Tennessee/Kentucky Guys...

[nofearengineer]

I'm curious about some of the lakes on the way to Dale Hollow from Evansville, IN.

Since I'm basically taking a whole week off work to come down there, my buddy Mark and I were considering hitting a couple of lakes along the way. He's mentioned wanting to maybe fish a local tourney or two, and I figure if I have at least fished once or twice on all of the nearby lakes, we'd certainly have a better shot.

With a quick look at Google Maps, I found several that I've heard of before, but know next to nothing about.

Kentucky:

Rough River State Park

Barren River Lake

Nolin Lake

Green River Lake

Lake Cumberland - I've heard the lake is way, way down because they lowered it to keep the dam from failing and repair it...so this one is probably out.

Tennessee:

Old Hickory Lake

J Percy Priest

Cordell Hull Reservoir


Are any of these lakes worth a visit? Worth only fishing Dale Hollow 5 days instead of 6 good? We may hit Kentucky Lake or Barkley regardless, but I'm all about discovering new fishin holes. As with wanting to catch a big Smallie, I've always wanted to catch a big Striper too, so if these lakes have them, the more the better.

Let me know what you think.