What!?! Muskys In Barren River?

[rangerjohn]

A friend of mine caught a 49 inch muskie out of Barren last fall on a crankbait while bass fishing. He showed me a photo of it, it is the largest muskie that I have seen come out of Barren.

[publican57]

I want to go down there to musky fish someday. I only know two things about them; the first is they are called the fish of a thousand cast because they are suppose to be hard to catch. The second is it is critical if you are musky fishing to end your retrieve doing a figure 8 in the water with your lure, because musky often follow the lure to the boat (or shore) and they often strike at the end of the retrieve and figure 8. I learned this all from Green River guides that did a presentation at the boat show in Louisville a couple of years ago.

[Catfish Bob]

When I lived in Bowling Green for a while I found a spot on barren river that is an abandoned LOCK.
If you want to catch some musky find that spot and toss out something shinny like a spinner bait,spoon,,,, you can't get a boat to it because the current coming off that old LOCK is way too strong.
Ya better have some strong line cause their some big'ins in that water.

[smashdn]

I want to go down there to musky fish someday.

Fish the river below the dam a ways. The density is so much more than in the lake. Like I said in the post before, I never knew that they were in the lake proper. Meaning I have fished it for quite a while and quite a bit and never caught one while bass fishing.

I have however caught them in Green River (actual river above and around lock 5), and they are thick in Drakes Creek, above and below the dam in Franklin, KY.

[publican57]

I may get a chance. I have some friends that want me to take them to see their folks. Maybe I will leave them with their folks while I go find some Muskys.