Fished Tuesday thru Thursday morning...went down there to find a top water bite...found the morning was a little better than the evening...but wasnt dissapointed with either...love this lake.
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Fished Tuesday thru Thursday morning...went down there to find a top water bite...found the morning was a little better than the evening...but wasnt dissapointed with either...love this lake.
Nice...thanks for confirming the early and late topwater bite in my report.
Dave
[QUOTE=Dave Stewart;547962]Nice...thanks for confirming the early and late topwater bite in my report.
Dave[/QUOTE]
I'm hoping to confirm a little of that too. I'm headed down 06/24 for 5 days.........Looks to be stormy, but that is fine with me. :) :)
Haven't heard from you George but I can confirm it for you...we whacked them on Barkley this morning on topwater.
Dave
What lures do people like to use when fishing top water? I don't do a lot of top water fishing myself so don't really have a favorite that works. Many years ago on some smaller natural lakes I used to fish with a Hula Popper with some success. Would a Hula Popper be a good choice in some smaller coves on Barkley?
If in or near cover I like a buzzbait. Open water or bluff walls I throw a spook type bait as far as I can throw it.
spook's, buzzbaits and popr's
[QUOTE=SLP;548009]What lures do people like to use when fishing top water? I don't do a lot of top water fishing myself so don't really have a favorite that works. Many years ago on some smaller natural lakes I used to fish with a Hula Popper with some success. Would a Hula Popper be a good choice in some smaller coves on Barkley?[/QUOTE]
My top 3 - Sammy, Sammy, Sammy...
kc
[QUOTE=Dave Stewart;548007]Haven't heard from you George but I can confirm it for you...we whacked them on Barkley this morning on topwater.
Dave[/QUOTE]
Man...........
I've struggled a little but to be honest I'm not fishing much. I wanted to still take this trip but I've been down in my shoulder for 6-8 weeks now.
I did manage to catch a couple on top today on South Barkley.
[QUOTE=Dave Stewart;548007]Haven't heard from you George but I can confirm it for you...we whacked them on Barkley this morning on topwater.
Dave[/QUOTE]
Hey, THANKS. I used some of the info you provided and got on a stellar top water bite in some of the areas you talked about.
I tell you what guys.....if you've NOT taken Dave's class on bait and when where and how, he was spot on with some stuff I learned a few years ago while taking the class.
He confirmed that recently, and all I gotta say is FUN :) :) .
Top water in the evening is good too :) :). We waded through a bunch of short fish, but managed 3 solid keepers tonight.
BuZzzzzzzzzzz....and more buzzzzzzzz......