Giant Catfish!

[BigPoppy]

JimiDi set you on the right trail. at the bacon creek boat ramp if the river will let you down there, fishing from the first ripples down back toward the lake. We go up stream and the take our time and drift back down to the ramp, night crawlers shad shell crackers have all worked for me find a deep hole or a brushpile and tie off or anchor down. fish tight lines against the boat and cast to likely spots near by. give each area a few minutes and take your time. One word of warning if you plan on leaving your truck and trailer there for long either hide any thing worth more than 10 bucks or bring it out to the boat. like any ramp that is off the beaten path the stray dogs come siffing around, even had my lug nuts and spare boat trailer tire. guess it must have been real hard for them up there steeling lug nuts for weights I guess.

[JimDi]

I agree with BigPoppy about not launching at the Bacon Creek ramp, if you don't have to. We ran up to there from another ramp.

We were up there fishing numerous years ago and a boat with two guys come by us and went further up. We had seen a beaver earlier that day and heard gun fire around one corner. Never saw the beaver again.....

[smashdn]

Nolin and Barren are good flathead lakes. They like woody cover and snags.

Find slack water areas of rivers especially with woody cover. Big suckers, bullheads with spines trimmed, lively bluegills, and skipjacks all make good bait. Carp are fair baits too.

Heavy tackle with big strong hooks and plenty of lead to anchor a big bait.

[zofishkentucky]

I you are after a big flathead head farther north on the Ohio. We fish Markland Dam a lot and catch a mix of blues and flats and have caught 50 pounders of both. The farther north you go, the fewer blues and flatheads become more dominant. Markland is very snaggy and thats why they are there.