camped at hillman ferry campground, nice place and friendly people. i would recommend to anyone. they have a few spots on the water where you can beach your boat but you'll probably want to check on availability or reserve them before you go. fishing was a little slow for us. we were mostly crappie fishing and ended up with about 15 total. not near as good as we did last year. we were mostly casting curly tail grubs to the bank. water rose while we were there and the fish were scattered. fished the bays on the east side, a couple banks on the west, the mouth of Johnathon creek, and the canal between ky and barkley. caught several small smallies along the rocks in the canal. the crappie we managed were in 4 to 6 ft of water around wood. largemouth were fairly plentiful but small. most of those we caught in the backs of bays and creeks....shallow. wind was terrible every day so we couldnt fish the main lake at all. main lake water temp was 55 to 61 toward backs of bays and creeks. hope this helps some one.