Fished North Barkley several days last week (before the cold front). Had mixed success. Caught a lot of short fish with several 15-16 inchers mixed in. Best fish of the trip was 8lb 1oz largemouth. Caught on a bandit crankbait in about two foot of very stained water. Bloody tail and looked ready to drop her eggs. I had caught several over 7lbs, but that was my first over 8. As excited as I was about that one, I think I was more excited when my son caught a 3 1/2 lb largemouth on his little Zebco rod/reel (fishing with a Crappie jig). The excitement and look on his face was something I will remember for a long time. It was great.

Caught Bass on virtually everything i tried. Red eye shad, Bandit crankbaits, SpinnerBait and Watermelon/Chart lizards. All in all it was a great trip for the first time on Barkley this year. Can't wait to get back. Good luck all.