to the breaks in 15 to 20 feet of water... Use 1/8 ounce jigs tipped with minnows and fish close to the bottom...
Not much of a "Creek Channel" is left, but there is enough to hold "Crappie" from May into the Fall... Many local anglers have placed their own "SECRET BRUSH PILES" which, collectively, form a large area that attracts many fish...
The back ends of "Bear and Malcom Creeks" are spawning areas for Bass, Crappie and Bluegill... The "Buck Brush" and limited "Stumps" and "Dead-Falls" are the key fishing locations... The combination of shoreline wood and firm bottom offers more fishing potential than woody cover located offshore in "Muck-Bottomed Areas"...
During Summer and Fall, this spot is a "Structure" anglers dream... Crappie, Catfish, White Bass, Hybrid Striped Bass and "Sauger" all inhabit this area... Use a electric motor to position the boat rather trying to anchor...
The "Gravel Point" and "Brush Cribs" hold Crappie and Bass... Small jigs seem to work best...
Milfoil grows around this Island to a depth of about 6 feet... During Spring and Summer, the “Buck Brush” is flooded as well.. Largemouth Bass, Crappie and Catfish use this area practically all year... The best spots are probably the “Southern Point” and the “West Side”... Stripers are known to chase “Shad” up on the “South Point” during low-light hours as well...
Many anglers fish for a variety of species along the large rocks on the points... "Ewes Cove" has a large “Coon Tail Bed” that is an added bonus to the “Milfoil” and tends to attract more Bass and Crappie than other weeds... Use Crappie tactics, but be be prepared for Bass, Catfish and Stripers as well...
During February and March , nice catches of Crappie are taken where the depth changes from 15 to 20 feet deep... Fish the bottom with 1/8-ounce jigs tipped with “Minnows...
From late May to August, Crappie holding in this area are caught on minnows and split shoot rigs fished near bottom...
Slow trolling with “Spreader Rigs” (Lear Rigs) and minnows produce a lot of Crappie... Late Spring and early Summer are best...
During April and early May, Crappie and Bass move into the “Buck Brush” in the upper end of Ruff Creek... Spinnerbaits will catch some fish, but a Flipping type of presentation with jigs is more productive...
This is another spawning area that is best fished with jigs or plastic worms during April and May... When the Bass and Crappie move out, big Bluegill move in and provide some terrific action during May and June...
Bass tend to hold along this steeply dropping shoreline stretch both before and after spawning... Crappie are also attracted to the few “Brush Piles” that have been placed in this area...
Flowing water has scoured a 21-foot deep hole under the bridge... Crappie, Bluegill and a few Bass can be taken all Summer...
Like other bays, Crappie and Bass move into the shallow flooded brush of “Ledbetter Creek” to spawn... Afterwards, Bass move to “Secondary Points” and Crappie go into deeper water... This area still offers a portion of the old Creek Channel where many Crappie remain for nearly 10 months of the year...
All the coves between Anderson Bay and Snipe Bay are used by Bass and Crappie for spawning... There is sufficient “Milfoil” growth to hold fish long after the spawn, and many will stay until the Winter draw-down starts in Fall...
White Bass and a few Striped Bass can be found along the sharp breaks in this area... During February and March, Crappie are taken on jigs...
Good numbers of Crappie move to the “West Shore” of "Sugar Creek" during April... Use minnows and small bobbers and fish the “Buck Brush” in about 2 to 3 feet of water...
From late May to September, this stretch of the old channel holds more Crappies and White Bass than any other section in “Blood River”... During the day, some of these fish hold near the bottom and can be taken on minnow rigs... Most tend to suspend, however, and are difficult to catch... As the “Evening Sun” falls below the tree line, look for surface activity and cast “Mepps Spinners, Horse Head Jigs” or “Small Beetle Spins”...
Local anglers have placed numerous “Brush Piles” along this shore... Each one is someone”Secret Spot,” but together they tend to hold quite a few fish...
Sometimes called “Crappie Cove,” the shoreline “Buck Brush” provides habitat for excellent numbers of spawning Crappie during April... A “Ring Of Cypress Trees” was planted in 1985 that now includes some “Buck Brush” and “Water Willow”... Flipping jigs or plastic worms under the “Cypress” during Spring produces some good size Largemouth Bass...
During the Winter draw down, this old channel holds Crappie and White Bass... Keep in mind that everything inside the 5-foot contour is dry ground during these months...
All of these weed points and pockets attract Bass and Bluegill... A few stumps on the “Southern Point” produce Crappie...
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The shoreline rip-rap and jetties around Taylor Creek hold Largemouth Bass and Bluegill... Productive bass baits include deep-diving crank baits and plastic worms or jigs... Taylor Creek is a popular tournament site... Catching bass for harvest from within the bay is not recommended...
Numerous small humps, stumps, and breaks in this area attract White Bass and Crappie during the Summer Months...Fish vertically with jigs or minnows, and use a structure marker to help maintain boat position once a small productive spot is found... Be alert for large pleasure craft approaching the marina...
Pre-spawn bass collect on both points of Sledd Creek Bay...
The back of Sledd Creek is a major spawning area for Bass, Crappie and Bluegill... From the last week of April to Mid-may, the "Buck Brush" can be effectively fished with jigs or plastic worms for bass... Try White or Chartreuse Spinner baits early in the morning...
