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Stephanie Brandt, fisheries biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, holds a largemouth bass captured during population sampling on 96-acre Corinth Lake in Grant County.
By Art Lander Jr., Kentucky Afield Outdoors
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Rapidly changing weather can play havoc on early spring fishing.
The possibility of cold fronts, rain and sunny afternoons, all in one week, often make it difficult to correctly time a fishing trip. But, the one true constant of spring fishing is that ponds and small lakes warm up before larger bodies of water.
Chris Hickey, black bass biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, said the size of the pond or lake and the clarity of its water are factors in how fast these waterbodies warm up.
“The smaller they are, the less water there is to warm up,” said Hickey. “The more fertile lakes...