The water is getting a little muddy, especially in Lake Barkley. The weather has been nice but there also has been some pretty high winds, making fishing more difficult. The better fishing has been for smallmouth in Kentucky Lake and largemouth in Lake Barkley. With the added color along the shorelines the water has warmed to 53 degrees and has begin to bring the bass to shore. Smallmouth are being taken in Kentucky Lake on small spinnerbaits, retrieved slowly.
Darker colors seem to work best.
Crappie have slowed because of the strong current, but some nice stringers are coming in, when the fishermen have a spot out of the wind. Minnows are doing better than jigs. Sauger have slowed below both dams. The water level in the tail waters are rising and will need a few days to get back to normal. There are no reports for bluegill or whitebass.