Barren or Nolin??

[00SKEETER]

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.

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.

[jfw]

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.

Thats when you head up in the river ,or in the back end of Dog creek where all the timber is LOL

[ProCraft13]

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