Thread: Kentucky Lake report.....confused

If a Lake has a successful spawn and survival rate for a year or two ...all those fish in that year class have to be somewhere,and you found a lot of them. Year classes of fish do not always spend much time together. Finding the year class schools of larger fish can be difficult sometimes. Especially if that year class of fish is down in population some as a percentage of the total fish. They also will not bite the same thing sometimes,they want a different bait or presentation. On the Tennessee and Cumberland river systems... sometimes those bigger fish will just hang on the ledges of the main and secondary river channels the biggest part of the time. Also just turn off and on.Sometimes the bigger ones bite and sometimes they don't. Had a couple guides tell me years ago if you're not finding them in the bays go find you some brush on a channel ledge. Reservoir fish can be tricky.

Originally Posted by doggone

If a Lake has a successful spawn and survival rate for a year or two ...all those fish in that year class have to be somewhere,and you found a lot of them. Year classes of fish do not always spend much time together. Finding the year class schools of larger fish can be difficult sometimes. Especially if that year class of fish is down in population some as a percentage of the total fish. They also will not bite the same thing sometimes,they want a different bait or presentation. On the Tennessee and Cumberland river systems... sometimes those bigger fish will just hang on the ledges of the main and secondary river channels the biggest part of the time. Also just turn off and on.Sometimes the bigger ones bite and sometimes they don't. Had a couple guides tell me years ago if you're not finding them in the bays go find you some brush on a channel ledge. Reservoir fish can be tricky.

Makes sense. I tried a lot of different spots, especially scanning. I don't always catch the biggest crappie, but I have most always been able to find some keeper sizes.? I fish the TN river lakes at home, and I understand what you are saying. In this case, I was just stumped!

When did you take that picture? My wife and I were walking around the marina about 4:00 Sunday afternoon.