Ky & Barkley lakes

Someone wanted info before I went and I don't know where that post was to circle back, but we got 3 good days in before the

front of the century chased us out (week after easter).  

It's been 17 years since I fished the ponds, and the asian carp were a real bummer.   But you had to fish past them and focus on the

bass because there was nothing you could do about them.   Eddy creek was full of literally tons of dead carp.   I understand they had another big kill (Ky side) after we left.   Nature is evening out the field so to speak.  

We found LMB in the LBL cuts with drainages.   The fish positioned depending on the water temperature.   With all the influx, some cuts were very cold and you had to move to the front/lake mouth.   So every day was a change up/adjustment.   I didn't see any signs of a spawn in progress, the big females we caught had eggs.   The water was in the mid upper 60s.  

Chatterbaits, lizards - big and small, and senkos produced best back in the flooded goldenrod.   Spinnerbaits and lizard worked if they were chasing shad out front.   Other fish came off docks or shallow structure.   SMB were in about 8-10', but not targetted.