Fished Kentucky Saturday to Wednesday of this week and made it to Little River one evening as well. I fish the lakes 3 to 4 times per year over the last 10 years.

I can honestly say this trip was the worst fishing I've ever experienced on either lake. Saturday and Sunday after the cold front was just plain terrible catching; think Cumberland on a bad day The fishing picked up a little on Tuesday and Wednesday. I had 6 fish on a swimbait early on Tuesday morning fishing main lake points. After the sun got up we quit and went golfing as the flat water made it clear that golfing was more productive.

Wednesday I had a 5lber on a buzzbait before sun-up and got bit on a Sammy each our first 3 spots on the way out the creek but then all bites stopped.

We found plenty of shad in the bays but nothinig chasing them. I checked my records from last year in late November and found the water temp higher last year then the 58 I saw Wednesday morning. Last year though the fish were busting shad like crazy everywhere.

We had a ball golfing and getting away from things but catching not so much. I try and learn something every time I go fishing. My takeaway from the trip was that if the weather is abnormally hot, with rain abnormally low and Dave is reporting scattered fish then this probably means marginal fishing. I'd hoped the cold front of last week would have turned them ON and this was why I went ahead and went. It had the opposite affect as best I can tell. With the crazy weather we have in Kentucky, I've decided to hold Friday's next spring open for a possible trip to KYL but until I see good fishing reports and good forecasts I'm going to abstain from the long drive.