2 good days on Kentucky Lake

    May 27th,  I had a local club event on Ky, I drew my buddy  Joel.  The Lakes are still just a little high and the current has slowed down. The water is back to that wonderful green color its supposed to have this time of year. We fished mostly ledges all day and caught at least 100 fish or more. I ended up 3rd with 2nd Big Bass and Joel won this event. We did have to dodge a pretty good storm late in the day.

    We have a BFL on June 5th, so, we decided to try again on Friday to see if Thursday was just luck. We had another good day just searching and trying some different things to get bit.   

Kentucky Lake is on its way back to summer pool...

Last Friday, Joel and I went to Ky Lake to see if the "FAT GIRLS" have moved to the ledges or not. The water level was still about 1.2 ft high and the main lake is still a little dirty. We didn't really have any luck out on the ledges but, was still able to catch about 30 -35 fish each with only 4 keepers. The Lakes are getting closer and closer to being back to summer pool just in time for this holiday weekend. Going back this Thursday to get some fishing in before the weekend traffic starts and before the June 5th BFL. Check back later to see how it went.

American Fishing Series

    The BFL for May 8th was canceled due to high water and dangerous current and running conditions. The US Coast Guard closed the Lakes, Kentucky and Barkley, to all pleasure boat traffic. Most of the Lakes had been re-opened by that date, but FLW Outdoors had already rescheduled the tourney for June 19th.
     So, I did get down to the Lakes to practice for the American Fishing Series that was held on May 13-15. With the water really dirty and the water levels dropping over a foot a day and practice didn't go to bad. I practiced with my buddy Joel who was fishing the AFS as a boater. We saw plenty of keepers in practice and the hopes a a good tournament looked promising.
     I drew boat number 134 and boater partner Ryan Chandler from Indiana, who I have fished with before, and great guy to fish behind. The keeper bites just were not there on the first day. I weighed in 1 fish for 2lbs and Ryan had 3 keepers. I caught 15-20 bass all day and the water was really dirty in the area we fished in. We fished mostly south of the Highway 68 bridge. I was in 115th place out of 150 after Day 1. All the bites I had were caught flippin' trees and bushes in the backs of the coves.
     On Day 2, since the boat numbers flip from Day 1, I was boat number 16 and drew boater Ladd Shannon from Arkansas. Ladd was a another great guy to fish with. We flipped trees and bushes in Jonathan Creek area all day. I weighed 4 fish in for a weight of 11lbs 2 oz and had a dead fish for a 8oz penalty, which gave me 10lbs 10oz.  So, I had a 2 day total of 12 lb 10 oz and the check cut-off was around 15.5 lbs. Ladd had 5 fish for 16.5lbs. I did have the chance 3 times for my limit bass but broke off 1 real good fish in a bush and lost 2 other keepers on the way to the boat. You can't cash checks that way. Overall had a great time this week and the weights were unbelievable with the conditions the lakes have been in. I caught my keepers this tournament flipping a Net Bait Mad Paca in a Black/Blue or Bama Bug Red color. I used a Powell Rods 766 heavy Flippin and Punching Rod and 25lb line, probably should have kept the braid on.

Crab Orchard this weekend

I got a chance to go fishing this weekend between storms and a great visit with my "baby girl". Well shes not a baby she will be 16 this year. Ok, so I decided I would give Crab Orchard Lake a little try. a half day both Fri and Sat. Now, I remember why I don't fish that Lake very often too. It was terrible for me as usual no keepers either day. Got a BFL this weekend and the AFL next week.