Fishing with 6 yr, old

[Chefdave]

Looking to take the wife and our six year old bluegill fishing 2nd weekend in April. Was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. somewhere within 2 or 3 hours of louisville would be great.
Thanks

[tubebait]

Are you going in a boat or are you going to fish off the bank. T-ville is loaded with bluegill. However I dont know where to catch them this time of year. Sorry. If you are going to fish off bank. I would suggest game farm. They have a pond full of trout for kids only and another for the whole family. I'm not sure if this helps but I hope it does. Good luck where ever you go. Even if you dont catch a bunch. Just enjoy the time together before you know it they are grown up and the times like those will be some of the greastest memories for you all.

[birdstrike]

Lake Malone. You'll have a great time!

[BardstownFish]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Mar-06-06 AT 09:40PM (EST)[/font][p]If the ramp is useable now I would suggest Guist Creek

If you are looking for bank fishing try Fishermens Park just outside Jtown or McNeely Lake, both of these would be good for Bluegill and I believe they both have playgrounds in case the kiddo loses interest.

[Chefdave]

Thanks for the help guys. We'll be fishing from my 201. I think I may try to make a weekend trip of it. Maybe reelfoot.

[birdstrike]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Mar-07-06 AT 10:41AM (EST)[/font][p]You know the deal at Reelfoot, right? Your boat doesn't touch the water. Rent one of the many jonboats down there. Save a stump from going through your hull! Watch for snakes and catch fish till your arm hurts :)

[Danny]

Dave,

It's been a few years, but let me give you a reccomendation based upon some fantastic bluegill fishing.

A customer I used to call on had an outing every year down at Lake Barkley state park. We normally stayed at the lodge, which is really nice if you want a weekend trip.

We walked down below the lodge to their courtesy dock. Using crickets and floats, with a depth of about 18 inches, we would cast back to shore right in front of a small tree growing just to the right of the dock. Consider right of dock as if standing on the shore looking at the dock.

For about 4 years in a row we caught in excess of 400 'gills. Of course we were catch and release, just using very light rods, and it was a blast. My only guess was that there was a bed there, and the fish were on the bed. We usually were there in late March.

Also, that whole bay is great for fishing. I caught a lot of large mouth and even stripers just fan casting a rooster tail out into open water.

Good luck,

Danny

[jigfan]

Dave, wait till the full moon in May or June.Go to any of the lakes It won't take you long to find the nest.

[sparrow75]

Wilgreen Lake in Richmond...great bluegill lake, but maybe a little crowded, depending on what day you want to go. Tip a popeye jig with wax worm, does wonders.