Hey.....

I did manage to make it to KY and Barkley lake this past weekend. I didn't take my boat, because only 2 of us went, and BassMan30 has a boat.

Couple things......

First, how did everyone do.......We managed to catch 20-30 in 4 hours on Friday, caught about 10-15 on Saturday, with a 3lb and 5.8lb largemouth as big fish. All these fish were caught at Barkley below the bridge.

At about 2:00pm on Saturday, we headed to KY lake. We fished Sugar, and some of those areas, managing to catch ZERO fish.

Sunday we headed back to Barkley, where the fishing was TOUGH. We still managed to catch some fish, but only a few...I don't believe we caught anything over 1-2 lbs, and probably less than 10 ALL day.

Here's some things I learned:

Barkley is DANGEROUS if you don't know the lake. My buddy has been fishing there for a while, and knows his way around pretty good. I think if you're careful, you can be OK, but you definitely better pay attention, and keep a map handy. In most parts where we were fishing, the channel was marked pretty good.

Even before the fog lifted, you could hear boats buzzing up and down the lake. And I'm not talking SLOWLY....they were full tilt boogie, in the BLIND. Around Fords, we saw a REALLY nice boat BEACHED.....right in the middle of the lake....oops.

I don't know why, but Barkley managed to be MUCH better for fishing for us. Maybe my friends spots are better on Barkley, but at any rate, it was a pretty good time.

If you haven't had the 2 inch pork chop at Patti's or the 22oz Buffalo Steak at the Brass Lantern, you DON'T know what you're missing. Those were simply GREAT.

I'm headed back down this weekend......I hope to get on a little better bite....

Later,

Geo