Originally Posted by
bigwormy
We used to go to Barkley every year the first week of May starting in 2000. The fishing was unbelievable. Sad what has happened. We finally switched our spring trip to lake st Claire three years ago. The fishing is unbelievable at st Claire, but I still desire to fish Barkley. There is nothing like throwing a buzzbait through the flowers or around the bushes and catching fish. You could call your strikes at times and knew when to hang on after making a cast. I know every groove of demumbers bay, willow bay. Nickel, clay, mammouth and so on. I too dreamed of getting a place on Barkley for weekend trips and more. However, all has changed do to the carp invasion. It’s so disheartening! As I may catch a ton of fish at st Claire, it’s still not as fun as the type of fishing we used to do at Barkley.