April has come and is almost gone. April is a big spawning month. The smallmouth should be done with spawning and the largemouth bass and crappie started their spawning cycles two weeks ago. On Kentucky and Barkley Lakes when fish spawn that activity can come in waves, meaning there will be fish on shallow flats… Read More Kentucky Lake: Bass Get Spooked When Spawning – Stealth Fishing is Key
by Doug Wynn Report for April 23, 2024 Hello from the Excel 230 Elite. One can tell the crappie spawn is ongoing due to fishing changing every day. One day they will be on the banks, the next day in 18 feet of water. The 4-5 degree drop in surface temperature had a lot to… Read More Kentucky Lake: Crappie Bite Slows Some With Drop in Water Temps
Crappie Don’t Care About The Wind – The Spawn is Underway Report for April 15, 2024 Hello from the Excel 230 Elite. Did I ever tell you I don’t trust weather people? The wind forecasts most days recently have been for 50-60% of what we end up getting. The lake conditions have been just slight… Read More Kentucky Lake: Doug Wynn’s Fishing Report
Episode 8: Deep Crappie Research: This episode on barotrauma research in Minnesota is one that has been in the works for quite a while. I first learned about it at the MN Fish Summit at Clam Headquarters last year. Jeremy Smith and Marc Bacigalupi were explaining that they had done a pilot project the previous… Read More Amundson: Minnesota DNR Crappie Barotrauma Research
Hey y’all from the Excel Bay Pro 230 Elite. After a really bad week last week, I got to reset things this week. Dealing with insurance over my fire will come soon. It’s time to get into some great fish and back to guiding. After having some trolling motor remote issues last week, I needed… Read More Kentucky Lake: Fishing Report from Doug Wynn
After a long cold spell with below freezing temperatures for almost 9 days in January, things are really looking up here on Kentucky Lake. This past year was a great improvement from the prior two years. This year looks to be even better than last. I’m seeing more bait fish for this time of year… Read More Kentucky Lake: The Best Crappie Bite in Years
As hunting seasons open in October, a lot of crappie fishermen celebrate. Not because they can pick up a bow or shotgun. They’re happy the competition diminishes on the reservoirs for the best brush piles as the crappie action heats up. It really isn’t fair that October only lasts one month a year, because 31… Read More Butler: October crappie fishing is too good to miss
True to its name, the new Bobby Garland Live Roam’R soft-plastic crappie bait is precisely designed to target suspended or “roaming” crappie, using the increasingly popular live forward-facing sonar technology. This new crappie lure already has become a favorite among those involved in its testing, and the same anglers have found its effectiveness transcends roaming-fish… Read More Bobby Garland Introduces Live Roam’R
Bonewild TV heads to Kentucky Lake to fish for bass and crappies. They also try bowfishing the first night.
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