Report from a week on Barkley

[bigwormy]

I also went on my trip Monday through Friday, and you are dead on........weird trip. I go for the power fishing and buzzing the flowers and was disappointed yet again with no flowers. What was funny is I found a few flower patches in two cuts and caught three buzz fish off them.lol. My best day was tuesday with estimated20- 21 lbs. But didn't touch that again. My partner had two near 5 and a for sure 6 on a buzz in a flooded field. My dad found a different flooded field behind the bushes and wore them out Tuesday to thursday morning. Multiple 3-4 lb fish on buzz bait in a foot and half water. They were catching 15-18 keepers a day with most being back there. We power fished all trip in the backs and sides of bays. I have no idea where the bucks were. We caught more keepers than short fish it seemed. The day of the 20-21 lb bag, we only caught 11 fish and 10 were keepers. All caught in bushes and as far back as we could get the boat. I too can't wait til next year and I will pray hard that there will be flowers next year!!!!!!

[AllBoutBass]

well, i might as well give details to my trip too. Fished Barkley from Tuesday morning till Thursday evening. Tuesday my son and I put 60 bass in the boat, flipping 8 inch zoom lizards into brush back into every cove and residetial back water we could find. Water up into peoples back yards...we hit every bush and tree stumps. More 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 pounders i could count. nothing on top water, nothing cranking... a few on flukes... but the lizard just wore them out. Always have fun fishing this lake in May, even if conditions change from year to year. All hail the Barkley!! Fishing Patoka most of the year, because I livein Corydon... its a blast coming down here.