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Here's my report on Barrett today. Got there at the usual time and got on the water right at 0430. Pedaled over to Hauser, and started throwing noisy topwaters in the dark. Heard some thunder and saw some flashes in the distance. Had some light rain in the dark by me. Kept working back ...

You my friend have Barrett Fever. Turning into a true Barrett junkie. Keep the reports coming.

Up dark and early on Saturday morning and left the dock at 4:30a with my son (13) and my buddy Rick. We decided to jet all the way to the end of Hauser (20 minute total runtime), which is where we finished strong last month. Covering the gaps between the submerged trees and bushes with poppers and ...

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Here's my report of the day. Woke up and was moving like a man of a much more advanced age, so it took more than the usual cup of coffee to get myself in the truck. Got on the water about 30 minutes late, But it still was dark and strangely cool out. Pedaled over to Hauser, with my ...

Got to the lake @430, headed to Hauser, fishing in the dark and fighting the mosquitoes, bugs. Very slow for the first two hours, only managed 4 and two aggressive blue gills. Busters were around but didn’t last long after the sun came up. It was super hot and humid! Ended up at 20 bass 2 gills ...

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It's posted in the forum elsewhere that Barrett ( all city lakes ) are closed tomorrow and Monday. My opinion is that's a great move. I went out this morning around 0500. On the way to the lake we were all treated to a pretty impressive lightning show. It seemed to be up in the clouds ...

Got on it early with a spectacular lightning show motoring out in Hauser. The pics don’t do it justice! Anyway as often happens with approaching storms, the bite was good. Got first and biggest fish on a new 4 bladed white spinnerbait, followed by more on flukes, splitshot worms deeper, then the ...

Also rescued/towed John Kim back to the dock with a dead motor on the way back. He showed his gratitude by sliding us one of his hand painted rattletraps. Cool lure that you know will have some magic

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For those who are wondering, the road to Barrett is just fine, no wash outs and it appears someone may have dragged it also, so that's nice.

Got there a little later 0530 and took my time getting into the water at 0600. First thing is the water is 4 degrees cooler than it was last ...

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Here's what I found today. Got on the water around 0530, it was 75-76 water temp and a light wind. Pedaled to Wilson's cove for a change, picked up one bass on a jig. Headed along the shoreline towards pine arm. Picked up 5 bass on the popper. Pedaled over to Hauser. Found fish in the back ...

Well slow for us anyway. Got on it early. A far cry from the lightning storm of last trip. Water was down at least 2-3 feet from then too. Guess they expected a monsoon from Hilary and let a bunch go. Best call was the kid throwing a white spinnerbait putting me down by 4 right out of the gate ...

Got there @5:30, and you can feel the heat coming. Headed back to Hauser picking up one on popper, another on a crawler. Very slow until busters came up, five other boats around and we sat waited for them to bust around us. It was fun if you can land on top of them, jerk bait and flukes worked for ...

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Nice day at Barrett lake. Got there a little later in the morning around 0530, since lately the early bite hasn't been impressive. Got on the water by 0600 and went over past Wilson's creek, Picked up two on the popper, but after an hour of poking around that was all to be found there. I ...

The lake seemed a bit different today! First, my 7 and 9 year old sons fished the pants off of me and my buddy. Largely because they realized fairly quickly that the Crappie and Blue Gill were big and biting, while the bass fishing was more slow going (for us) than in recent visits. They landed 18 ...

Pulled this out of the closet and started to wear it again. Early 90's t-shirt me and my two buddies had made up for us to wear at Barrett. Just thought I'd throw it out there for laughs.

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Here's the update from me for September 9th. Got there right before sunrise. Slight wind from the north and about 70 degrees F. Water was also cooler at 76. Did the usual poking around heading towards Hauser. Did something I have never done before at Barrett and caught a fish on the very ...

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Quick report today. Got there about 0530, it was a little cold out, but when I got to the water, it was down to 74.3 degrees F. Went straight to Hauser, since I'm headed there anyway, over in Becky's cove picked up two on poppers. Rambled around on my way to the back and picked a total ...

Seaway wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:28 pm Thanks for the report... How many trips you going to get in this season?

Honestly, I don't know. But I could say not enough.

Sunday was the best day of bass fishing we’ve ever had. Maybe our best day of fishing period!

Me and my two boys (7 & 9) got on the water by 5:30am and fished for the next 13 hours. And we would have kept fishing if they let us! They air and water were cooler than in weeks past and the lake seemed ...

Similar to your report Dave, I did get 4.7lb on a jig and 3.2 on flukes. Ended with 7 bass, cooler weather definitely effect the bite.