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Went to Barrett Saturday morning and they had all the roads closed barricades everywhere so I went back down to see other cars that had kayaks and I asked them what they were going to do, they said they had a plan and I could tag along. Well they got us thru and thanks guys for that! We were the ...

JWall wrote: Sun Jul 13, 2025 11:45 am Theo is a crackup and can flat out fish!

Theo and I talked for a while he is a good kid and fisherman.

Here is a pic of double dropshot and landing 2.

Nice morning. You left before I even made it to the lake yesterday.

Shawnster wrote: Sun Jul 13, 2025 5:45 pm This is Theo just telling ya good job catching your
Own fish and also nice fish btw but ya still were
fishing in MY SPOT byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

YEP!

Haha great to meet you out there David! Glad you did well despite the wind and the heat. See you next time!

JWall wrote: Sun Jul 13, 2025 11:42 am Good job with the entry improvisation and nice report. First I’ve heard of F&G all year!

Ive seen them 2-3 times this year. One guy got a ticket for barbed hook. Guy said barb was bent, apparently F&G felt a bit too much was left on the hook and cited him for it.

Got in line at 3:30. On the water in my tube before 5 and headed out. I had decided to main lake fish today and had planned out my spots. I caught only 1 at the launch, so I was kind of concerned. THE GOOD! Was at my first spot threw the Rat nothing, threw a small walking bait game on, lasted until ...

Hit it again. Barrett lake post. Jigs Ikas Senkos Swim jigs.....

Tried a different approach to Barrett—family outing. It worked!

Problem statement: we were a small group on Sunday with varied interests — me and Theo like both fishing and catching, my other son Julian gets bored fishing but likes catching, Theo’s buddy is a “spirited” 9 year old who likes to ...

I catch 2 at a time or I catch the other next cast makes no difference. Makes no sense (survive)! I loose plenty of fish with my barbless hook or hooks.

It doesn’t hurt for fish to die there. It helps.

There is no need to double drop shot!!!!!! Give the fish a chance to servive. Please....there is enough fish to use a single barbless hooks and still catch plenty of fish.


If you're going to go there, I'd argue there is no reason to drop shot at all, at the Big B. Personally, I leave my fairy ...

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.