Joel and I went down to KY to practice for a Lyon County Christmas for Kids tourney and the make -up BFL on the 17th of June. We put in at Paris Landing and fished south towards New Johnsonville area. After finding a few new locations and checking some previous ones, we felt like we could probably catch a decent sack of fish down in this area.
On the 18th, we put in and stayed north of the 68 bridge and really didn't have much luck up here. So we called it a day kinda of early and stopped by the best Cheeseburger stand around Belew's Drive-in in Aurora, KY.
June19th, We launched at approx 5:20 am for the tournament and after a hour run, we stopped on our first spot for 0 keepers. Moved to our second area and caught around 12lbs of fish. With hopes of culling up in weight we decided to move back towards the north and see what would happen. We were able to cull up to 15lb 4oz, but that wasn't enough to get a "sniff " at a check or the win.
June 20th, was the make-up BFL from May that was canceled due to high water. I drew Mike McAtee, a boater from KY. We started fishing on Ky lake where my boater partner caught 4 keepers and I boated 1 keeper. Then we moved to Barkley Lake. The first stop on Barkley my partner finished out his limit. He had 14lb 6oz for the tourney, was unable to cull any the rest of the day. Our 2nd stop I was able to put to more keepers in the boat. I had also caught several short fish here. The 3rd stop I was able to put my 4th keeper in the boat and saw my limit fish follow my worm to the boat. I had 8lb 2oz for the tourney. We did stop a couple more spots on our way back to out 1:30 pm check-in time, but only caught short fish. I put these for fish in the boat on a 11in worm using a Powell 764 rod and a Slong's Fishing Lures 3/4 oz football jig on a Powell 766 rod. Next BFL is not till September. Be sure and check back going to do a little fun and club fishing this summer, including some night fishing.
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