Come prepared to go after some small mouth also....Barkley and the
Cumberland are s/m friendly .

I love smallmouth and spots! Thanks for the help. Looks like I can run from
Padacah to the Barkley dam without locking thru anywhere, but to get into
Smithland Pool have to go thru a lock, and to go downriver much have to go thru
a lock. I really would like to avoid locks of possible, that is why I was
looking at the Cumberland. Can fish the Tennessee River up to KY lake dam, too,
but I understand it is real built up and lots of barge traffic?.
Ronnie

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