Me and a few buddies are going to barren river lake this weekend for the first time. Just wanted to ask the more experienced KY guys on here for any tips. I have never fished this lake before so anything will help. We will be fishing from a boat not the bank if that helps. Thanks in advance

_{I am a KY gal rather than guy, but Barren River Lake is the closest and the one my hubby and I fish the most.  We haven't been able to go in the past few weeks though.  It is going to be really difficult to tell you what to try as a major cold front is coming through on Thursday and the temps will be dropping 20 - 30 degrees.  The last time we fished, the bass were hitting on jerk baits in "the pond" across from the Port Oliver launch.  Hurricane and Walnut Creeks are our favorite spots.  I always have luck on a Spooky Nasty Spro Little John crank bait in the back of Hurricane around the road bed.  Hope y'all have lots of luck and would enjoy reading a report on how it goes for you.} 

Also, there is a 70 boat tournament going out of Port Oliver the morning of the 21st so you may want to choose one of the other launches to avoid the traffic. 

thanks we'll try those spots out and the heads up about the tourney i'll probably reschedule for the weekend after all that no offence to the "guiy" thing lol

No problem on the "guy thing".  HA!  here is a link to tournament listings.  You can choose the lake and it will show tournaments scheduled.  Hope it helps.

 

http://fw.ky.gov/app/fisheries/fishingtournaments.aspx?wid=77