Going fishing at Big South Fork Cumberland

Last Sunday My sister, girlfriend and I set out for an adventure at Big South Fork of Lake Cumberland. Now I had spent about four hours planning this trip due to never being their before. We headed out about 11:00AM from Lexington and it took about 2 hours to get their. We had originally planned to put the boat in at Burnside State Park Boat Ramp only to find out that timber and debree made it impossible. Luckily, I had brought a map of the boat ramps on Big South Fork so we decided to head up river to the next boat ramp. It didn't take long to realize we where in the middle of nowhere which was our original plan. Lost and getting upset we turned around because we thought we've have had to pass this small road off HWY27 that the next boat ramp was on. Once we found this road it was if we had entered the movie Deliverance. This road went from straight and two lines to one line up and down very steep hills.
Finally after stopping someone and asking them for directions to get to the boat ramp we had arrived. Now putting to boat in is always interesting to say the least. I have to back the boat in while my sister holds a rope tied to the boat. Once all the fun of moving the truck and climbing back down the hill we were ready to take off. I had did some spring tuning to the boat to get ready for the upcoming season, so my primary goal was to run the boat and make sure it was operating correctly. In pass fishing adventures my sister and I have found ourselves stranded in the boat many miles from the boat ramp. So to play it safe we decided to only head up steam a mile or so but no more than two.
Now it was time to fish! I have plans to catch some walleye, small mouth bass, and what ever was biting. But unfortunately I didn't catch a single fish. Now I was disappointed about not catching any fish but I had a great time. We discovered a place we had never seen before. We enjoyed the sound of ice sekel breaking away from the rock and free falling a hundred or so feet and hitting the bank. Now when this ice hit the bank it would sound like a shotgun going off. About every five minuets we would hear them breaking on the bank. We also found that this will be a great place to fish when the water warms up.
Although we didn't catch any fish we had a great time. We plan on going again to the same place but my next adventure will be about twenty miles up steam were the water is not as deep and a boat is not as good as a canoe. We plan to get into the Big South Fork Recreational Area were motorized boats are not allowed and the only way to get their is by wading, walking or canoe.