Quote Originally Posted by SLP View Post
Man there must be a groove in the pavement between your house and Kentucky Lake you have been making the trip a lot this spring. Glad you had another good time.

Let me ask you some advise. I think I am going to Barkley next Monday for three or four days staying at the State Park there on "Little River". I have fished KY, but never Barkley and I doubt we will go out to the main lake at all. Did you happen to fish in Little River at all? How far in do you think they might be from the main lake at this point? I have a friend driving about 7 hours to meet me and I want him to at least get into a few fish. Are any fish on the banks yet? Thanks
I've never been to the Little River Area, but I bet you should be able to find fish moving to shallow flats . They were starting to over the last couple days, and I bet if you threw the TAR out of a crankbait, you'd catch some fish. Crawfish patterns are working for me.


I had 4 rods tied up with crankbaits. I had a Shad Rap, a DT4, DT6 and flat max. I rotated those all day yesterday and today. Others in my boat were throwing other stuff, so I stuck with the crankbait most of the day. You should catch a fish........It is only getting better.

With regards to how far they are? There are always community fish in most of the areas I fish, so if the fish are biting you should catch some. Those community fish are not the size generally, but if you're just fun fishin, it sure makes it easy to stay in an area, and eek out a few.

If I was tourney fishing, I might fish completely differently than I do. As it is, I generally am always fun fishing, and if I catch a giant with a few dozen smaller fish, that is a GOOD DAY.

If the guys I'm fishin want to drop a hundred bucks a day in gas, I will do that too, but most times they don't want to spend that kind of smack looking for fish .

And with regards to a path.......yea I've been fortunate to be able to fish so much this year. I didn't fish much this winter due to the weather, so I saved my days and money, and added a couple more KY trips. I generally try to get 6-8 weekends a spring, and I usually take 1/2 day Thursday and all day Friday on those weekends. If the guys I'm going with can add Monday, we usually try to make than an option if possible......

I don't fish June, July, or August. If September looks to be HOT, I usually skip September too. If things start getting colder in September then I start adding trips for the Fall. I try do get 6 or 8 trips in the Fall, it just depends. This year, I might not do Dale hollow in the Late Fall/Early Winter, and may add 3 trips to KY for a total of 8-11..........

Yea, I'm ATE UP.


Later,

Geo