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Our Foundation, San Diego Anglers Foundation, brought Wounded Warriors to Barrett today and it was wide open. We fished from 7 am to 2:30. Every boat caught between 75 to 144 fish. Lots of these guys had never caught a bass before and they left the lake feeling like experts. It was a heavy overcast ...

Nice of you to take those guys out and give them a great day.

They all said it was the best fishing day of their lives.

The 2 gals that were there had to quit early because their arms and wrists were too sore from setting the hooks on the senkos. They got dropped off at the boat dock and waited in their cars for the armada to return at 3pm.(Bass Pro Shops ...

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Barrett is open for 2025 and it looks to be a promising season. Got on the water around 0500 and pedaled across the lake. Air temp was a chilly 50F, but the water was 62.5 F. First fish for me came 0517, Chuck had already gotten several by then on a jig. I was using a texas rig lizard and ...

BigTahuna wrote: Wed May 07, 2025 8:53 pm I can't wait! Great job today. What time did the gate open?
Thanks for the report

I think we got in right at 0430.

I was at the gate at 3:30 and was in line outside the gate. I was at the water ready to launch and decided to make some casts. 10 fish before I left on the tube. I was there from open to close caught a lot, lost a lot (need to find what hook is best for elaztech baits). There were the blue gill and ...

Jose let us in @4:30, line went all the way to the road outside. Mad rush to the water but everyone was friendly. Started with a couple on jig and swim bait, then it was top water ALL day. The popper when it was nice and calm, buzz bait through the grass area, crawler and frog got them too. No ...

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That 1st pic is awesome.

Elaztech baits and I have a love hate relationship.

My Pros; They last for so long and have good buoyancy when you want a slower rate of fall.
My Cons; Hard to rig, and they don't play nice with other plastics and silicone. So you have to keep them away for all your ...

It was a great to return to Barrett Sunday and probably better than mimosas. Theo and I got on the water at 6:30. It was the maiden voyage for Bassquatch -- our new two person fishing solution (a 10' pond prowler) which worked light years better than sticking Theo on the front of my tube ...

Great, detailed report! Reaper Boy may have to change his name to Ned lol. We learned last spring not to depend too much on the chase baits and have done much better on the deeper plastics. There will be plenty of time for the chasers later. Can’t wait to see Bassquatch too. Solid upgrade for you ...

Dfishin wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 2:17 pm Congrats on a great day. It's nice you picked up a rig to fish out of, but really happy you picked up a scale!
Were you in hauser?

Yes the scale comes in handy and makes for less fishy fish stories . And yes, we were focused on Hauser.

It looks like its been pretty steady since March

It finally happened for me, I had one of the absolutely epic days that Barrett is known for. Started going last year and had some solid days but this was on a totally different level. Pretty much non-stop bites all day. Don’t know what my total count was but it had to have been pushing 100. All day ...

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Got started in the darkness at Barrett, which is a personal favorite of mine. Met Chuck and we headed out around 0500, air was cool, but water was 67F at the surface. Played around in the main lake for a bit. Soft plastics ( Lizard, beaver and some strange thing from Googan squad) were ...

Met Dave and Joe in line early, another crowded morning at Pigs. Decided to try Pine and it was a little harder than Hauser, but Joe found them. Headed back to Hauser and it was the popper, crawler,buzz bait,even got a couple early on a wake bait. Biggest was 5lb on a popper, a couple 3s and 4s ...

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Made it out there for Mother's Day with a blessing from my wife. Long story short it was an epic day for me. Met up with Early release at the gate and headed out on the water. There was not much for topwater but the jig bite was on FIRE. My previous record there was 71 ...

We’re not interested in your fish counts. We all know you slay. We only watch because we want to know what the beverage of the day is.

Pretty sure that boat at the very beginning was my son and I heading out. We were the first to take off from there dock. I watched shawnter’s son rope them while I unloaded the boat. Another cool video

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Quick report on Saturday's proceedings. Met Chris Pourboy and Brad and Ryan dark and early, bright was a few hours away. Cooler morning, about 55F, water still pleasant at 68 F. Slight south wind. We all headed out to the main lake body and started getting them on jigs, plastics and some ...