Barkley

[stevec]

The spinnerbait bite has been quite nice in the morning.

....how nice??

[artcarney_agr]

Good enough for some keepers...fishing shallow too, like 1 - 2 ft deep around grass in the backs of bays, particularly where there's shad present. The shad are on the move and when you run a spinnerbait through one of those "balls" you usually hook up on one or more. I guess its the start of the fall transition, and probably only going to get better if these cooler nights are here to stay.

[Cobra190]

Thanks to those who offered up help, will be heading down Friday morning and hopefully on the lake by noon or a little after.

[Rudypoo4444]

Thanks to those who offered up help, will be heading down Friday morning and hopefully on the lake by noon or a little after.

We are heading down next weekend. Be sure to let me know how you did.

[trentonc2000]

good luck!

[Cobra190]

SLOW--SLOW--SLOW, That's the only word that comes to mind on the past weekend trip to Barkley. Worked familier spots to no avail, and went looking for some new ones and everything is slow. What fish were picked up came from different areas, under different situations. What fish were caught were primarily on cranks. 14 weekend warriors, 10-12 fish weighed, largest just over 3 lb. Good Luck Guys,

[Rudypoo4444]

This is NOT the news I wanted to hear, but thanks for the report!

[artcarney_agr]

SLOW--SLOW--SLOW, That's the only word that comes to mind on the past weekend trip to Barkley. Worked familier spots to no avail, and went looking for some new ones and everything is slow. What fish were picked up came from different areas, under different situations. What fish were caught were primarily on cranks. 14 weekend warriors, 10-12 fish weighed, largest just over 3 lb. Good Luck Guys,

Sounds about like my daytime fishing, however Saturday evening gave up one of the best topwater bites I've had this year! I had one fish jump clear out of the water like a dolphin trying to destroy my bait! It was AWESOME! And to top it all off, "Fishing in the Dark" started playing on the radio during the hottest action of the evening! I mean it couldn't get any better!!!

"Lazy early moon coming up tonight, shinning through the trees...."