i am coming from louisville ky. Just like you we have missed the spawn the last two years as well but have still brought in about 80 per day per boat. we fish alot in the burnt woods and back by starve pond. you son will have a blast i remember the first year i went and i was amazed so i can only amagine a kid being as excited as i was. We have a group of about 20 that go down every year and some have been going for 15 to 20 years as well. I am just hoping that this year we hit it dead on like we did three years ago when we were bring in 200 gills per boat per day. good luck.