Forum | Kentucky Lake 03/20/10

I think we'd have done a lot better getting an earlier start, but when one of your trailer tires is just dragging, that means a little later start to your fishing!  The brakes had rusted and the shoes were almost welded to the drums!

It did feel great to be on the water and even though four of the six were shorts, they all felt great.  Now if I was fishing a tournament, I would have felt differently, but this was just for fun and it felt great!!!

With the water temps such as they were, there was absolutely no sign of even an attempt at spawning.  I'm guessing that there's still time.

Well, after a LOT of frogging around (livewell issues, instrument panel wiring and trolling motor), I finally decided to get out on the lake.  I called Lil Mule and he came over with his fishing gear.

Putting the truck in drive, I pulled out of the parking spot, only to find that I had three of four wheels on the trailer turning.  One was locked up TIGHT!

So, Lil Mule went home while I tried to free up the wheel.  After managing to free up the wheel, I called Lil Mule and away we went.

The boat amazingly fired up right away and we went out to try some new spots on the lake.  We found 54 – 57 degree water while out with the warmer water being back in the bays.  There was no weeds located anywhere.

So we threw hard jerkbaits, soft jerkbaits, spinnerbaits, the old Double Barrelled Bass Blaster, crankbaits and never got a bite until I dragged out the old classic, a wacky rigged stick bait.

Using that lure in watermelon green with red/green flecks, I managed to scratch out some bites, landing six largemouth.  Two of them measured beyond the 15 inch minimum, and the rest were short of the mark.

But all in all, a good day…