barren

[BigPoppy]

If you have a canoe or a jon boat and a sense for a fun adventure, you might want to try this at Barren River. The ACOE had a good idea for once. they have put a very small but accessable boat ramp by the kentucky 100 bridge on the true Barren River, not the lake, We went there a week ago for the first time mostly by accident. but there were tons of fish up in this part of the river. I won't say you will catch a record but you will catch fish with 3 of us fishing in less than 2 hours we boated close to 30 fish that were pan size and some nice small mouth to boot. a lot of channels and panfish lots of shade a few portages but nothing more than a few yards we found some holes around very large boulders in the river where the water was at least 8 feet or more so get into the shade and have some fun.

[bg64vw]

I agree, nothing more fun then floating fast water catching small mouth and rockbass. Problem is creeks and rivers don't always have as much access as the lakes.

[homie452]

hey hope ur on a big pile of fish!!!!!!!!
had 9 fish in the boat by 830 am 7 were keepers
big was 4.7 small was 2.9
wish i could have just weighed in this morning
will tell where an on what after sat a few have figured out who homie452 really is

[00SKEETER]

Sounds like a pretty good morning. Maybe I need to go fishing with you so I can learn to catch summer time bass a little better.

[gillman]

homie tell us somemore about that fishing trip

[homie452]

i will give you some details tonight around 12 when i get home from work best i can do the fish arent where you would expeect them to be this time of year and concerering the water temp it blew my mind too
talk 2 ya more about it tonight

[RICHYD4U]

i will give you some details tonight around 12 when i get home from work best i can do the fish arent where you would expeect them to be this time of year and concerering the water temp it blew my mind too
talk 2 ya more about it tonight

Got my attention, I'll be looking forward to the report tonight.

-Rich

[homie452]

hey all been waiting long?????????
thought the fising was fair on the worms deep cause or the hot weather
got slacked and got crazy went shallow with a rattle trap 1/2 ounce and benn killin them for 3 days streight now smaller traps been catchin smaller fish so stay big till the bite falls off then progress to deeper water stayin with 5 foot incraments till you find them again
if you catch 1 fish stay there till tour shure there is no more been catching 5 to 6 at a time in 1 spot
2 year ago when the water stayed so low bryar bushes grew in the shallows crank your trap accross the front edge first then cover all around it dont be afraid to hang it up
any shallow cove,creek or point with the old dead bryar bushes poking out the water (WITH A CREEK CHANNEL NEAR BY) has been holding fish
as the sun warms up move twards the creek channel ive been moving 5 feet at a time paralell with the creek bed start in 2 ft of water till bite drops off then move to 7 foot of water till bite drops off then move to 12 foot of water ECT...ECT.ECT
HOPE THIS HELPS YOU GUYS AN DONT BITE ME IN THE BUTT TOMMORROW

HOMIE

[RICHYD4U]

Which end of the lake, not looking for specifics, just a general idea. Thanks for the great report, that gives me hope! We had killed them doing the exact same thing at the end of May, but it seemed like when we went back in the first of June, they were gone?

-Rich

[gillman]

I just knew that was what you where going to tell us, I hadn,t been down there for two weeks but I'll been catching them shallow around that old grass all summer on Buzz baits. And after the sun gets up, about 7:30 we would go to a crank bait, bandit 300 Tiger, fishing 3 to 12 ft.. After about 9:00 we would more to the rock walls. Most of the time catching 5 to 10 fish with the best coming on the Buzz early.
I'll fished up the river all summer around Walnut. Has anyone got a report on Skaggs, caught fish there last year? I'll planning on fishing it this week one afternoon after work. Man I'll afraid after another year that old dead grass will be gone, but it was good last year and this year.
Thanks for the good report, been looking forward to reading it.

[homie452]

had big fish today
4 keepers and 1 slot fish
all fish came from skaggs past the 31e bridge even the good bag i caught wed morning
but i do have a good question???
why is it that 90% of the fish ive been catchin have blood on their sides, belly, back and tails beet up an bloody?
some one in the club suggested from chasing shad in the bryar bushes n brush where i been fishing
sounds logical but how true could this be???
team winning weight was 18 pound or so
my partner couldnt buy a keeper fish
BUT HE WAS A HELL OF A NET MAN
and a verry fun guy to fish with had a great time
its nice to catch fish but we had a nice day an had fun

[gillman]

Made it up Skaggs yesterday about 5:30AM, caught one about 2 lbs on a buzz after fishing 10 min. off the dead grass out next to the channel. Try that for 30 min. with no more hits. Try the old lizard caught a 21/2 lber and my little buddy caught one on a small crank bait and his first fish on plastic, he was happy, ( lizard). I caught another on the lizard, the last two were in the channel. That cool Front moved through and we could not get a smell of a fish. Hit some points with no fish in the boat. Went to Beaver and started fishing a seconddairy point were i had caught fish before and the Air change. We caught 2, one on the lizard and the other on a crank bait. Had two more good hits I missed because I had my head, you know were. Had to pull out, I think it was about 10:30, my fishing buddy had to go to work.