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If the water stays up, deep up in hauser canyon can get insane when it’s hot. You gotta push your boat over a sand bar usually then you get into the creek.

Hi all,

Had a great day at Barrett. Water is only 65, I don't know why it expected it to be warmer. Speaking of temperature, at 0430 it was 36 degrees F in the air. That makes you wide awake even if you weren't while in your warm vehicle.

Almost 30 total fish today. Mostly on an underspin jig ...

Shut out for opener on Wed but got a tube spot Sat
Lake 90% full almost to the top of the spillway.
Parking at pigs limited to porta potty and back.
Lost of new shoreline to explore.
Lots of kayakers and tubers, Nascar launch at pigs point in the dark, running wide open in the moonlight.
Got a ...

nice rig. Jules said most guys reported 5 or less opening day, that or more than 30. Hardly anyone in between (which I fell into, only going top and getting 16 landed -From 20 or so fought- from late morning to sunset). Looks as nice as it's ever been, can't wait to see the end of pine, the frog ...

First time here since last year. Water level was stupid high! Been fishing Barrett for 12 years, and never has it been so high! Also, 36 degrees at 4:45AM! Had 8 or 10 fish before 6:00 a.m. on senkos. Hauser, then moved slowly toward the back picking here and there. Hadn't used a drop shot in about ...

I promised I'd post more on here when it got brought back so here's the scoop from Sunday! Got a late start on the water around 2. Started out trying some new tactics with squarebills around pigs for no love. Tried the ned for a bit with a few short bites. Switched to the fly rod and headed up the ...

Great to be back at the Big B in 2023. Good thing we had our rain gear on as it came down loading the boat and the ride down Hauser. Between it being dark, raining and the super full lake we couldn’t find our old spots. When it got light I started with the spinner bait for nada. Switched to the ...

Thx Seaway- just read your post from May 7th
and wanted to tag onto your Pinecreek/arm experience
for Wednesday May 10th!
Good work with the spinners because I couldn’t attract anything!
Overcast and cold throughout the day, making the water temperature seem warmer than your report 🧐
The lake is ...

My friend and I took our kayaks to barrett on may 10th. Got there a little after 5 and parked at pigs with no problem. The weather was wet and cold and we stopped fishing at 1:30 before the wind got to bad. We went down hauser arm stopping at different spots fishing shallow areas. W used swimbaits ...

Found this on Tube.... Its a long one. Pretty Sweet!

Hi all. Barrett is in full swing. I had good success in Hauser and pedaled my kayak pretty far back. There's a whole new world back there. I find it funny to cast into water and get foxtails on my lure, normally that's something that happens when I overshoot the shoreline. The water is between 70 ...

Hi 619bassin, good to meet you too. I'll be back on the water on next Wednesday too. Those guys were so happy to get their rods back. I wonder how often something like that happens.

Hello all,

Had a fun day at Barrett. Started out in proper darkness and caught a large ( although in this group large sunfish is dangerous ) bluegill. He was 1 pound 9 ounces, which was as big as my average on bass today. Then puttered about for while. Finally got into some fish in Hauser. Then it ...

Arrived at 4am with RickM and we were super excited to experience the "new" lake, and indeed it definitely feels different with the water levels so high. Parking was great and the haul down with a battery and trolling motor was much easier since the dock was so close.

The boat ride to Hauser was ...

Late report but I went out to the B on 5/6 in my kayak and found a good topwater bite before the sound came up throwing a popper. After that I struggled for a bit. Threw the chatter, blade and jig for a few fish and finally just started doing a lot of exploring. Lake was full of life and is so much ...

I'm guessing Pines would be amazing. I think most of us are getting stuck in Hauser, when we are on the way, which isn't a bad thing. I'm going tomorrow and I'll try to be disciplined and pedal down to Pines.

Hello all,

Here's what happened on Barrett for me today. Got out in the dark, like you are supposed to. First fish at 0540. At that time it's not dark anymore. :)

Took a while to get fish, but eventually there were fish. Here's the stats: Topwater 0, Jerkbait (Silver) 13, Jig 4, Dropshot Roboworm ...

Good job on the five pounder. Haven't heard that much about the bigger models this year.

Hi all,

Chilly day at Barrett today. I think the air was about 50 or so and the wind was super chilly. Water temp has dropped a little, my reading was 70 everywhere and since the sun never showed it's face, it didn't warm up anywhere. I did Wilson's cove and got a few on jigs and crankbaits. Then I ...

Got to the gate around 4. Gate was just opened and we were about 8th to drive in it seemed like. Had a boat which was nice. Parking up by the bathroom because dock is so high. Motored to Hauser and stopped at a pinned location but it was totally different than years past. Threw all types of topwater ...