barklery

[slowrollin]

hey im goin to barkley next weekend for 2 day tournment any tips

[bigwormy]

dude im serious now, 1/4 ounce buzzbaits as far in the heads of the creeks and bays as u can get. im no pro, but i can catch a few fish on barkley this time of year.

[Col Forbin]

Go to Ky where the water is a little clearer. I was on North Barkley a little yesterday, and it still had alot of stain to it. Hopefully by next weekend it will look better.

[bigwormy]

my buddy got to barkley saturday and put in around 4:30. he fished for 3 hours and had 7 keepers on barkley. biggest one being close to 4.

[lizardking]

Fished South Barkley the last 4 days fishing is good, top water is coming on
in the bays, the water color is clearing but the bushes are just about dry
its really hit or miss whether you can get a big fish... points were especially
good inside the bays cranks & Spinners are excellent if theres wind we had limited sucess when the sun was high and no wind after the water fell....
Im sure there's an offshore bite as many of the fish have spawned by now.....hope this helps someone....

[bigwormy]

u think most of the fish are spawned out already?? i am going to barkley in a week and a half. they will still be in the bays wont they? i usually go the last week of april but cant this year so its the first week of may.

[Col Forbin]

I think you will do good in the bays. I definitely don't think the spawn is over. The heavy repeated rains kept the water temps from rising too much at a steady pace. It is just now getting stabalized and the water temps are starting to rise. I think the next couple of weeks should be great. I was doing fairly well on points, but when the lakes got below 359, they stopped pulling and killed the current, so they are starting to move back up off the points. I had a good day Sunday in the backs of bays right off of the creek channels around cover. No Monsters, but good solid keepers. I still think a slow post spawn pattern on ditches and drops wouldn't be bad during the time here.

[bigwormy]

thanks for the info col. i thought i should still be ok from all that i had read.

[BassNNutt]

I fished Ky. and South Ky. Sunday but both of my keepers came on a jig on north Ky. my boater had one keeper on South Ky.
all of the good fish or most of the good fish were caught on Barkley.