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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 ...

Got to the gate at 4 and already 10 cars in front. The weather was nice on the lake, no fog. Headed to back of Hauser and started with the popper for 10, lost a 3lb at the kayak, barbless!
Pretty much same pattern as last week, daylight came switched to jerk bait, spinner, crank bait for another ...

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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 ...

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Got on the lake a little before 5AM. Zipped across the lake from pigs and by 6AM I had 9 in the kayak and thought I couldn't miss. 6 on crankbait and 3 on jigs. Then I pretty much hit the brakes.Over the next 4-5 hours, I pulled in 6 more full size clones and 2 of this year's models. I'm ...

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Hey all!
I know this report is a bit late but it was a super busy week for me. I figured better late than never.

This was Sunday June 4 and I was excited just to be out there. I got on ...

Pesca de lobina en LAKE BARRETT (Pesca en float tube ) pesca en pato

Cloudy, grey day at Barrett today, although thinking about it, most of them have been this year. This one had intermittent wetting, not drizzle, but maybe rain-light. thumbnail_IMG_9524.jpg

Got to try out my very classy human baggie rainsuit. If you are ever cold, put one of those on. You will be ...

My son didn’t skunk! He caught 2 LMBs and lost a few, but he was happy! Both fish were 2-2.5lb each, so good fights all the way to the net! First one was caught on a White Jack Hammer Chatter Bait with a Googan 3.8 white paddle tail for the trailer. The second one was DS with chartreuse Morning Dawn ...

One of the first on the lake @430, little bit windy and cold. Headed back to Hauser and started with popper,crawler and plopper. It was non stop fun on all three bait, but kept missing on the plopper bite, they would blow up and miss. Love the explosion each time they hit the crawler! Ended up @25 ...

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Short report with no pictures. Forgot my phone in the truck. Doesn't matter since there's no signal, it's only pictures I'm missing I thought. I caught a 2 pound 3 ounce crappie which is the biggest I have caught. He came on a full size crankbait, so that was also a surprise. My wife ...

Here's the details on June 21 at Barrett. It was really a low wind day, most water surfaces were glassy smooth until 1130 or so. Slight wind at about 1030 or so in the wide open areas. For me the bite was in groups again. I got a total of 12. They were on the underspin, crankbait, few poppers and ...

Mi mejor día de pesca de lobina con A- RIG (LAKE BARRETT ) FLOAT TUBE FISHING---PESCA EN PATO

This was one of those days that we all been waiting for. I stopped at 50 bass, ALL on top water! By 9:30 I had 25, then found an area where they were chasing bait/shad and it was on. I used every top water bait I had and all worked, but the crawler caught the most. Had to leave at noon, left them ...

First I’d like to thank Dave G and Laurie for helping set this up. I have been fishing with Tony for a few months, he has Stage 4 Lung Cancer and needed some time on the water. I have been fishing Newport Bay with him, kind of training him to fish for Largemouth Bass. The skills you learn from ...

Well, Barrett of old is back as far as I am concerned. Chuck got 50 fish on Wednesday and yesterday I pulled in 40, 2 giant bluegills and lost more than I care to count. Water temp was 72-74 in the beginning of the day, warmest I saw was 79 in the shallow bays, by 1130. I also talked to a couple ...

FYI
I hope everyone bent their barbs down on Saturday. Fish and Game wardens were out patrolling in their typical disguises. I hope you were not one of the seven anglers (at that point in the day) busted and cited for not bending down your barbs. The wardens were there for free fishing day to cite ...

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Got on the water at 0420 today. Slight wind making a small chop on the water then. Pedaled over to Hauser and Becky's cove for the first light, which took a while. Whole lot of nothing. Zip. Nada. Of course on my first cast I had a boil that almost pulled my kayak in, so then I was ...

I'm surprised the Jitterbug didn't get a good reaction. I'm surprised the Headbanger also didn't, it just looks so good in the water. I wonder if there's something to the action in the front versus the side or back, because Whopper Plopper and Choppos also work great. I was just so amused with this ...

Headed out to Big B on Saturday a lot of kayakers out there and me and my daughter found a school of bait fish and schools of bass at the chomp. We ended up with about 50 or so between the both of us.we had an awesome time and it was her first time on the kajak so that was awesome. All on topwater ...