dropping barren and nolin

[jfw]

Man I slay the bass when they start pullin Nolin hard ....it makes the crayfish move into deeper water ,Always blasted them on rebel craw crankbaits ...just my 2 cents

[Devils Horse]

I didn't do any analysis or talk with anybody, but Sunday Barren had that blackish looking color it gets when it turns over. For me the better sized fish haven't gotten into October mode yet, but the smaller ones are tearing it up. Sunday I had only one decent quality fish, a 2.5 lb spot that jarred my cranbait so hard it felt like a hybrid when he hit. Caught several spots over 12", and some sub 15" smallmouth and largemouth. Last Tuesday nite a buddy clipped 5 bucks off me when he caught a 16" spot that was the best fish of the night between us. When Barren's turning a lot of them big fat spots come up and eat at depths where many people fish.

Cold weather ain't far away, and Barren fishes better for me during the winter than the summer. The 2 to 5 bites a day I get in mid winter are almost always 3 lbs or better.