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I fished top water first around 5 am just barley able to see the sticks. Not getting the love on the little walking bait, so the whopper plopper did the job. They were all over it. One hit it loaded up set the hook as it jumped WP came flying out and stuck in my bare foot. Look down 1 hook buried ...

JWall wrote: Tue Jul 22, 2025 6:46 pm Shawn you are the best!! The patience of a saint. Your…correction, their day could not have been more memorable. Bravo!

Thanks John!

Drinking water......The City is trying to use all of it it has before buying from any of the Water Distributors because it has become so expensive. There is a point though that the water is tested and when levels become almost deadpool it dosen't test drinkable. I have my super tube with a motor ...

Thanks for the report. Changing up up baits has been the way to go.

Had a similar day...saw lots of busters in the weeds, but couldn't get any interest in a frog...most successful bait was th MM Roboworm...again, but was a good trip due to mixed awards between th 3 of us. One each: 1st fish (2ND CAST), biggest fish (4.1lbs), and most fish (15).

My 3rd ever trip to Barrett courtesy of Dfishin who sold me his ticket. Headed out before dawn with Pourboy , Early release , and CorsoEnthusiast . Always good to see those guys. I had planned on staying with Chris and Dave but after landing a couple of early fish in the dark, I lost them pretty ...

And a Crappie on a jig pic...

Just wanted to share a pic of a Barrett beauty caught today and PB by the way. Started at 4:40am fishing with my nephew. Ended the day with well over 50 between both of us. All clones 2-3 lb range and many dinks. All on DS, nedrig, small swim baits and occasional senko.

Haven’t been to Barrett in years, seemed like to much work to get there but that fish is making me rethink.
Congratulations always nice to get a PB.

I thought you might catch 100 Bass, I haven’t been to Barrett in years, I can’t even remember how long it’s been.
I do remember the last time my buddy and I went we got SKUNKED believe it or not, it’s hard to believe.
Congrats are in order.

Totally fun morning! It was definitely slower Sunday than it was the previous weekend, but I managed 24 in about 5 hours which is still a great day at any other lake. After the wind got bad I fished off the shore at Pigs and managed a few more.

Always a great time fishing with @dannicus @Early ...

Great to see you guys out there. It sure made the morning go by quick telling our stories. :) Next time we need to bring breakfast.

I tried to force topwater and didn't get a lot of fish on it, I think plastics and jigs was the thing to use yesterday. They seem to be hovering a bit offshore in 15 ...

Great to see you guys out there. It sure made the morning go by quick telling our stories. :) Next time we need to bring breakfast.

I tried to force topwater and didn't get a lot of fish on it, I think plastics and jigs was the thing to use yesterday. They seem to be hovering a bit offshore in 15 ...

You know, it's like Pourboy said yesterday when we were leaving; people sometimes hear the stories about Barrett, and think you just have to throw in a line, and you'll catch a bunch of fish, but that's not necessarily true. You still have to know how to locate fish and apply good techniques to get ...

You know, it's like @Pourboy said yesterday when we were leaving; people sometimes hear the stories about Barrett, and think you just have to throw in a line, and you'll catch a bunch of fish, but that's not necessarily true. You still have to know how to locate fish and apply good techniques to ...

Super fun being out there. I ended up with 25ish. Biggest was just under 4lbs. Great spending time with you guys. Cheers!

FishinDog989 wrote: Tue Aug 12, 2025 8:22 am Was the water still pretty green?

In some areas especially in the coves.

In line at 3:30 Dave and Chuck loaded and gone at Pigs. I take a while to pack the tube. Did my usual to get the skunk off before I set out, used my same texas rig from El Cap except no barb.. Lite wind already, headed across the lake. Topwater I had blow ups no solid hook ups, throwing the TR after ...

Nice report Dave.
Our decision to go back of Hauser was a good idea, we found them on top water. I was able to get them with the frog, a 4 and couple of 3s, popper , plopper also produced but some of the bass was paper thin!
That was the worst wind I’ve seen there, especially at 10am! Usually it’s ...

Nice report Dave,

Like Chuck said our decision worked out yesterday. We stopped along the way at a couple spots and got lucky on the topwater. I always like to catch fish in the dark, it's more of surprise. The ones in rear Hauser were a bit skinny. This fish was 4 pounds 4 ounces with a 6 pound ...