Barren River Lake

[Hogdaddy]

Question for all the guys that fish Barren. What area or creeks seems to produce more and bigger crappie? I've never fished down there very much, trying to change that this year.

[smashdn]

You have to weed through a lot of smaller fish to get decent ones. Right now and in the next few weeks provided we continue to have warm weather and stable water (rain is on the way tomorrow though) guys will start catching them way up Skaggs and Beaver shallow (really it is all shallow way up there) on laydowns and stumps. As the lake fills I throw slider grubs on slider heads at brushpiles and attractors I have put out.

Post spawn I troll crankbaits on subtle ledges back off of spawning areas. This is how I catch the better fish. Less fish caught but less weeding through sub-legal fish too.

I fish out of the State Ramp (mainly so I don't have to pay the 3 buck launching fee) and that is the area that I fish; Peter Creek and the bays across from the ramp.

[Hogdaddy]

Thanks for the reply. I went a little while today just mainly to play with a new depth finder and some other toys. We fished probably 1 1/2 hours and caught 5 with 2 keeps. Those fish we caught in about 8-10 ft of water. Its just about like fishing a new lake for me, because I don't have any spots yet.

[smashdn]

Thanks for the reply. I went a little while today just mainly to play with a new depth finder and some other toys. We fished probably 1 1/2 hours and caught 5 with 2 keeps. Those fish we caught in about 8-10 ft of water. Its just about like fishing a new lake for me, because I don't have any spots yet.

With the lake down you should be eyeballing plenty of spots for later on. Take note of the small ledges (5 foot or less drops) with brush or stumps on the top or bottoms of them. The fish seem to really like these spots. I guess it gives them quick access to shallower or deeper water as the need arises and sometimes they will suspend out off the drops above the woody cover.