Ky Lake at New Johnsonville 6-23/24-2010

Left for Memphis on Sunday, June 20 to work on our home. Jo Anne insisted that she needed a couple of days without me around and sent me fishing on Wed and Thu. My friend, Doyal Brown, picked me up at 3 am on Wed and we drove over 2 hours to New Johnsoville. Got on the lake around 5:40 am and went north to one of our favorite points only discover a boat already on it. Went to another Creek where I picked up a 3.5 lb bass on a jig in the leafy grass. Could get much else going. Finally put on a finesse worm on a mojo rig, motoroil/chartreuse and picked a few smaller bass. I finished the day with 7 bass. We got off the lake at 3 pm. Did I mention it was 100 degrees. We were totally wiped out. Had to go to Waverly for an extension cord to charge the batteries, ate a buffet dinner and drank a gallon of tea. Went back to the motel and were in bed at 7:15.

Back up at 4 am on Thursday and over to The Submarine for breakfast. Back on the water and were able to hit our favorite point only to find not much going on. I finally picked a new bait, a Big Hammer swimbait and caught several small bass. We continued to explore mostly shallow water. We finally tried a ledge in front of Little Dry Creek. Fishing a Carolina rig, I picked up a 2.5 bass and Doyal caught a 4 lber. We left the lake at 2:30 pm. I had 7 again for the day. Headed back to Memphis with a brief stop at The Country Store in Jackson for a buffet dinner and more tea. Really hot weather.

Not a really successful trip but it always great to fish with a good friend.

I hope to fish Woods Reservoir near Manchester Tn for the first time sometimes this week.