Hey all, I fish the Elkhorn Creek in Georgetown KY, by Robinson dam and Great Crossings dam. Both of which are pretty large (70-100 yards across and 5-7 yards tall). Each has its own character and I know the character pretty well if you have any questions about it.

My questions are :

What type of bait works well in these types of environments? How do you rig them, what kind and size of hooks...etc.

Next, I put my kayak in and drift downstream from each of these dams from time to time. I know creek/river fishing is much different than lake/pond fishing, what kind of structure do I look for that bass are more likely to be at? What kind of baits would you use in these instances. I know that there are huge largemouth and smallmouth bass at these locations, my preference would be smallmouth, however, a bass is a bass in my book, smallmouth just generally put up a better fight.

Thanks for your advise and tight lines to ya!

What's the depth like in these spots u fish. I fish 2 rivers like this also but the dams arnt as big. I use a lot of jigs and tubes smallmouth being the main target. Iv also had a lot of luck using a rebel floating weecraw I think its called either way its a floating crawfish crank. I always target large rocks or bends where the waters deeper or calmer then the water surounding it. Washed up trees have always put out for me as well I caught my pb smallmouth off a big tree submerged in 4fow in a river. Draged a mini chatter bait up over it to see what looked like a bronze football apear behind it and bam 6lber on 6lb test. That reminded me chatter baits and good ole grubs are always fall backs in rivers for me they always work.

The depth ranges from prob. The deepest (maybe 10 ft) right at the falls and rises at about 70degrees into a peninsula that stretches out to about half in front of the dam. I usually go out onto the peninsula and fish longways, casting into the falls and reeling back toward me.

Past the peninsula there is a large area of water that seems to be a calmer area, a place to where it looks would be a haven for bass, however, I have cast many lines and different baits toward that direction, and have never caught so much as a bite.

When you use the baits you speak of, how do you fish them in the river,? I have never had any luck with tubes and it has been so long since I have used grubs, I have forgotten how to rig them and how to fish them.

Tubes I either let the current drift em on the bottom or drag/hop them back to me. The grubs I just put on a jig head and reel back with variang retrieve speed