Barren River Walleye

[Brick]

Hi! New to the board but a long time Walleye fisherman. If you google Walleye fishing Kentucky there are a few articles about the stocking programs on other lakes in Kentucky. Laurel for instance, use to stock fingerlings until they found the survival rate was terrible. To many predatory fish. Over the last couple of years they have stocked 8" fish into the lake because the survival rate greatly improved. I would have to believe that fingerlings in Barren River might have the same problem.

[BigPoppy]

first let me say hello Brick and welcome to the group:
You make a very strong point there, the hybrid in barren would cream the fingerlings if they made it to the lake itself untill they were at least 8 inches I have caught hybrids at the Narrows that could and did take 6 to 8 inch shad in one at even 5 pounds these brutes would hit a mercury 10hp if it looked like food I have only caught 3 wal eye so it would be a nice adventure to have another predator to look for.