Individually your probably looking at #1 and #1a best Bass lakes in Kentucky so you probably can't go wrong with either. I fish it mainly in the spring and have had 100 fish days with 25 keepers on both lakes. I fish North Barkley, North KY and South Ky down to Ginger Bay area. Never fished anymore south than that and when I did fish the summer I fished north Ky for Smallies at night but did a lot of ledge fishing the last few hours before the sun went down and the first few hours of sunup on North Ky and know there are a bunch of ledges that hold quality fish north of the 68/80 bridge. Ledge fishing is a timing and current deal as we all know, 2 different river systems so there may be more rain in Alabama so Ky may be pulling more or more rain in south Ky/North Tn and Barkley may be pulling more current so really a tough question to answer this far away and probably could not be answered to narrow it down any better until a few days before the tourney based on forecast and weather as to projecting who will be pulling any current. Good Luck