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Taking a trip out of the louisville area either to Barren or Nolin on Monday and Tuesday, not sure which is consistently a better option right now (we haven't fished either lake before, but I have heard Barren can often be more quality based as compared to the quantity of fish caught at Nolin). Any input on the conditions, lake opinions, areas, techniques etc. would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!!
[QUOTE=ProCraft13;534615]Taking a trip out of the louisville area either to Barren or Nolin on Monday and Tuesday, not sure which is consistently a better option right now (we haven't fished either lake before, but I have heard Barren can often be more quality based as compared to the quantity of fish caught at Nolin). Any input on the conditions, lake opinions, areas, techniques etc. would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!![/QUOTE]
Barren
Typical Summer time fishing....worms, jigs and cranks on summertime structure.
Thanks man, appreciate the help. We'll likely head to Barren then.
If you go to barren i would put in at beaver creek or the state park. Port oliver and the peninsula have a lot of pleasure boater traffic this time of year.
You can't go wrong with Barren. That lake has some nice fish in it. Actually made Bassmaster's top 100 lakes (like 98 I believe). I always see good quality of fish caught out of there. Good luck. I'll be at Nolin for a tourney this Sat.
Ok, great! Thanks. I think I remember seeing that in Bassmaster as well. We're planning on putting in at the state park and camping one night to make sure we catch good morning and evening bites on each day. Hopefully, we can get to about wherever we need to go from that ramp. I've heard long tapering points and stump fields as potential areas. Probably crank, jig and shakey.
[QUOTE=cpsniper05;534657]You can't go wrong with Barren. That lake has some nice fish in it. Actually made Bassmaster's top 100 lakes (like 98 I believe). I always see good quality of fish caught out of there. Good luck. I'll be at Nolin for a tourney this Sat.[/QUOTE]
You're a brave man. I was out there last Saturday with my daughter camping. We went out on the main lake to fish a little and it was an absolute zoo. I counted 16 boats, waverunners and pontoons coming down the lake at once by Ponderosa. We came our of dog creek and pretty much had to merge into traffic. Decided to put the boat up for the summer and get out the golf clubs. I may hit Barren or something on a weekday when I can but they can have that mess on the weekends.
[QUOTE=00SKEETER;534667]You're a brave man. I was out there last Saturday with my daughter camping. We went out on the main lake to fish a little and it was an absolute zoo. I counted 16 boats, waverunners and pontoons coming down the lake at once by Ponderosa. We came our of dog creek and pretty much had to merge into traffic. Decided to put the boat up for the summer and get out the golf clubs. I may hit Barren or something on a weekday when I can but they can have that mess on the weekends.[/QUOTE]
Thats when you head up in the river ,or in the back end of Dog creek where all the timber is LOL
Just to give a short feedback report on our trip to Barren:
We caught around 18 keepers on Monday with maybe only two dinks, most fish in the quality 15-20in. range up to about 2.5 lbs...mainly these fish came from deeper main lake ledges throwing deep cranks 1/2oz. jigs and a couple on jerks on long sloping main lake flats in the a.m. around the bend from the state marina area (my friend managed to catch an 8lb-ish channel cat on a jerkbait first thing in the morning)
Tuesday-we had a late start due to weather but I managed to catch 6 keepers within 20mins all in the 1.25-1.5 range near the dam off a ledge break on a midrange Lucky Craft crank. Later that evening, after a major front had just come through mind you, we hit them pretty good. Caught several quality sized bass off the break of the Penninsula point dragging 1/2oz jigs off small ledge breaks and several off the ledge-side of the congruent island with one that my buddy caught flippin' a texas-rigged worm that tipped just over 3lbs. We also managed to see/catch a couple 2lb.ers out a school that happened to pop up in front of us and as we conveniently had our bama rigs to launch at 'em.
Overall, we caught a multitude of quality fish over the two days especially considering the crazy hot summer conditions. We noticed it was imperative to fish the evening/dusk time frame especially when searching for that heavy lunker bite. Unfortunately, none of the 4+lb range showed themselves but the quality AND quantity of largemouth and spots in Barren will definitely have us coming back for a return trip in the fall!
Hope this helps someone out there,
Regards Jake