worst trip to barkley ever

[bigwormy]

guess i should have went to kentucky. however, its hard to leave barkley because it has been soooo good to me in the past. its also hard because out of all the years i have been there, i have only been to kentucky once. i only had 4 days to fish so i did not have a ton of time to make a switch. i still enjoyed being off of work and fishing for four days.

[bigwormy]

do you guys think the fish will still be up for the holiday weekend of 24,25,26?

[Col Forbin]

I think you will need to fish a little deeper by then. You may catch a few up shallow, but I think the majority of the fish will be dropping back down and starting to get into summer feeding patterns.

[elnutsmalljaws]

do you guys think the fish will still be up for the holiday weekend of 24,25,26?

I think you will still have fish spawning until the end of the month. The way Dave Stewart explained in in the boat on Monday convinced me of this. With all the fluxuations in water levels and temps this spring, fish were in shallow ready to spawn then back out due to changes, then shallow then back out. With the full moon around the 23rd, my guess is the last wave of spawners will be up then. Just my guess.

[kylakenitro]

I fished Barkley last Wed. and we ended up with a couple good fish my nieghbor had one over 6. We tried the backs of the bays but no luck all of our fish came off points and channel banks. Thursday we fished on Ky, Man what a GREAT day we had around 2 and a half limits in 6 hours but we never found that kicker fish. Yesterday day was a good day but still no monster fish. Dont know what i'm doing wrong????
Elwood did call me and tell me to stay off Barkley and East Ky last week. said his ppl were going to get in touch with my ppl. He and I are suppose to fish next Thursday " I wonder which side of the lake he will let me fish" LOL!!!!

[bigwormy]

my dads buddy got one 5.13 yesterday on a lizard back in pockets.

[Col Forbin]

The big bass are definitely starting to hit. The week before last I was catching short fish after short fish, this week I have had lower numbers but way more keepers. Since last saturday I have had several over five, and one over 6. Still no patterns are producing any better for me than others. I have caught the bigger ones on sallow crankbaits of points, jigs on drops, lizzards in backs of bays, and spinner baits on lips of drops.