Barkley last week... top-water

[Dave Stewart]

Nice...thanks for confirming the early and late topwater bite in my report.

Dave

[GeoFisher]

Nice...thanks for confirming the early and late topwater bite in my report.

Dave

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.

[Dave Stewart]

Haven't heard from you George but I can confirm it for you...we whacked them on Barkley this morning on topwater.

Dave

[SLP]

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?

[fishincreek]

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.

[bassmaster86]

spook's, buzzbaits and popr's

[kc]

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?

My top 3 - Sammy, Sammy, Sammy...

kc

[GeoFisher]

Haven't heard from you George but I can confirm it for you...we whacked them on Barkley this morning on topwater.

Dave

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.

[GeoFisher]

Haven't heard from you George but I can confirm it for you...we whacked them on Barkley this morning on topwater.

Dave

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.

[bigwormy]

BuZzzzzzzzzzz....and more buzzzzzzzz......