Was at Cland late afternoon and evening 3 April and morning and evening 4 April. I want to thank Stripernut for all the advice and help. I took a friend who had never Striper fished before, a pay-laking kinda guy. Taught him how to cast a lure, and how to make a Redfin work. First night out, he caught his first ever Striper on a Redfin in a small jumps right at sunset. That happened mainly because Stripernut steered us to the right area. Also want to thank Skipper Jerry Morgan of Morgan Guide Service for showing my buddy how pros clean Stripers, and for allowing me to throw a cast net for shad at the light at his guide stand.

Tuesday night and Wednesday morning were great top water times. Don't bother using shiners because all we got freelining them was turtle and Gar bits. Wednesday night, halfway up creeks along clay and grave banks and at points we saw and fished small surface feeds. A silver and black Zora spook, for me was the ticket.

Wednesday just as it got dark, we headed to main lake to try the walls around Jamestown. 9 pm the clouds rolled in, and the wind came up. The wall on the right side coming out on main lake at Wolfe was fishably calm and blocked, but already had 3 boats on it so we moved on. The balance of the area around J-town for us was just unfishable as the winds got really whipping. Even on the clay banks around Elvis Tree leading to Governors cove, while there was little wind, the waves coming across the lake from Wolfe area were hitting the walls on the south side of Jamestown, and reverberating to rollers on the opposite side of the lake. With the constant wave action on the shoreline, just couldn't really hone in on shad activity.

Didn't catch anything over 26 inches. My buddy took 2 home for a good first time Striper meal along with some pictures of fish caught on topwater and freelined shad. We ended up with 9 total, and could have done a lot better if my beer light had not kept coming on. :-)

Funny side notes: Wierd places that ran out of things they never should.
a. Arby's in Russell Springs on Tuesday night had no roast beef......duh!
b. Bass Pro's at the BP in Jamestown had no shiners Tuesday.....(say what?)

Thanks again to Stripernut and Jerry Morgan for the assists. I don't get to Cland as much as before, and these guys, especially Stripernut, got me on fish.