Quote Originally Posted by fishinforfun View Post
Max, I fully appreciate what you have already done before retirement. I am a couple years away and have started the process of trying to decide where I want to have a lake home for when I do retire. Patoka was a lake I kept hearing about but really have little info on. I really respect filletfetish comments above. Honest comments like that are what I need. I live in SW Ohio. All my life. East Fork I consider my home lake. My partners and I do extremely well on that lake. I have been looking at properties on CLand, Green River, Patoka, Barren River, Taylorsville, Cave Run, Waynoka. Each has +/-'s. My wife does not want to relocate. The lake home would be a second home. I just want to have access to a good crappie lake when I retire.
You can't go wrong with Barren river lake. Beautiful area and great fishing. Kdfw manages their lakes well. Plus you not too far from Ky and Barkley lakes. It also fishes really well in the winter