Editor’s note: Would you like for me to tell you the fishing is getting better? Well, it’s getting better. That’s the short version of what going on in eastern Kentucky. However, our lakes are changing some everyday. Almost all of our eastern lakes are heavily stained or down right muddy but that hasn’t kept the fish from biting. Our reports continued to improve in spite of the poor water conditions. The biggest improvement has been Yatesville Lake. We received reports all week that the bass were getting active. Get out there and catch a big one!
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Cave Run Lake: The lake has been holding steady this week at an elevation of 730.5 feet, bringing the lake to about .5 over summer pool. The lake is still stained and the upper regions of the river are muddy but beginning to improve. Water temperature is running between 53 and 58 degrees. Musky: Good and improving. Tubs, gliders, lipless crankbaits along with inline spinnerbaits have been seeing action this week as muskie reports have started pouring in. Largemouth Bass: Slow but improving. We continue to get reports of active fish on points using jigs and A-rigs. Smallmouth: Slow, however, we did get a few reports of fish being caught on crankbaits and jigs fishing the dam area. Crappie: Fair and improving fishing channels trees and deep-water brush using jigs and live bait. We should see some black crappie reports soon too. Fish shallow areas near deep water drop offs. Catfish: Slow but improving fishing creekheads with live bait. Trout: We also want to let you know that Cave Run Tailwaters in Rowan County received 1,200 trout on April 9 as part of the state trout stocking program.
Grayson Lake: The lake has come up to just under summer pool. Improving conditions are beginning to pay off. The water is 53-57 degrees and stained/muddy. Bass: fair. Reports are encouraging as some fish were taken last week fishing jigs and crankbaits on points and road beds. We also continue to get some reports of fish hitting a shakey-head jig dressed with a 3-inch twister tail in watermelon color. Crappie: Fair fishing swim jigs around down timber and brush piles. Catfish: Slow fishing live bait from the heads of coves near discharge areas. Trout: The Grayson Tailwaters in Carter County received 1,000 trout on April the 10th as part of the state trout stocking program.
Greenbo Lake: The water temperature is near 58-60 degrees on sunny days. Bass: Improving using blade baits and jig & pigs on points and in the dam area. Some fish were reported active on points. Trout: Fair to good using Berkley Powerbait and small spinners or blade baits like the Sliver Buddy. Catfish: Slow but improving fishing cut bait and live suckers.
Ohio River: The river has produced a few good days of fishing in the tailwater area of the Greenup dam. However, changing water levels have made it hard to catch the river in good shape. Most of this week the rains have kept it muddy. Largemouth Bass: Slow with little reports of activity. Crankbaits, jigs and blade baits should produce during this slow period. Below the dam: Twin tail grubs on ¼ oz. ball jigs are the best producers of Sauger and Walleye using slow bump-the-bottom retrieves. Running a two-jig setup produces better strikes. One of the two baits needs to be a little off of the bottom. White Bass: Slow with few reported catches. Bass: We are looking for some new reports on the bass fishing above the dam. If you get on the water help us out! Catfish: slow.
Yatesville Lake: Yatesville water levels continued to stay at winter pool. The water temperature is near 52-58 degrees and the fishing continued to improve this week. The water has been stained. Bass: have been getting active while the water remains stained to muddy. Reporting anglers say crankbaits, jigs and slow sinking spinnerbaits have been producers this week. Crappie: fair. Fish the edges of flats in channel bends and old fish attractors using 1/32 oz. white crappie jigs or live bait. We have seen some anglers improving their odds drifting across fish attractors using both live bait and jigs. Catfish: Slow, however, we did some of the first reports of catches this week fishing the backwater areas using live bait. Trout: Yatesville Tailwaters in Lawrence County received 750 trout on April 10 as part of the state trout stocking program.
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