It is legal to net and use shad at Barren.

There are several lakes in KY where possession of shad is illegal (Beaver Lake in Anderson Co for example). On the smaller lakes, (I believe it is those lakes that are less than 500 acres in size), you cannot net shad from the lake. Might check the regs on that as they do list the lake size. It may have changed to 1000 acres recently.

Andrew