What!?! Muskys In Barren River?

[Barren Bass Master]

I have recently heard alot about people fishing for muskys in barren river. I didnt belive it until i just today saw a pic of a 40"er out of the river.
These fish sound like a thrill and i would realy like to try it out...
I dont know anything about these fish and was wondering if you could help me out with getting to know these fish, as in there feeding habbits, how they relate to structure, essintals(rod, reel, line, must have baits, ect.).
Thanks
Ben
P.S. i am intersesting in fishing barren because i spend must of my time fishing the lake (barren that is)

[mkmsports41]

You can catch them in the lake too. Alot of people catch them by the **** in the winter.

[Barren Bass Master]

Realy! wow! fished the lake for 15 years and never seen one, just amazing how something can be right under your nose and u never know it... any advice would be great

[R19]

The tailwaters of Barren River Lake flow into the tailwaters of Green River Lake which is called Green River; it has a healthy stock of musky. It is possible to catch musky anywhere from the tailwaters of Green River Lake (which includes Barren River tailwaters)or in any creek or stream that flows into Green River.

I have heard reports of people catching musky from Bowling Green back to Green River Lake. I would guess that you could catch them west of Bowling Green also because it is the same water system.Theoretically speaking the Ohio River and Mississippi river could/would have musky because Green River connects directly to that water system.

[Barren Bass Master]

Thanks R19.... it would be greatly apriciated if someone could help point me in the right direction as far as bait selection and riging them.

[RICHYD4U]

You can catch them in the lake too. Alot of people catch them by the **** in the winter.

Never heard of musky in BRL....wonder how they would get in there? There aren't musky in the upper Barren River, or are there?

-Rich

[R19]

Thanks R19.... it would be greatly apriciated if someone could help point me in the right direction as far as bait selection and riging them.

If I catch a musky it is by aciddent while fishing for bass. I have caught them on various different baits;wish I could be more help but I know nothing about musky fishing.

[Barren Bass Master]

thats intresting... and i am mainly looking to fish between the tailwaters and bowling green

[Olgrey]

Musky are native to Barren River. They as well as walleye were in Barren River long before the lake was thought up and built. I'm in my 50's now and heard stories of people catching them in Barren River when I was a child. Some holes of water in the river were known to be a better place to fish for them than others. They are like some animals in that they are secretive and you have to know what to look for to find them or just get lucky. I've caught several walleye over the years while fishing for other species, but never landed a musky althought I have had a hook or two straightened. My fishing was always done in the headwaters of the lake.

[crappiepappy]

If you want to know about Muskie fishing, and don't get any satisfactory answers here ... I suggest you look thru this website : http://www.crashslanding.com/ ... & check out the articles link.
While it may be true that this website is about Cave Run Lake ... the tips & techniques will work wherever you fish.
Understand, too ... that the equipment & baits needed, can be more expensive than brand name/high end Bassin stuff. Sorry, but the website's online catalog link seems to be broken, so you can't view it. Google search for Muskie baits/rods/reels for more equipment info.

Best I can do for you, as I'm not a Muskie angler.

... pappy

[walkeraviator]

ESOX2009 catches musky on Barren pretty regularly... you should google his posts.. usually good for pictures. His posts convinced me to buy my first wire leader to target long toothy critters.

[MagikSmallie]

I fish for musky all the time on Cave Run. I don't use wire leaders though...the best leader material I've found is 200lb Flourocarbon. I use 65# braided line. and big 7'6"-8' rods. muskies love big, bright, obnoxious looking baits, like 3oz spinner baits, big plastic swimbaits up to 16oz (1 pound). you can catch em on bass gear too, but if you want to get serious about musky fishing you throw the big baits on big tackle. in the early spring they love rattle traps, in summer I don't really have much sucess for em, most people troll deep with big trolling crankbaits like the Grandma Lures, in the fall they like big bladed baits like inline spinners and large Grimm Reaper style spinnerbaits, as well as topwater (buzzbaits). If you have any questions just PM i'll be glad to tell you all I know.