The Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife has issued its 2017 fishing forecast. Jay Herrala, stream fisheries biologist for Kentucky Fish and Wildlife, recommends the Ohio River for winter crappie fishing. Art Lander Jr. is outdoors editor for KyForward. Kentucky Lake Fishing Reports Steve McCadams is one of the nation's best known Crappie Fishermen and a full time resident of Paris, Tennessee. Taylorsville lake advice going to Taylorsville lake tomorrow morning.

"Sometimes you can miss it by two days," said Paul Rister, western district fishing biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR).

You also don’t have to own an expensive boat to catch crappie in Kentucky right now, either. Excellent/Good Barkley Lake and Tailwater Barkley Lake is a little tougher fishing for crappie than Get out there and catch some slabs. A world-class fishery that attracts bass, crappie, smallmouth, panfish, sauger, white bass and catfish April is crappie month in Kentucky. Steve is also a professional hunting and fishing guide here in the Paris Landing area. “Quality wise, the Ohio stacks up with Many of our smaller waters across the state offer highly productive crappie fishing for those with a canoe, johnboat, kayak, float Fishing Kentucky Lake Fishing Fishing. went last Saturday and got skunked fished jigs and beetle spins between 1 1/2 ' and 10'.

Here is the outlook for “papermouths” this year. It’s what has earned Kentucky Lake a reputation that few bodies of water can amass. “The river is an underutilized resource for crappie fishing,” he said.

Crappie Good Barkley Lake is a little tougher fishing for crappie than Kentucky Lake, but the fish are much fatter.