Heading down to cabin in Cypress Bay tomorrow for a few days of fishing. They are in process of drawing lake back down to winter pool so should have strong current. Will post results next week.
Air temps down there look pretty good for the next few days.
Only been to Cypress Bay once years ago and we caught plenty of fish. With the cold snap we just had and the falling water I would think the fish will be 10'-15' deep or at least holding on deeper cover but very fishable. Of course if ya have a lot of sun it wouldn't surprise me to find them off secondary points or on gravel banks later in the evening just before dark.
Good luck.
I’ll be there in ten days. Hope the level stables out by then. If not, the deep points I like to fish will be crowded to no end. I’d rather be fishing shallow. Glad I’ll be there for almost a month.
Ky Lake is 52 degree's right now, been that for 5 days and not climbing. Their about to get pounded again with a front coming from the west and temps will be cold (freezing) at night which makes a long time before the temps come up in the lake. With high water still coming down and water temps not climbing yet I'm having 2nd thoughts about 1'st of April. I might just wait until middle of April this year due to all this weather not letting up. I'm busting at the seams to get out but not going to travel 9 hours to a lake I know will be tough before I get there.
With high water still coming down and water temps not climbing yet I'm having 2nd thoughts about 1'st of April. I might just wait until middle of April this year due to all this weather not letting up.
I think that would be a wise choice if your plans can be flexible.
I've fished down there in the past, in years just like this most of the fish were still holding deep. Once this weather finally breaks those fish will be on fire. I may make it to Ky Lake this year but if I do make it down there it won't be until May...course my buddy wants to make a trip to Erie so I may head north instead. Decisions...decisions, maybe both
That's the good part about retirement, just hold out until it gets good. It moved up to 54 degrees now but just not breaking any time soon like it did last year. We usually jump all over to different lakes which is also a great time. As long as the weather is good the fishing aught to follow. I'm not going to bring back 2 weeks of fish, I don't need them, it's just the quality time fishing with my friends and seeing new sights, we bust each others chops for 2 weeks and laugh so hard my cheeks hurt. I fish all summer long 4 days a week, sometimes more so taking the fish comes way down the list. If you decide to come up here to Erie feel free to contact me for an update, the lake will be the best we've seen it since the 70's this year.
I’m headed down this weekend. Been going so long, I’ve got spots that produce, no matter what the temps are. My only enemy is wind speed and direction. If I have to go thru the bridge to get down lake to fish a couple bays, I’m hopeing the wind isn’t north south. Those waves can get pretty nasty with wind speeds in the high teens and above. Southwest or northeast are my favorites. I can tuck behind high banks to get out of it. I’m staying for about a month so stay in touch on here to check each other’s reports almost daily. John, if you and your buddy want to charter for walleyes on Erie, I have a couple good captains I can hook you up with.
I'll keep that in mind, I'm really not sure what his plan is for Erie. He kind of brought it up the other day kind of out of the blue.
Between Alabama, Cumberland, maybe Ky Lake and turkey hunting I'm not sure when he figures we'll have time but if he goes I guess I'm in. I haven't mentioned it to my wife yet so....
Saturday I tried to bass fish only had 2 short fish Cypress Bay pretty stained wind 15-20 mph SW sunny 70....Sunday Cypress starting to clear some crappie fishing 4 keepers 4 short caught 6 on minnow 2 on jigs most in about 15 fow mostly overcast 50-55..Most guys I talked with had not caught many crappie and bass fishing has been poor water temps 54-57. I will be heading back down April 6-9
Water was much colder in the southern section where I was fishing today. This morning the temp was 33 and the water was 48.9-49.2. I caught 12 bass today from 14.5-17”. I am not sure if my pattern will hold up for the weekend because it’s going to get warm and the fish are going to move around but it’s been an experience on Kentucky lake. Windy, wavy, snowing, raining, and cold, hey it’s just like home.
Poppa, take your time. Water temps are real low for this time of year. Cold nights aren’t helping either. If you just wanna get away, cool, but if you’re looking to pound the slabs, take your time coming here. By the time I’ll be leaving the weather may just be stabilizing and water temps rising. Wind is howling too. Good luck if you come.
Thanks chaunc,
Looking at the next week and it changed again, rain and wind..gheesh. Now having second thoughts and might just push it off a bit. This winter wants to be tuff right out to the end. We were pounding them last year at this time with 58 - 60 water temps. grrrrrrr..
Hey Ken, conditions are pretty cruddy down in Alabama too. Wind is horrible, water temp is falling. Yesterday 58, today 56.
Funny thing though is we did get 10 crappie today and they we all way back up in a creek 2-3’ deep in 5-6 fow. Most on jig & cork. This is a whole new section of lake for us so we’re wasting a lot of time looking around.
Wind is howling out of the south today around twenty mph. Not going out by myself in this mess. I shore fished for a couple hours this morning, just to get out of the wind. Caught and released four short bass and one catfish. Wind is only dying down to fifteen after seven pm so I’m done for the day. Warm night tonight and light winds tomorrow. Only thing is, it’s supposed to rain ALL DAY. Got my boots and rain gear ready. Can’t catch a break this week. Hope you guys are doing better than I am.
This is a great thread , I havent been on in a while ,headed down to Buchanan resort on the 4th, the weather looks like crap all the way up till then.We normally stay at Lakeview in Cypress bay but going a little bit south of the bridge this year.
Hopefully this rain and wind will be done by then, Jon. I fished in the rain yesterday and again today. I found a pattern and bait today. Deeeeeeep. Twenty five to thirty feet. Caught over thirty with fifteen being keeper crappies. Couple gills and yellow bass too. Pourhouse custom baits put all of them in the boat. Too tired to clean them so iced em down for tomorrow. I’ll take a picture then.
I am heading back down on the 5th and will fish for 3 days. Will probably put in at Port and fish Big Sandy. Maybe weather will start to stabilize by then but forecast is not good!
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