about once a year someone posts about Herrington and I have to respond.

cool picture of red gate by the way.

I lived in Danville from 1987-1991 and fished Herrington more than I went to school. For the fiirst three years I did not catch much but when we lucked out and caught em in the jumps. The last year it really came together and I caught a lot of fish.

A nice man whose name I think was Ben Bray came upon me and some buddies crappie fishing behind Gwinn Island one spring morning. we were next to the bank fishing about three feet deep. He pulled up about thirty yards away and watched us and started fishing and catching. He asked if we had fished Herrington much and we said not with much success. He then told us that he was catching his fish in forty feet of water. forty feet of water wow, I was used to mississippi river oxbows and three feet of water.
He invited me to go fishing and was kind enough to teach me how and where to fish.

I kept a Reelfoot lake boat at school for two years and the novelty of it really opened doors to meet people. they were fascinated by its design. A few hated it as I could run full throttle all of the time and still leave no wake in the wake free zone, problem was, the kohler engine sounded like a Sherman Tank echoing off of the rock walls after midnight.

good memories mostly, some regrets.

rco