The "Shallow Bar" south of the island is used by Bass and Crappie, both before and directly after spawning... Active fish are easily taken on spinner baits...
The old foundations and roadways of the town of Birmingham offer holding areas for "Sauger" and Cat fish... Just to the north, the old road for the Hillman Ferry is a prime spot for Fall "Sauger" action...Vertical jigging is most productive...
Stone was quarried from this area to build the dam, leaving a hole about 118 feet deep... A loading road on the east side is lined with large rip-rap that is heavily used by spawning Catfish...During May and June, try "Night Crawlers" and slip bobber rigs fished close to the rocks...
An old road forms a hard-bottomed area just out side the deep weed line on the east side of "Pisgah Bay" Crappie, Bass, and Catfish can be taken all Summer...
During February and March, Crappie relate to the breaks in 15 to 20 feet of water... Use 1/8 ounce jigs tipped with minnows and fish close to the bottom...
Not much of a "Creek Channel" is left, but there is enough to hold "Crappie" from May into the Fall... Many local anglers have placed their own "SECRET BRUSH PILES" which, collectively, form a large area that attracts many fish...
The back ends of "Bear and Malcom Creeks" are spawning areas for Bass, Crappie and Bluegill... The "Buck Brush" and limited "Stumps" and "Dead-Falls" are the key fishing locations... The combination of shoreline wood and firm bottom offers more fishing potential than woody cover located offshore in "Muck-Bottomed Areas"...
During Summer and Fall, this spot is a "Structure" anglers dream... Crappie, Catfish, White Bass, Hybrid Striped Bass and "Sauger" all inhabit this area... Use a electric motor to position the boat rather trying to anchor...
The "Gravel Point" and "Brush Cribs" hold Crappie and Bass... Small jigs seem to work best...
Milfoil grows around this Island to a depth of about 6 feet... During Spring and Summer, the “Buck Brush” is flooded as well.. Largemouth Bass, Crappie and Catfish use this area practically all year... The best spots are probably the “Southern Point” and the “West Side”... Stripers are known to chase “Shad” up on the “South Point” during low-light hours as well...
Many anglers fish for a variety of species along the large rocks on the points... "Ewes Cove" has a large “Coon Tail Bed” that is an added bonus to the “Milfoil” and tends to attract more Bass and Crappie than other weeds... Use Crappie tactics, but be be prepared for Bass, Catfish and Stripers as well...
During February and March , nice catches of Crappie are taken where the depth changes from 15 to 20 feet deep... Fish the bottom with 1/8-ounce jigs tipped with “Minnows...
From late May to August, Crappie holding in this area are caught on minnows and split shoot rigs fished near bottom...
Slow trolling with “Spreader Rigs” (Lear Rigs) and minnows produce a lot of Crappie... Late Spring and early Summer are best...
During April and early May, Crappie and Bass move into the “Buck Brush” in the upper end of Ruff Creek... Spinnerbaits will catch some fish, but a Flipping type of presentation with jigs is more productive...
This is another spawning area that is best fished with jigs or plastic worms during April and May... When the Bass and Crappie move out, big Bluegill move in and provide some terrific action during May and June...
Bass tend to hold along this steeply dropping shoreline stretch both before and after spawning... Crappie are also attracted to the few “Brush Piles” that have been placed in this area...
Flowing water has scoured a 21-foot deep hole under the bridge... Crappie, Bluegill and a few Bass can be taken all Summer...
Like other bays, Crappie and Bass move into the shallow flooded brush of “Ledbetter Creek” to spawn... Afterwards, Bass move to “Secondary Points” and Crappie go into deeper water... This area still offers a portion of the old Creek Channel where many Crappie remain for nearly 10 months of the year...
All the coves between Anderson Bay and Snipe Bay are used by Bass and Crappie for spawning... There is sufficient “Milfoil” growth to hold fish long after the spawn, and many will stay until the Winter draw-down starts in Fall...
White Bass and a few Striped Bass can be found along the sharp breaks in this area... During February and March, Crappie are taken on jigs...
Good numbers of Crappie move to the “West Shore” of "Sugar Creek" during April... Use minnows and small bobbers and fish the “Buck Brush” in about 2 to 3 feet of water...
From late May to September, this stretch of the old channel holds more Crappies and White Bass than any other section in “Blood River”... During the day, some of these fish hold near the bottom and can be taken on minnow rigs... Most tend to suspend, however, and are difficult to catch... As the “Evening Sun” falls below the tree line, look for surface activity and cast “Mepps Spinners, Horse Head Jigs” or “Small Beetle Spins”...
Local anglers have placed numerous “Brush Piles” along this shore... Each one is someone”Secret Spot,” but together they tend to hold quite a few fish...
Sometimes called “Crappie Cove,” the shoreline “Buck Brush” provides habitat for excellent numbers of spawning Crappie during April... A “Ring Of Cypress Trees” was planted in 1985 that now includes some “Buck Brush” and “Water Willow”... Flipping jigs or plastic worms under the “Cypress” during Spring produces some good size Largemouth Bass...
During the Winter draw down, this old channel holds Crappie and White Bass... Keep in mind that everything inside the 5-foot contour is dry ground during these months...
All of these weed points and pockets attract Bass and Bluegill... A few stumps on the “Southern Point” produce Crappie...
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