Barren Hybrids?

[skinny]

Caught a 6lb13oz hybrid saturday and was wanting to know how big does a hybrid get?

[condusivecranker]

Hybrids average about 2 pds, but hybrids out of Barren up to 8 pds are not uncommon. 8-15 pders are considered large hybrids. Very few above 15 pds are caught. State record is slightly over 20 pds, caught out of the spillway under the BRL dam.

[skinny]

thanks...I'd hate to hook into a 15lber. This one like to took the rod out of my hand and turned the boat slightly.

[adam7456]

What did you catch it on?

Can someone explain what behavior the hybrids have? Are they more like white base or more like stripers? I was at Rough a couple weeks ago and we cleaned up on hybrids throwing 3" curly tail grubs; where at cumberland you troll live bait or throw a huge jig and trailer combo. Would large hybrids go after a huge jig with a 4 to 6 inch trailer or hit live bait being trolled following the same pattern stripers do?

[skoal]

Biggest Hybrids I caught was 11.5lbs Last year on Barren. We caught a limit last weekend all over 6 lbs.

[skinny]

Adam..caught it on a 1/2 white spinnerbait at the mouth of a small cut up from the dam. Fish were feeding on shad pushed up into the cut like whites.
Caught a smallmouth then a largemouth then a hybrid that caught me off guard.
Skoal.. Limit over 6lbs, now that would be a fun, more like a workout..

[apb]

...Can someone explain what behavior the hybrids have? Are they more like white base or more like stripers? I was at Rough a couple weeks ago and we cleaned up on hybrids throwing 3" curly tail grubs; where at cumberland you troll live bait or throw a huge jig and trailer combo. Would large hybrids go after a huge jig with a 4 to 6 inch trailer or hit live bait being trolled following the same pattern stripers do?

Behavoir can be a mix of White/Striper. Match your lure size to the size of the bait in your local lake. A 5# Hybrid has no problems sucking down a 7 inch Gizzard Shad. Live bait on free lines, down lines, or planer boards also work. Depth depends on the depth of the fish/bait. I've run jigs off downriggers and done well. Other troll with large jigs, cranks or spoons.

Andrew

[BigPoppy]

One thing you can count on at Barren River the hybrid rule the lake, by this I mean they are all over the place at all depths at anytime. I have caught them at night tight lining for cat fish with liver, night crawler, and even stink bait. some of my biggest have been near the Narrows with live shad about this time of the year net a few live shad 3 to 6 inches long, as many as you can keep alive at one time and watch your elctronis to find the fish in about 10 to 18 feet of water lower your bait down through the column and bring it back up until you get your first strike more than likely this will be the sweet spot and just repeat like the shampoo bottle says. with any luck at all and a good stout rod and strong hooks you will limit out on 6 to 10 pounders in less than an hour. There is one other strange thing about Barren River Hybrid, when it floods over the parking lots by the beach or ramps toss out a curly tail on the black top and a live night crawler or two for some reason the 2 to 4 pound hybrids love hunting over the black top I don't know if the crawfish gather up on it or what but any time there is very high water we catch fish on the asphalt. Go figure well good luck

Remember why your wife always ask if you rembered to put the plug back in your boat. good that way you don't have to lie when she ask you.

Dennis