"I really like to focus on locations where two channels meet or where a secondary channel makes a point. The size of the baitfish will determine what size worm I use on a particular day. For example, if I am finding 6- to 7-inch hickory shad, then I will go with a 10-inch worm Texas-rigged with a 1/2-ounce weight or 3/4-ounce spinnerbait."

Strategy #2:
FISHING BIG BEAR
Another highly effective strategy is to launch at Moors Resort and take advantage of some of the best drop-offs to be found on the entire lake.

The mouth of Big Bear is an excellent starting point. You can focus on prime cover like the dropoffs, roadbeds and old house foundations. Largemouths will gravitate to this type of cover in June. You can absolutely sink the boat with bass.

Over the years, Hipsher has caught a ton of bass from this area during the late spring and early summer months. Once again, there are also a lot of bass tournaments on this end of the lake, which provides the area with solid numbers of released fish.

On this section of the lake, the structure and cover are ideal for Carolina rigging in June. Hipsher prefers to go with a 6-inch Zoom Brush Hog with his rig and typically turns to colors like green pumpkin, watermelon seed, and watermelon candy.

If he is looking to catch numbers, he switches to a 6-inch lizard in the same color combinations. According to Hipsher, the Carolina rig is his confidence bait when he faces tough conditions or windy days on Kentucky Lake. He is confident that the Carolina rig will produce when bass stubbornly ignore most other lures and presentations.

Strategy #3:
FISHING BLOOD RIVER Without a doubt, the Blood River portion of the lake can produce some phenomenal bassing in late spring and early summer. In fact, it's one of Craig Hipsher's honeyholes when the main-lake ledges and dropoffs are being beat to death by other anglers: