smallmouth on barren

[gillman]

I'll fished the creeks for my hole life, feeding Barren, and they are full of smallmouth. I just started fishing the lake two years ago and have a lot to learn, that plan and clear. Now I'll been catching a few bass but no smallmouth. looks like there should be someplaces smallie are schooling in the lake, anybody got any tips

[raincheck]

I know they are there just never got one.
Terry adolph

[dmase]

I have caught some and they are hit and miss. I always seem to pick them up on the bluff wall across from the island down from Bailey's point.
I use a 3/8oz black and blue jig with a #11 black and blue Uncle Josh pork frog. look for slides and cuts.
You will catch a ton of Kentucky's along the way,but you may also pick-up a 5 lb Smallie too.
Good luck.

[Dizzle]

Most of the ones I catch, usually come from the Bailey's/Dam area. Although, I caught one back in Peter's creek up against the bluff wall by the golf course/power lines....

[Bobby Headrick]

Several years back there was a guy down there who was using live skimmer minnows and for several day he and two others caught limts of 4 and 5 lbrs, the sad thing is they kept all of them, I saw these fish as he lived across the street from me, so I know that they were in there. Also look up the river, I used to wade from a small creek near Akersville, to the river and down the river some there, used to catch a ton of good smallies up that area, but there is a place on Barren that is around the area of Bailys point, that holds some good smallies, but it is hard to locate. Good luck.

[smuckey41]

i had ben going to barren since i could walk till high school. and never seen or cought a smallmouth. but last year in the fall i cought a couple of good ones and had a 5 to 6 pounder at the boat and it spit my crank back at me before we could get the net. and that was in peter creek up by the bridge.

[cra97]

i had ben going to barren since i could walk till high school. and never seen or cought a smallmouth. but last year in the fall i cought a couple of good ones and had a 5 to 6 pounder at the boat and it spit my crank back at me before we could get the net. and that was in peter creek up by the bridge.

Yeah, and that's the one's that hurt the worst.

Rob

[gillman]

Guys I'll just happy to have something pulling on my line. but there something about them old smallmouth that will turn my head.thanks for the feed back, its warming up and i'll got the GTG's ( Got to go )

[Fishin_4_Fun]

Used to catch several in the late 80s, early 90s, but rarely catch them any more. I can't remember the last time I caught a good one. There's just not that many in there now, compared to back then.

I remember fishing a big bass classic in ~'90, and out of the top 10 biggest fish brought to the scales most were smallmouth.

[gillman]

sounds like that was some good old days. back in those days and the 70's i'll all about deer hunting and rivers but now the boy gone of to school i'll hooked on boatfishing. and it's easy on the old legs too

[ekubassfsher]

fished a tournament last year during the fall and had 4 keeper smallmouth. only 1 was big enough to out weigh the largemouth we had. lets just say that was a good day

[gillman]

sounds like to me you had it going on. what kind of water were ya in, flavor lunker