Thread: Barren Lake

Does anyone have information on water temp and water color, I may give it a try this week if its not to muddy.

Got this from a buddy of mine.
This is Barren river lake this past weekend

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I was at Taylorsville Saturday morning, just to look around and that pic could have came from there. Doesn't look safe to me at all.

Originally Posted by wannabe fisherman

I was at Taylorsville Saturday morning, just to look around and that pic could have came from there. Doesn't look safe to me at all.

I was about to post that I figured Taylorsville would look alot like that picture !!

I haven't fished Taylorsville when it looked like that, but I've spent many a time (day & night) running the gauntlet on Herrington Lake ... and the floating trash/trees was 4 or 5 times what's shown in that picture.

I would think all KY lakes look bad, at least those in the Eastern half

I've seen trash/debris bank to bank on the upper half of Cumberland.
Which is around 18' above winter pool

Barren usually has small stuff floating in it. Can't say that I have ever found a whole tree like I have on Ky or Barkley or the ohio.

Supposed to be a cold front come through. Cold and muddy is usually no bueno.

Thanks for the photo Buffalo13, with the looks of that water, I think I should hold off a week, or at least until the cold front moves out.

Originally Posted by johnboy1

Thanks for the photo Buffalo13, with the looks of that water, I think I should hold off a week, or at least until the cold front moves out.

Don't throw the baby out with the debris water. I fished the lake today, 1/25, with the photographer that took that picture, a little murky but not too bad. We dropped a bed and fished thru several more before we finally got the STINK out of the boat. When we made it to the parking lot, we put 28 in the cooler and caught more than that which were too short to keep. We had minnows but most came vertical jigging beds. Indescribable that feeling that comes after the thump, and setting the hook, and feeling the rod load up with a fish. Thanks again for the awesome day Brad.

Originally Posted by slabseeker1

Don't throw the baby out with the debris water. I fished the lake today, 1/25, with the photographer that took that picture, a little murky but not too bad. We dropped a bed and fished thru several more before we finally got the STINK out of the boat. When we made it to the parking lot, we put 28 in the cooler and caught more than that which were too short to keep. We had minnows but most came vertical jigging beds. Indescribable that feeling that comes after the thump, and setting the hook, and feeling the rod load up with a fish. Thanks again for the awesome day Brad.

Thanks Slabseeker1 for some great information on barren, and looks like you had a great day. Just wondering water kind of water you were fishing, sounds like you were in deep water "main lake" area with you fishing beds.

Originally Posted by johnboy1

Thanks Slabseeker1 for some great information on barren, and looks like you had a great day. Just wondering water kind of water you were fishing, sounds like you were in deep water "main lake" area with you fishing beds.

Great days are like grandma's biscuits, perfect when when you have the right ingredients. We caught fish in six to fifteen foot, temps in the low fifties. Main lake and in the creek arms. I think the lake is purging itself of the mud and high water. The key to success right now is to eleminate where the fish AIN'T. I've fished Barren enough thru the winter that I've learned to deal with it, high water and muddy water will be around same as the fish. Like I said in the first post, "We fished thru several beds before getting the stink out of the boat. I doubt we spent more than ten minutes on a spot if we didn't get as much as a hit. Just because your marking fish on a bed, doesn't mean they're gonna bite. Unless your out on the lake looking to mark fish, MOVE ON. By the way, this is as much a sermon for me as it is anyone. I spend way too much time fishing, not enough catching.