Trip to Barren

Just got back from Barren this weekend. I had not been on Barren for several years, the last time I was there I was too young to understand the big bass at Barren.

First day on Thursday went hunting for some meat to stink up the pan. Fished in the evening caught 13 gills on crickets, tight line. Bass fished for about 2 hours around the narrows caught 1 nice 15" lgmouth and lost a big fish!!

Friday, went out again after the gills. Caught 57 and 2 cats...great day. Caught majority of fish on popeyes tipped with wax worms and also on crickets with bobber. We fished back of a cove near the narrows. Lots of fun.

Saturday...spent the day after bass. On Friday we saw a big girl coming off the nest near a stump. Went back Saturday morning and hooked up while swimming a jig. She was 19" and weighed 3.2lbs. Great fish and fun a fight. Later in the morning moved to the dam area. Hooked up on 2 nice fish. First fish was 19 1/2" smallmouth 3.5lbs and 4 cast later caught 17 1/2" largemouth weighing 2.15lbs. Had one more that morning that was lost on plastic craw, had a nick in the line and came unglued on the hookset!!! :( Went in at 12pm, not a bad morning at all. All fish caught on jigs. Lots of fun...first time ever on Barren fishing for bass...I am hooked. Can't wait to go back. Already have a trip planed for the end of the summer. For a rookie it made the blood pressure go up and increased the heartrate!

Sounds like you just discovered one of KY's best bass lakes.....one of the hidden gems.
Keep learning about it and you'll discover many many great aspects of Barren.

Great job...Glad your three day fun trip was full of fish.....:)

The bass fishing is pretty good here right now. My partner and I won the Sat nighter with 13.39 three fish. Caught 12 or 13 total and culled 3 4 lber. We caught six that there was no difference in on the balanceing beam. Could of had 22 and some change out of five fish. There were 2 22lb bags weighed in Sun. Glad you had a good time.

[QUOTE=300ZX;296751]The bass fishing is pretty good here right now. My partner and I won the Sat nighter with 13.39 three fish. Caught 12 or 13 total and culled 3 4 lber. We caught six that there was no difference in on the balanceing beam. Could of had 22 and some change out of five fish. There were 2 22lb bags weighed in Sun. Glad you had a good time.[/QUOTE]

Did you fish Ranger Bob's Thursday tourney? Heard about 13lbs won it, big fish was around 5lbs. That night I had one on that probably went over 5lb, broke me off on the trolling motor, it was a great fight with an awesome fish around the narrows. Next big fish I got a hold of I kept away from the trolling motor. We did not fish Sunday, we did fish Saturday night for about 1 hour before having to load up and caught 2 nice fish. I bet Sunday was better...the bite was improving. We caught fish on jigs...craw imatation was the bite. I will be back at the end of the summer for another weekend...hope to come down at least one or two more times before that. But with gas and the distance it is expensive. I would like to bring our church group in October but can't find a place to accomodate us...do you happen to know any place that could host about 15-20 men...we want to be able to cook and fry some fish for 2 nights.

I've got a friend that has cabins on the lake that he rents. These are nice cabins. Not sure what he gets for them now. I can find out if you are interested. The state park also has cabins around the lodge that are nice also. If you need any info just send me a pm. And next time you're gonna be here send me pm and I'll try to help you out on the fish.
Did you catch any hybrids? We've been doing good on them also. Chris.

[QUOTE=300ZX;296751]The bass fishing is pretty good here right now. My partner and I won the Sat nighter with 13.39 three fish. Caught 12 or 13 total and culled 3 4 lber. We caught six that there was no difference in on the balanceing beam. Could of had 22 and some change out of five fish. There were 2 22lb bags weighed in Sun. Glad you had a good time.[/QUOTE]

Hey 300ZX
Any help (Color, Depth, Tech,ETC) I have a Tour there this weekend.
Eddie

[QUOTE=fishing4kids;296813]Hey 300ZX
Any help (Color, Depth, Tech,ETC) I have a Tour there this weekend.
Eddie[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=300ZX;296859]You got mail![/QUOTE]

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