Kimberling Report 4/17

[dtrs5kprs]

Fished the icy waters of the south side today. Temps are 2-4 degrees cooler there. Still found a bunch of fish "shallow ", 10-15'. Ned rig and finesse rig. Drag bite was fully on. Some nice solid 17" brownies that way. These fish were spitting small shad in the 2-3"range.

Moved to some secondary points in north side creeks. Caught many many kentuckies on 1/4oz shakey heads and PBJ zinkerz or zeros. Those fish were 15' out to 25'.

There are fish cruising & on beds. Have not intentionally messed with them.

Came in about noon to check weather, went back out and never caught another fish. Who knows.

5 that would measure, no killers but solid. Probably in the 35-40 count total. Also a channel cat about 6 or 7 pounds. On the Ned rig.

Suggest you pick an area you enjoy, a technique you enjoy, and stick some. Lots of ways to catch them now. Will be interesting to see what storms bring tomorrow.

Sorry no pics. Have the kindle in the room w/o upload.

[motoman]

Good report Dave!.......saw you when we pulled in tonight; I'll peek over and say howdy tomorrow.........fingers crossed the forecast is wrong.......but I doubt it.:-(

[dtrs5kprs]

Good report Dave!.......saw you when we pulled in tonight; I'll peek over and say howdy tomorrow.........fingers crossed the forecast is wrong.......but I doubt it.:-(

Am prepared for an all day sucker, err ...soaker.

If lots of lightning but no bad stuff might run to Bull to see what is going on with the elite tmt.

I do windows, lawns, but not lightning.

[motoman]

Good thought about running down to Bull. That would be cool to see what the big boys are up too.:-)

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I musta missed your prior post; what kinda water temps you see midlake?(although......it may not mayter much, I believe the rain may mix things anyway:-P

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Amen brother!.......I can handle the rain and stuff.......lightening?.......no thanks!:-(

[dtrs5kprs]

Good thought about running down to Bull. That would be cool to see what the big boys are up too.:-)

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I musta missed your prior post; what kinda water temps you see midlake?(although......it may not mayter much, I believe the rain may mix things anyway:-P

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Amen brother!.......I can handle the rain and stuff.......lightening?.......no thanks!:-(

Pushing 60 if you are in north creeks / coves, with a few deeper ones cooler. South side places 56-58.

Radar shows weather down into AR and OK so might be a while. Rain may be what saves us on temps, hes been warm. Cold nights to come will be the trouble.