I see KY Lake in my future...

[MsgMills]

Yeah, hope all goes well...Maybe you should only fish with the Yankee fishing tackle.....Big ultra light rod, 6 lb test line and a hair jig...That way you can set teh hook to your desire and not worry about hurting yourself...Look forward to your report in a couple of weeks....

[bigwormy]

preach on brother!!! i am heading to the big lakes on saturday for the week. I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[MLTSPCS]

Let me know how ya'll do. Be down there myself May 7-11. Got a day with Mr. Stewart on the 10th. A friend of mine is down there as I type. He goes the last week of April just about every year. Lucky guy. I was very fortunate to get the week I got. Vacation list runs by seniority and I've only been here 7 years. Two more weeks and here I come.

[phoenix]

Hope you guys have better luck than I did at the big "KY" this past weekend.Only had 1 keeper sat and 0 sun. Fished 8 hrs both days, however most of the guys in our club figured them out, most were caught on carolina-rig baby-brushog and shakey-head/4in finesse worm. The fish were off the banks a little deeper til the afternoon, then some were caught on flukes and spinner-bait in the cover. The water just now got in the flowers and the fish just aren't in them good yet, water temp still 61 at dawn and warms to 68/69 in afternoon. Should get better as the water warms into the mid to upper sixties. A lot of the fish that were weighed in were either on the bed or just off, as they were really beat up. 20+ pounds won, with 16 second, sounds like good weight but actually this is a 2-day total, so it was kinda slow,real slow for me and my partner.

[edwardsble33]

Good luck to you. I fished a tournament out of Barkley State Park on Saturday and there were 22 bags over 16lbs, winning weight was 22lbs 14 oz, Big Fish was 8lbs, 3oz (I think there were 112 boats in the field). I know at least a few of these boats made the long run to KY Lake. Most people seemed to agree that the early bite was critical. Bluebird skies seemed to make it tough after 9:00AM. We didn't have much luck, only 2 keepers, 1 was 4 3/4 lbs and another 5 1/2lbs. Couldn't get the three more keepers we needed to get into the money. Several short fish later in the day. Still was a great day on the lake with my Dad.