John Morgan

It's probably too soon to call this past week spring, but with temps near 75 degrees it sure did feel like it. Last week was a great week of fishing with several trips ending in limits. I believe the average size of our crappie is better than it's been any of the past 34 years that I've guided on this lake. We saw fish as large as 2.5 pounds all the way down to 3 inches long.

After the ice got off the lake, it seems that a lot of the crappie are suspended in twelve to eighteen feet of water, chasing large schools of shad. I've been casting to these fish after finding them with my forward facing sonar. We're casting a crappie magnet tiny dancer or Jenko mermaid on a 3/16 ounce black jighead. Natural colors have been the best because of the clear water.

The water is extremely clear for this time of year, with up to 3.5 feet of visibility in some bays. We've got some cooler weather headed this way with some chances of rain over the next few days. Hopefully this will dirty the water up a little and make the fish a little easier to approach and not hardly as spooky.

If you haven't made a trip to Kentucky Lake in a while, I would highly recommend that you give it another try. This lake is making a tremendous comeback from some pretty tough years a few years back. People always talk about the good old days. I've been here on this lake to see quite a few of them and I see several more coming soon.

You won't know if you don't go.