Fixin to retire

March 1st will mark my official first day of my retirement and i'm sending out a warning to the crappie of Kentucky. Be afraid,be very afraid. You should fear me as much as the NRA fears Dianne Feinstein! Enough retoric.

By the first week of March, it should be on the brink of the buffet feast for crappie at Ky Lake and i'd like to take advantage of every jig thumpin, minner suckin crappie that's willing to make me smile. I've heard alot about Blood River area and would like to get some feedback to see if that area is worthy of my first attempt on Ky Lake. I have my own boat and would like to take it and would like to stay a day or so. Now for the local knowledge, are there any motels with a resturant close to a boat ramp? If possible post a link or atleast give me something I can google or mapquest so I can call them for rates and plug into my GPS as I live in Bowling Green. Up until now my employers have always selected those precious few days I could fish......now that'll be my wife's job.:witching
Any light you can give will be appreciated.

Congrats on the retirement as for those of us still working no rubbing it in.

boy are you in for a big surprise, you will hear this alot "will you have time to help me, it want take but a few hours" witch will turn into a half of aday. wait and see LOL.

I have less time than I did before.......I hear. Dad can you, dad are you busy, and then after I spend a week working on a honey do job.....my wife will say I can,t believe you didn't fish this week.....lol. A man should retire first and then work later..........

Congratulations on the retirement. I hope to join you in 4.5 years & counting.

You need to give yourself a minimum of 30 days to acclimate to retirement. Until you do, stay calm..........and breath deeply. You retire only
once in your lifetime. Enjoy!

Congrats on the retirement, I'm goint to try to retire in 6 years, I'll be 58. I got a glimpse of it when I was off work with shoulder surgery, lots of aches and pains but I did fish a lot too.rotfl:fish

Congratulations on retirement but don't catch me all, cause I will be joining the retirement squad in 36 months. I wish I could supply some helpful info on the Blood River area, but never been there, but if you
decide to come a little further south to the Paris Landing area give me a shout. Enjoy Retirement!!!

Congratulation. Go to kylake.com they have a list of hotels. We usually stay at Irvin cobb resort in blood river and rent a cabin. no restaurant there though. But murray and arrora aren't to far away and they have hotel and restaurants.

Congrats on retirement! I retired January 10 of this year and these last 2 weeks have been great. Just wish I could get on the lake.

Congrats. I have 34 years and a couple days left. Have fun and keep active.

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Congrats on the retirement as for those of us still working no rubbing it in.

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Well shoot.....that takes half the fun outta being retired.

Hey Slab! Congratulations on your retirement! I took the leap last February and haven't looked back! I would recommend you start your Kentucky Lake adventure in the Aurora, Kentucky area. There are a couple of motels there as well as several really good restaurants. Fin and Feather Lodge Fin N' Feather Lodge is one choice for affordable accomodations as well as Ken Lake State Park Lodge. There are other lodge/motel choices in Aurora that can be found on Google. In any case, if you stay in Aurora, you will be close to ramps and restaurants. You will be 12 miles or so from Blood River.

I hope this gets you started. Again, CONGRATULATIONS!!! rotfl

Congrats on the retirement :ThumbsUp. Make the best of it!

This may help some also. www.explorekentuckylake.com/lakesarea/accommodations/cabins.htm

I also suggest Aurora, Ky area. It puts you kinda in the middle of the lake. You can go north or south, take the us 80 bridge across the lake. Grocery store, laundry matt, resturaunts and bait store right there.

Good Luck !

Ref. my post on 1/24. I'v been planning to go fishing on Tue. 29th. Weather will be perfect 68* & sun all day , My wife told me this afternoon that I would need to pick-up my perfect grandson at school at 2:15 PM on the 29th. witch is 42.8 miles from the lake boat landing she had something planed. So you know that a 7 yr. grandson comes first sinces he is my best buddy. Don't you just love them!

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Ref. my post on 1/24. I'v been planning to go fishing on Tue. 29th. Weather will be perfect 68* & sun all day , My wife told me this afternoon that I would need to pick-up my perfect grandson at school at 2:15 PM on the 29th. witch is 42.8 miles from the lake boat landing she had something planed. So you know that a 7 yr. grandson comes first sinces he is my best buddy. Don't you just love them!

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You need to watch Duck Dynasty !
It’s Duck Hunting - Killing Beaver - Fishing and then the Grand Kids
“HAY”
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Ref. my post on 1/24. I'v been planning to go fishing on Tue. 29th. Weather will be perfect 68* & sun all day , My wife told me this afternoon that I would need to pick-up my perfect grandson at school at 2:15 PM on the 29th. witch is 42.8 miles from the lake boat landing she had something planed. So you know that a 7 yr. grandson comes first sinces he is my best buddy. Don't you just love them!

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The only thing better than taking the grandkids fishing is having one say "Paw paw, don't start the big motor, I want to stay a fish!"

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the only thing better than taking the grandkids fishing is having one say "paw paw, don't start the big motor, i want to stay a fish!"

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it COULD not have been better said!!!!