Thread: Barren river walleye

Yeah, I have a 14'V-bottom that I use at Lock 6, I go all the way to within 50ft or so of the lock when it's safe enough and try to keep my jig right on the current seam where fast meets slack current the walleye and sauger will be right on that edge. I don't take a boat up to lock 5 at all, the boat ramp parking lot is notorious for people stealing, cutting off catylitic converters, batteries etc, lock 5 looks too dangerous in a boat, there is steel tangled up in the rocks at lock 5, always been afraid of punching a hole in my boat. But i've caught walleye on the bank there throwing rattle traps and jigs. At Lock 6 the water depth is 15-20ft (depending on river height) deep out from the locks, and has scattered boulders the walleye sit behind. I use regular round head lead jigs in black, orange, chartreuse, pink, with Kalins 5" grubs. I you get a bite with that and only have teeth marks on the tail you need to go to a straight worm with stinger hook. Another great place is Green Castle down in Richardsville, on Barren river good walleye, crappie, and muskie,

Originally Posted by probucktails

I don't take a boat up to lock 5 at all, the boat ramp parking lot is notorious for people stealing, cutting off catylitic converters, batteries etc, lock 5 looks too dangerous in a boat, there is steel tangled up in the rocks at lock 5, always been afraid of punching a hole in my boat.

That ramp seems like it is always mudded up real bad too. I've never put in there but it looks like you wouldn't be able to take a very big boat upstream to the L&D on account of it being pretty shallow.

Thanks BiggerBear I am going to give this a try.

Last spring, My friend and I were standing at the riverview boat ramp muskie fishing while a guy backed in his 18' Nitro fish and ski, unloaded and took off up river wide open, an hour and a half later he came back loaded up and went on his way, said he didn't catch anything. I was suprised to see his boat back in one piece, he's got a whole lot more brass than I do lol plus he looked and talked like he'd been smokin on something a lot stronger than a marlboro lol