First Trip on the Boat This Year

Thought it was time to change the lead picture of our house for warmer weather.

Today it was up to 88 in Byrdstown and about 80 on the Dale Hollow Lake. We spent about three hours tooling around, did a little fishing and some sightseeing. Had a pretty good wind out there and it kicked up quite a chop. We had to lower the Bimini cover to maintain speed as it was acting like a sail and slowing us way down. Didn't catch anything but had a real good strike on the Jitterbug lure. Will have to try that one again another day. Gonna put some of the pics on the blog that we took last year and will update with more from this year as we take them. These pics were taken from the State Park overlook in Kentucky. If you look at the last photo, following the lake to the left takes you into Wolf River which runs about 2 miles below our house. That would be about 17 miles following Wolf River. Looking at the 4th photo down - if you were to follow the water all the way to the top right then hook a left and go about 7 miles, it would take you by Star Point marina where we keep our boat. If you continued on down the lake instead of turning left, after 14 miles you would come to Dale Hollow Dam. This is a humongous lake and it's easy to get lost on, even with a map. Cel phones don't work well and all the marinas removed their UHF/VHF radios cause they don't work out there either. I'm hoping my GPS will work after I download the TOPO maps. Anyway, the top photo is what we saw as we returned to port near sunset. What a relaxing day.