So I was going to spend a little of my tax return on a charter on the Ohio River to go striper fishing. I'd like to learn how to catch the big river ones so I could go out on my own boat and do it.
https://www.fishohioriver.com/
I was going to take my dad, and I asked a friend if he'd like to come along too, as long as he paid the difference on adding a 3rd person.
He said "Why do you want to pay for a charter when we can just go to my grandpa's bait shop and striper fish at Kentucky Lake"
So....Here we go!
I booked a cabin for 2 nights next month and I'm taking my dad with me. We'll be fishing the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers below the dams for Barkley and Kentucky Lake.
I offered to book a bigger cabin and bring my wife and kids, but my wife was like "eh, I don't want to chase the kids around a rental place for 2 days making sure they don't break anything. Have fun." So I just got a 2 bedroom place for me and dad.
This is my first "fishing trip" since I was a kid. We went to Dale Hollow last summer, but it was more of a camping trip where I fished after the kids were in bed.
When I was 7, my dad took me to Sioux Lookout, Ontario to go pike fishing.
Here's a few pics from that trip -
This is my grandfather, we're in front of the cabin we stayed in.
He's all worked up that I'm paying for everything. But he took me on that trip, and this really isn't that expensive. The cabin I got is only $89 a night, and it has a full kitchen. I'm probably just going to bring a couple frozen lasagnas with us for dinners because we'll be worn out from fishing all day. Eggs and bacon for breakfast, and lunch meat for lunch.
The great thing about Kentucky is there is no fishing pole limit. So we're both scrambling to scrape together every rod and reel we can find, so we can get as much bait out there as possible.
Here he is with a big clutch of Bass, bluegill and crappie.
I can't wait to see those replaced with some big ol' stripers like this -
https://www.fishohioriver.com/
I was going to take my dad, and I asked a friend if he'd like to come along too, as long as he paid the difference on adding a 3rd person.
He said "Why do you want to pay for a charter when we can just go to my grandpa's bait shop and striper fish at Kentucky Lake"
So....Here we go!
I booked a cabin for 2 nights next month and I'm taking my dad with me. We'll be fishing the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers below the dams for Barkley and Kentucky Lake.
I offered to book a bigger cabin and bring my wife and kids, but my wife was like "eh, I don't want to chase the kids around a rental place for 2 days making sure they don't break anything. Have fun." So I just got a 2 bedroom place for me and dad.
This is my first "fishing trip" since I was a kid. We went to Dale Hollow last summer, but it was more of a camping trip where I fished after the kids were in bed.
When I was 7, my dad took me to Sioux Lookout, Ontario to go pike fishing.
Here's a few pics from that trip -
This is my grandfather, we're in front of the cabin we stayed in.
He's all worked up that I'm paying for everything. But he took me on that trip, and this really isn't that expensive. The cabin I got is only $89 a night, and it has a full kitchen. I'm probably just going to bring a couple frozen lasagnas with us for dinners because we'll be worn out from fishing all day. Eggs and bacon for breakfast, and lunch meat for lunch.
The great thing about Kentucky is there is no fishing pole limit. So we're both scrambling to scrape together every rod and reel we can find, so we can get as much bait out there as possible.
Here he is with a big clutch of Bass, bluegill and crappie.
I can't wait to see those replaced with some big ol' stripers like this -
All of these caught on Live Shad
