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Nice to meet you at the launch Early release. Not sure what time that was, but getting there late put me somewhere between a pattern and a grind. Got 6 or 7 bass and 3 big bluegills working around main lake points with the jerk bait and three better but not big fish, on the A-rig in about 15 feet of ...

Hi all,

Here's what I found for today. Got to the lake at 0515, on the water by 0545. Decided to peek about Wilson's creek for the early session. Buzzed around with some topwaters and then some underspins, but no takers. Water was a brisk 71.4 F, I didn't notice the air temp. Finally picked up a ...

Thanks Dave! This is Steve thought I'd let you know when I went to the side cove by parking I picked up 4 nice bass in 45 minutes, in fact had first one as you were hitting top road. Take care and good fishing see you next season

Thanks Dave. Sure seems like its winding down.

Pretty fun morning at the B for me. I had 67 by 2pm when I decided to go home. Nothing over 3 but the topwater was great for me in the morning.

The key to the topwater for me was finding the bait. It was an ok bite but it really took off for me when I spotted the wolfpacks. I would get 3-6 bass ...

Nice report. At these levels, you can sometimes get across a sand bar and go up into hauser creek into the canyon and jungle fish. Haven’t seen it this year back there.

Great report. I think it's funny you call that one pelican, the lonely pelican. I noticed him too and he was pretty good at fishing.

Nice work. I was back there, it was a little difficult with all those threes but worth it. A kayak is easier than a boat and yes frog bite will be on soon, I did get 2 on frog.

Got to the gate at 3:50 and the line was already moving. Light to Moderate rain that persisted till around 10:00. Road seems to be in pretty good shape so far this year..
Heading to Hauser in the dark .. very dark with all the clouds and rain.. Fished around Hauser but didn't go all the way back ...

Love the brush hog. Thanks for the weather report. It was beautiful yesterday in Esco. That light rain also helps minimize the dust going in and out which is a plus.

Sounds like a good day out there!

I fell you about the being tired AF after a few hours of yanking fish outta that lake. Back in my younger days, it'd be an all day thing, getting back to the dock 10 minutes before closing. I would wake up the next day ready to go for Round 2.

Nowadays? I'm ...

Another healthy looking Barrett Bass. Hopefully we have a few years of this high water as it seems to be helping out everything out there.

First in line, got on the water with Dave @4:30, it was cold and foggy. Headed to Hauser, didn’t find fish till sunrise, fog and cold had something to do with it. Started to get them on popper, few blow up on frog,the crawler seemed to get the quality fish. Much slower than last week, ended up @20 ...

Another beautiful day at Barrett. Same ol start . Got back into Pine Creek @ 5:15 first light and started throwing a spinning bait. Hooked up immediately with a clone 2lber.
Lots of small fish with the nicer fish in deeper water. Ended up with 60 plus fish none going over 5lbs. Just another average ...

Started off early in Hauser throwing a jt ribbit swimbait for a few fish in the gray light, then got a few on the popper. By 9am I only had a dozen fish so I retreated to the flip bite in the back of Hauser but even that was slow for me. I started making my way back pitching ikas in every little ...

Nice day on the water at Barrett, was reasonably warm even in the dark. Not sure I like traversing the lake in the fog, in the dark though.
Water started out at 68F and wind was pretty calm. First fish was on a bad cast ( backlash and me picking it out in the dark). I hit the shoreline and it was ...

Made my first visit to Barrett on Sunday May 12. Got to the kayak launch area at 4:30. The fog on the lake made visibility poor in the dark but it was getting lighter and lighter so it wasn't long until I didn't need my flashlight. Headed to Pine Creek to start the day, and per the recommendation of ...

Gate opened just after 04:00. Loaded the boat and headed to the back of Hausers, trying to see how far it goes back, wow it just keeps going, opens up in some spots, look great back there . However I only got 2 on topwater and 1 on a Keitech .Fished my way out and didn't really do much of anything ...

Got on the water with Dave @4:30, like last week it was foggy but today was much colder, went to Becky’s Cove hoping to reproduce like last week but it was tough. The fog and cold weather seems to hold them down, didn’t really get much until the sun came out. Went back to Hauser and got a nice 4.13 ...