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Bass Fishing Report; Kentucky and Barkley Lakes; 5/10/2007
Bass Buster Guide Service


Kentucky Lake :  
Water Level at Ky Dam - 359.48  
Surface Temperature - 74

Lake Barkley :  
Water Level at Barkley - 359.75  
Surface Temperature - 74

Both lakes are about 1/2 foot over summer pool.  This has been a week of light winds and warm temperatures with scattered afternoon thunderstorms.  The Largemouth Bass spawn patterns are still producing fish but mostly buck bass now guarding the nests although I some occasional keepers are still coming from the brush and flowers in the 3lb range.  Most of the larger females have moved out on post spawn patterns now.  There is a pretty good early topwater bite on most mornings with cloud cover with a mixture of short fish and some keepers.  I have seen a number of schooling fish this past week in shallow water early in the day, some of these schools are short fish and some are schools of keepers in the 2.5 to 3lb range.  These schools of course cannot be predicted but when you get into one you are in for some quick action on topwater lures.  I have been concentrating on ledges in the creeks and bays the past couple of days with some fair results on the post spawn Largemouth.

Largemouth Bass:  Some fish are still being taken near the brush and flowers on topwater lures, spinnerbaits, floating worms, sinking worms and Texas rigged creature baits.  These shallow fish are mostly buck bass guarding the nests.  Largemouth are being taken on post spawn patterns on the creek channel banks, secondary points and ledges in the creeks and bays.  These post spawn fish are being taken on Carolina rigged creature baits, Texas rigged creature baits, jigs and tube jigs.  Some early morning and late evening topwater bite can be found in shallow water in the creeks and bays.  These fun fish are taking walking baits, buzzbaits and poppers. 

Smallmouth Bass:  The Smallmouth Bass are being taken early and late in the day on main lake primary and secondary rocky points as well as on rocky secondary points near the mouths of the bays.  These fish are taking some topwater lures, jigs and tube jigs.

Some of the productive lures reported this week are:  Lucky Craft Sammy in ghost lemon shad, Lucky Craft and Yozuri popping baits in the same color pattern as the Sammy, Rebel Pop R's in shad patterns, Hook Some Bass spinnerbaits in blue glimmer, Zoom Trick worms in watermelon/red and watermelon/purple, Hook Some Bass baby brush hounds in watermelon/red, green pumpkin, and watermelon/purple, Last Cast jigs in green pumpkin and Missouri craw and Jewel football head jigs in green pumpkin.

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.  Now would be a good time to book that trip to learn how to fish the ledges this summer.  I will be offering split day trips (4 hours morning and 4 hours evening) during the months of July and August in addition to my normal day trips.  These trips are designed to keep you out of the heat of the day and take advantage of the early and late day bite.  You can get more information about these split day trips by contacting me by email or phone. 

I have the following dates available in May, June and July:

May:  sorry I am booked up

June:  June 29th

July:  I have plenty of dates still available in July, contact me for availability.

Captain. Dave Stewart
Bass Buster Guide Service
270-354-5039
dave@kentuckylakeguide.com

www.kentuckylakeguide.com

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