Thread: How long till things settle down?

Barren River Lake 50.8 ft above winter pool
Rough River Lake 40.7 ft above winter pool
Nolin Lake 35.8 ft above winter pool
Green River Lake 29.8 ft above winter pool

Gonna be a long crappie catching spring. For Green to be this high it will be Memorial Day before it is back to Summer Pool.

KY is projected to hit 368 this week.

The Ohio River at Cairo isn't forecasted to really start to drop out until about 10 or so days from now. Unlikely they do much with dropping the lakes until the Ohio drops out. Looks like the lakes will go to 368-370 and hang out there for a while.

Originally Posted by ChrisS22

Any guess on how long before Ky. Lake is fishable? I'm scheduled to be there March 11-15 and I'm beginning to wonder if I should even bother.

This graph pic is from today.

High muddy water hasn't affected bite yet. You just got to keep adjusted to stay on the fish.

Tons of stuff floating around above and below surface.
Of course when you add 8' more feet of water to the lake finding proper ramp access starts to be a huge issue.

Originally Posted by ChrisS22

Any guess on how long before Ky. Lake is fishable? I'm scheduled to be there March 11-15 and I'm beginning to wonder if I should even bother.

First of all, welcome to Crappie.com!!! I'm no expert on Ky Lake so some of the others can better guide you. But fishing could still be good then. I'd just roll with it personally. I've made plans and fished Ky Lake under some rough conditions and done very well at times.


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Originally Posted by kytiteloc

This graph pic is from today.

High muddy water hasn't affected bite yet. You just got to keep adjusted to stay on the fish.

Tons of stuff floating around above and below surface.
Of course when you add 8' more feet of water to the lake finding proper ramp access starts to be a huge issue.

I saw the same thing late last week. Had to hunt a little to find some and had to slow down some but they bit pretty good.

Trying to run the river channel though kind of takes the fun out of it. Really have to be careful out there. Not only is the debris bad and dangerous but with current so strong, any kind of wind blowing against it is going to really amplify the wave action on the main lake.


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Muddy water warms quickly, Hancock is showing 49 degree water temp this morning.

With the long range forecast showing a nice warm-up after next week, it will most likely be windy....seems we rarely get a good warm-up in March without a bunch of gusty winds.

Water level should crest around 366.6 ft at the dam around midnight of March 2nd

By March 11th I would estimate it to be back down to around 362 to 362.5 unless the inflow from upstream tapers down quicker.

It might not be too comfortable if the wind does show up with the warmer weather, and falling water levels tend to pull the fish out to deeper water, but increasing water temps can lead to some great action as they should be getting a little more aggressive.

It's always a gamble on conditions in March with the unstable weather, but with 5 days of fishing I'm sure you'll have a couple of good ones once you figure out what's going on.

Originally Posted by artcarney_agr

Muddy water warms quickly, Hancock is showing 49 degree water temp this morning.

With the long range forecast showing a nice warm-up after next week, it will most likely be windy....seems we rarely get a good warm-up in March without a bunch of gusty winds.

Water level should crest around 366.6 ft at the dam around midnight of March 2nd

By March 11th I would estimate it to be back down to around 362 to 362.5 unless the inflow from upstream tapers down quicker.

It might not be too comfortable if the wind does show up with the warmer weather, and falling water levels tend to pull the fish out to deeper water, but increasing water temps can lead to some great action as they should be getting a little more aggressive.

It's always a gamble on conditions in March with the unstable weather, but with 5 days of fishing I'm sure you'll have a couple of good ones once you figure out what's going on.

Thanks Art, much appreciated!