Your story sounds just like mine. I can't even buy a fish at Barren. For some reason I can't seem to catch even a little one. However, there are a lot of good anglers on here you consistently catch nice fish - I'm just not one of them. They tend to be deep, and I when it comes to fishing deep or off shore structure I am LOST.
Hope it picks up for you. I too have decided to hang it up at Barren for a while or at least til the pleasure boats and jet skis are gone.
Blessed Fishin
jeremy