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Thanks for the report, great commentary and footage Pourboy — watched this start to finish with my boys. Congrats on that beautiful fish. I’ve gotten blown up numerous times this season after leaving my lure unattended for whatever reason. Always a nice surprise!

I can hear the Benny Hill theme playing.


Trolling motor going one way, then the other way, then not realizing it was on 10, then we Spot Lock it and the Lowrance spends 5 minutes repositioning going all over the place. Breaking twigs, running into the mud, hopping over rods, leaning over trying ...

Nice Job Chris!

Odd that for such an effective technique, the backlash is no one's favorite method.

As an alternative, cast, have a beer, then start the retrieve. Might be super effective. But don't go overboard with too much of a good thing.

Odd that for such an effective technique, the backlash is no one's favorite method.

As an alternative, cast, have a beer, then start the retrieve. Might be super effective. But don't go overboard with too much of a good thing.


Or if you are driving the trolling motor, start a move after a ...

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 ...

Nice job!
Using lizards eh? I forgot about those. I better go in the garage and bring some out of retirement...ha ha
I have not fished Barrett in decades and it would be nice if it was open year round especially
because so many anglers love to fish there...........or would that be a bad thing ...

Nice report and it was so funny when you cast the lizard in the middle of the lake, announcing that it was the most unlikely place to get a fish and then your pole bent over and you got that fatty in the first picture. It was a fun day yesterday. It was also pretty cool to watch that osprey nail ...

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 ...

Awesome report brotha I enjoy how very detail you are on your reports, I was shocked you only got a few hits on top water but I didn't see too many blow up... that pomp is legit, I wasn't able to use mine this time hopefully next trip I will....
Cant wait till next trip

went on sunday for the last and only trip of the year. unfortunately coming from LA its hard to get out too many times. thanks for all the prior reports to hear the excitement and so that i have some bearings on what is happening.

got to the gate at 430 and it was just opened with maybe 5 cars ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hi

We are getting to the end of the Barrett season, only a couple more days of the lake being open. Got there around 0500 and it was a pretty packed lot at pigs, so everyone was getting their last casts in, I'd guess. Air temp was cool, water temp was 71-72F. Maybe a little breeze occasionally, but ...

Thanks for the reports.....!!

Last Saturday for 2024 ......got there early morning and it was pretty cold for being September... launched and hit the shore line on the way down pines since I been fishing lately with Mr Early release I picked up the popper started picking fish right away 3rd cast i hooked up then every cast felt ...

Headed out right about 5:30 but the moon and cloudless sky made things pretty visible. Decided to stay in Hauser for the day and started in the coves on the north side to the right of the portapotty. Seemed like a good call as I got a first cast jerkbait fish followed by two more within 10 minutes ...

Pourboy,
That is one excellent video, perfectly framed.
Thanks for sharing.
Especially fond of your early Pink Floyd reference.
I'm pretty sure Syd Barrett played on that album. Barrett on Barrett.
Stephen

Outstanding once again!! But who is distracting who?! You are a lucky man for having an understanding partner in life.