DD and I had to go into this one blind since neither of us could get away to pre-fish on Barkley. Dwayne does not have much history on Barkley in June, but I do, so I planned our day around some topwater in the early hours and then ledge fishing for most of the day.
We ran down river (North) from Dover and pulled up on our early hole around 5:40 am. The water was stained to muddy, so I figured we may struggle here. I threw a frog and buzzbait, and Dwayne chunked a spinnerbait. he landed a solid 2 lb LM early on on a point with bushes and grass. We had a couple of other bites but could not hook up. We moved further North and went into a bay near the waterfowl refuge to try a hump and some creek channel drops. The water in Ford's Bay was much cleaner, and we nailed about four fish here on the rig and added one keeper here.
Then we spent the balance of the day jumping from main lake drops to creek mouths and cuts off the main channel. We scraped together a limit of cookie cutter 15-16 inch fish and culled a couple of times. We landed about 20 on the day. We ended up with 9.4 lbs and finished 13th on the day. It took 16 lbs to win.
Next we're off to Old Hickory for our rescheduled club tourney.
Tight lines.
RBK
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