Thread: KY Lake Advice Needed Late March

Rigging will work so will casting. It all depends on what your most comfortable doing. Electronics play a big part because all the structure in ky lake is submerged. Blood river is one of many areas to try. Just keep up with the posts leading up to your trip. Ky guys aren't tight lipped they will help you anyway they can. Hopefully the blacks should be up shallow. Casting towards the banks should work. Whites will be away from the bank. Rigging will work if you find the ledges and troll along them or rigging above brush piles you find. Plenty of structure in blood river. Good luck. I will be down 1st week of April.

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I will be down also starting last couple days in march. We stay at Irvin cobb Resort not fancy but has always been clean. It is located in Blood River you won't have trouble finding fish spider rigging or casting.

Blood is a good area with lots of options.

As a rule the time period that you mentioned, typically lends itself to a variety of techniques. Blacks will be heading to the banks or already spawning and the Whites should be anywhere from 20' of water to males exploring the banks.

This all depends on water temps. and lake levels.

In the past, I've seen temps anywhere from the mid 50's to darn near 70. Just depends on what kinda year the Good Lord decides he wants to throw at us. Lake levels are also unpredictable at that time of year.

Due to a few years of good spawns the numbers of 11" to 13" fish should be good. Like the others said... Just about any way you choose to fish should produce a few. Check any chunk rock bank and you should find some Blacks.

Unless you get a REAL early start in the mornings, be ready for a long walk at the boat ramps.

As for the lodging... Where ever you choose to stay, ya better be making reservation soon or ya won't even be able ta find a place to pitch a tent that time of year. Most of the campgrounds haven't opened at that time and the lodging will be snached up quick!

Note... I reserve the right to be absolutely WRONG!

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I use whatever tactic seems to be working in that time frame but my wife is all about watching a bobber. We anchor off the deep side of the chunk rock points and rig casting rods(she uses spincast and I use spinning) with slip bobbers, #1 Aberdeen hooks and just enough weight to cast it well. Get some shiner minnows and hook them thru the eyes. Cast them up into 3-5 feet of water with the minnow set at least a foot above the bottom and sit back. One of the most relaxing ways of fishing and when the blacks are cruising the banks, very productive.

Bring plenty of clothes, one day you may fish in shorts and need columbias the next. This is KY and the weather is subject to change at any moment .

Originally Posted by justinp61

Bring plenty of clothes, one day you may fish in shorts and need columbias the next. This is KY and the weather is subject to change at any moment .

True Dat !! I remember doing exactly that .... in late APRIL !!

... cp