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