The fishing here on Kentucky Lake has been fair to good this week. The deep bite is starting to become much better and more consistent. The bass are starting to bunch up and I have found most of my bigger bass holding in 8 to 15 feet of water. And in these same areas the bass have been schooling big time, and some of these bass are in the 4 to 5 pound range. The best places for me have been humps, points, ridges, and roadbeds.

Your electronics will play a big key as to how successful your day on the water will be, watch for balls of shad and bass stacked up on the screen. To catch these deep bass I have been using a 3/16 oz. Skakeyhead with a Strike King finesse worm in green pumpkin and on my Carolina Rig I am using a 3 to 4 foot leader, and a 1 oz. weight. Dragging behind it on a 3/0 hook will be a Super Fluke or a Baby Brush Hog, my best colors have been Watermelon and Watermelon Candy.

You can play with different variations of speed during your cast, they seem to hit it best moving it slowly. The bite has been somewhat light so it is not easy to tell when you get a bite. Shallow water is still producing some good fish, the bass have been stacking up along the points and in the back of the bays. The best depths have been 2 to 4 feet. If you like top water or vibrating bait fishing the bass have been very aggressive. My best lures have been a Rapala Skitter Prop in shad color and a Excalibur X50 vibrating bait in Royal Shad.

Monday, in four hours, we had a great trip right before the front. We put 27 bass in the boat with two smallmouth over 18 inches that put up a great fight. More than half of these bass came on the Skakeyhead and the rest early on the Excalibur X50 in Royal Shad. Good places to try right now are the backs of bays and secondary points at the mouth of the major bays. These areas always produce good bass this time of the year.

I always look forward to this time of the year. The big bass are starting to turn on and it is a great time to be on the water.

Crappie and Stripe fishing is good when you can find them. Last Friday we had a limit on crappie casting jigs in 6 feet of water over stake beds but with the water being drawn down the fish are becoming scattered. Crappie fishing has been challenging but not impossible. Trolling Ken's rigs for Stripes has been very good and a great "Plan B" when the bite is slow on other species.

If you would like to book a trip and get in one some great fall fishing you can reach me at (270)703-6133.

Bass Wishes!
Randy Kuhens