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Lake Barrett Big Bass Fishing! Stay To The End! My Biggest Barrett Bass So Far!
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Hey all it is finally getting down to the wire! September Barrett fishing is here. I got a last minute opportunity to head out and meet Early Release on the water for a few hours a week ago ...

My son and I started off in Hauser with some nice cloud cover caught a few here and there on crawler, Rapala #5, Flukes and Senkos. We had about 25 by mid morning but it started getting hot with full sun and kinda slowed down. We checked some of the steep rock walls and tried a little deeper for 1 ...

Got to the lake right before the sun came up and it was a chilly morning, meet up with Early release by hauser( I can hear his popper from a mile away 😆 ) and started picking fish off the shore went to the mid lake hoping to get some busters but there where no where in sight,so i headed back to the ...

Got out on the water a little later. Steve had already gone and Chuck was loaded up and ready to go when I got to the parking lot. Much cooler yesterday morning. Actually needed the pullover. Light wind from the east with occasional breezes. The water was down to 75F at the surface. I headed to ...

I am so glad to follow my gut when it said "ya gotta get to Barrett". My main objective besides catching fish was to test out the pontoon boat. I had just added a 100 ah lithium battery and also I added butt steer. A couple bungee cords to seat and shaft of motor. I finally got the pontoon dialed in ...

Quick report and sorry it won’t help the guys today. Slow senko morning for us in Pine at previously good spots. But there was a pattern as we came across Dave Early Release and he was slaying them on jerkbaits. We flipped over to Hauser about 9:30 and worked the banks for schoolie sized biters all ...

Got to lake @4:30,cold, light wind,cloudy,it was a little busy, met Dave on the water and decided to head to Pine since I haven’t been since the beginning of the year. Slow picking on wacky rig, got a couple on crank bait and also one on a glide bait which I never throw.
Then headed all the way ...

Got to lake late (midafternoon). Weather perfect. I asked a couple of guys how it had been, and they said a lot of little fish. Sure enough, I saw small bass everywhere. In a couple of years, watch out! Hit the initial big rock north side of Hauser. Got constant bites fishing that bank, drop ...

Had some fun and some decent angling with my buddy Max at the Barrett closer today. Max got a couple nice four pounders before I even got warmed up. Not much topwater action for us today though. I had a steady pick on the mutilator mutilator and the new Yamamoto Slinko that I Carolina rigged. We got ...

wasn't supposed to be there but woke up at 3 and said f it... geared up and headed out got to the lake early and it was a busy one once on the water around 445. The morning bite was pretty good there was surface breakers but no takers and a ton of boils (small fish) everywhere hit pines arms and ...

Another year in the books.....indeed a fun one for me. I fished 12 times this season. Overall pretty good, it seemed that the average size/weight was a little smaller(for me). Still a ton of fun! This place is truly magical. I called Bryan Norris( 619.668.2014 [email protected]) to express my ...

So the early charity and insider club season is on for 2025 and it sure looks like this year is going to bust out with both numbers and size. I was fortunate enough to get an invite today and happily paid the premium for myself and the better half. After a very chilly morning (low 40’s if that) the ...

Yes! Believe it or not, that really is a Barrett bass. As I understand it, the ranger said that it may well be the lake record.

Nice event it sounds like. If you do it again can I be added to the list?

That is a great video and captures the spirit of the day!! Have to add the black crappie bite was on too and what pretty fish!! And the 11 pounder was girthy!! Fortunate to catch her before she spawned out at least a pound lol. Thanks again Chris and we can’t wait to participate again.

Great video Chris! Thanks again for the invite. Awesome day of fishing and seeing everyone!

Wasn’t the entry fee or cost to attend (fish) was about $300-$400 and was that per person or per boat?


There are a number of private fundraiser events scheduled before the opener. They went from $250 per person up to $3000 for a package. That was not what I wanted to do. I wanted to raise money ...

Had a lot of fun with my buddy Max yesterday at Barrett. We got 108 between us with Max getting the majority of them. One of the highlights of the day was him coaching me on jig fishing which produced the bigger models.

WOW......Great job out there guys!
You were in some great company BigC fishing with Max. Getting jiggly with it eh?
Looks like you will adding a lot of new baits(jigs) to your arsenal. I worry about
those bass in Minnesota when you start enticing them with no doubt a big selection
of jigs. Thank ...

Congrats on fishing Barrett early. Look forward to seeing you and Max on Barrett this year.