I have a mandatory vacation feb 16-20th. I've been chomping at the bit to get out on the water!

I wanted to go down to Dale Hollow, but I don't have the extra money to pay for a hotel so I'll be crashing with some old friends in Bloomington.

My plan is to target Wipers and Bass/Walleye.
I've never fished this early in the season for them. I was thinking about putting in near the dam.


Blade baits, jigging spoons and some jigs are what I plan on using. Probably be targeting some deep water.

Can anyone offer me any advise or tips? I'm pretty pessimistic as to whether anything is catchable this time of year on Monroe!