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Bass
Fishing Report; Kentucky and Barkley Lakes; 3/30/2007
Both
lakes are about 2 ft over winter pool. The present forecast is for
the lake levels to remain at present levels over the weekend. The
lakes should begin a slow rise to summer pool sometime next week.
Normally the lakes reach summer pool levels around the last week of
April. The
morning (base) water temperatures have risen 10 degrees over the past
week due to the extended period of extremely warm weather we have had
here in the lakes area. This rapid rise in the base water
temperatures has moved the big shad schools into shallow water much more
rapidly than is normal for this time of year. This rapid movement
of the baitfish caused the bass to be somewhat spread out over the past
week, which is very much like what happens in the fall when the shad
move rapidly from deep to shallow water. This rapid
transition, just like in the fall, caused the bass fishing to
deteriorate with the spreading of the fish. I noticed the bite
starting to fall off last Friday a little and then by the weekend it had
noticeably deteriorated from the previous great bite we had going.
This was reflected especially in the weights in the bass tournaments
last weekend as compared to the weights in the tournaments of the
previous two or three weeks. This overall bite continued to
deteriorate through out the week this week and most bass anglers were
having a tough time finding any numbers of Largemouth or Smallmouth.
Yesterday there was a marked increase in the shallow water bite on
Largemouth as more and more bass seemed to be showing up shallow to
feed on the large schools of shad already shallow. I do believe
from what I saw yesterday and from some like reports I received last
night from bass anglers that the Largemouth bite should start getting
better each day now on average as more bass begin gathering up back
shallow to feed on the shad. The Smallmouth Bass are undoubtedly
going on the nest to spawn with these water temperatures. This
rapid change in water temperatures also had an effect on the Crappie.
The Black Crappie which were starting to move to shallow water to spawn early
last week made a beeline for the shallows and are now spawning since the
water temperatures rose so rapidly. The White Crappie reports
indicate that they are still being taken over deeper brush but some are
now being taken shallow. I expect with these water temperatures
where they are now, that unless they drop (the weather forecast would
indicate that the temps will not drop) that the White Crappie will be
moving shallow in numbers very soon to spawn. Basically,
what has happened here is that we now have water temperatures that we
normally do not have until mid April and this rapid rise in water
temperatures is moving the fish shallow about two weeks or so ahead of
what we normally see here. I myself, have never seen water
temperatures this warm this early in the year. I talked to some
guides and TVA folks this past week that have been here for 30-40 years
and they said the same thing. Anyway, I hope some of what I have
said here will help you plan your trips to find your fish this next
week. Largemouth
Bass: The Largemouth Bass are being taken on creek channel banks
and secondary points in the creeks and bays as well as on the flats in
the bays. The deeper fish are being taken on crankbaits, Smallmouth
Bass: The Smallmouth Bass are being taken on pea gravel banks in
the front halves of the bays and on main lake pea gravel banks.
These fish are being taken on tubes, jigs and grubs. I only
received two reports on Smallmouth this week and both reports indicated
a slow bite with only a few fish taken. Some
of the productive lures this week were: Lewis Rattletraps in
blue/chrome, black/red and rootbeer, Hook Some Bass spinnerbaits in blue
glimmer, Hook Some Bass chatterbaits in blue glimmer and white/chartruese,
Bandit crankbaits in speckled back and rootbeer/chartruese, Zoom lizards
in green pumpkin and pumpkin/chartruese and Hook Some Bass tubes in
green pumpkin and smoke/purple. If
you are in need of a guide for some fun bass fishing, tournament
preparation, lake familiarization or technique instruction don't
hesitate to give me a call or drop me an email. I have the
following dates available: March:
sorry I am booked up April:
sorry I am booked up May:
19th June:
2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 15, 17, 18, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29,30 If I am booked up on a date or time frame you are wanting, feel free to call me to be put on wait list in case I have a cancellation or feel free to call me for a referral. Captain.
Dave
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