The lake has risen about 18in. with the recent rains to 601.14 feet above sea level. Normal pool is 599.7 The water temps jumped from 77 to 85 and were starting to get a nice thermocline but was broken up by the incoming water and current. We should have one very soon though. The lake remains very clear. North end some stain, south end gin clear. The water temps are going to fall after these next few days back to the 77-80 range. It has been extremely hot. Cooling off after today the 15th. Crappie.... Not a lot has changed [...]

Things have changed somewhat so I thought a revised fishing report was due. My readers really appreciate the reports. The lake level is back to summer pool and the water temps fell somewhat from 82 down to 77 on the north end. We were going through a bad algae bloom making it impossible to use your forward facing sonar and the fishing slowed way down for the bigger fish at least. With the rains and wind this has broken up the algae bloom. The bait is everywhere on the surface. I was out yesterday and couldn't believe how much I [...]

The lake level is 600.10. Normal summer pool is 599.7 so about three -inches. Water temps have really shot up from low seventies to now around 82 with all the heat. This has started a huge algae bloom. For those of you running Livescope and having problems this is most likely the culprit. The water is very dense with the green algae. Eventually this will be a good thing. I will explain. About mid July we will get a thermocline and this algae will grow and become heavy and will sink down to the thermocline. Which will hold it there [...]

Lake Level is 601.22 and falling. Normal summer pool is 599.7 about two inches a day. Water temps are around 71 and visibility is very good about 6in. easily. Walleye have gotten so hit and miss I put my spinner rigs away and switched back to crappie. We would get three or four then go two days with nothing. Then the white bass disappeared that we were catching while pulling spinners. The lake constantly rising and falling this spring had to have a lot to do with this. All my buddies who both guide and fish for them are way [...]

The lake level is 600.7. Normal summer pool is 599.7. Falling slowly. Water temps are running 70-73. Slightly stained with the recent rains. Walleye has been hit or miss with me for nearly a month. Seams I need proper wind direction to set them up. I am still pulling my spinner rigs and catching a few each day. Starting to see more walleye now mixed in with the sauger. For the most part I have been catching sauger due to the deeper depths I have been fishing. 14-16ft. With the lake falling I think more walleye will drop back from [...]

Water temps are running 67-71 and the lake is currently 601.99. Summer pool is 599.7. So roughly two-feet high and falling. This has made crappie fishing extremely tough. Everyone is complaining on how early the spawn was and now they can't find any fish. Water temps have been past 70 a couple of times and the crappie will spawn at 62 so 90% of the spawn is done. This along with high water spread the fish out everywhere. Now just leave them alone to re-coop from the spawn and in a few weeks they will be on main lake brush [...]

YOYO is the word for end of April first part of May. The lake came up to summer pool or about five-feet then back down two-feet now back up nearly three-feet to a foot and a half over summer pool expected crest. Water temps hit 65 then back to 55 now back up to 67. The crappie spawn is in full swing but with the lake rising a lot of the beds I have been using are now too deep. So I am always moving. It seams like ten-feet on my slip bobber set up is as deep as I [...]

Water temps today was 60-61 on the north end. Color very dirty up by Wilborn and over at Bo-Woods. The lake levels are at 599.7 ft. above sea level or summer pool. They are dropping it pretty fast down to 596. This will relocate fish for sure. Currently I am seeing male crappie take on their spawn colors and today April 18th I saw some females with bloody egg sacks so some spawning is starting. This weekends cold weather will slow it up a bit but they are really dedicated and the bite should still be good. Today we boated [...]

I am down on Kentucky Lake until April 18th. I am relying on several of my guide buddies for a fishing report on Shelbyville. The lake should come up to 596ft. above sea level April 1st. This will help because it is as low as you will ever see it right now. Water temps. will still be bouncing all over the place and you will have to search out clearer water just like every spring. The pre-spawn period never gets going until mid to late April or we see consistent water temps. in the mid 50's. All other movements in [...]

My first fishing report for 2024. The lake is 595.04 or 1.04ft. above winter pool. Very low but normal this time of the year. Summer pool is 599.7. Winter is 594. With all the warm weather we have experienced the water temps. have went up quick. Today I found as high as 54.8. The crappie are up shallow basking in the much warmer water temps than the deep water. With all the wind we are tight lining a 3/32oz. Deep Ledge Jig and a Brushpile Hammer or Dart in either Peppercorn, Wyatt's Blue Magic or Green Goblin. Today the Dart [...]