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Can't see why we would try to split hairs on ripping lips. You are going out and imbedding hooks into a fish's mouth no matter if they are being preyed upon by anglers in the means of hunger or instinct. Let focus on instinct; a bedding fish is biting out of instinct to protect it's bed and a ...

11lb 2oz

Got to lake morena at 630 not a single person on water had the lake to ourselves thought was gonna b awesome tons of cover stickups rock piles u name it water vis only foot or two water was warm headed by dam north side no bites finally started getting bit north side heading toward the shallows ...

By now, Otay has surpassed El Cap as my favorite SD body of water. Almost all of my best days over the last year have happened there and it just feels like home.

While neither day was a wide open bite, both were fun sessions at different ends of the day. Saturday I started out in a favorite spot ...

After 2 weeks of catching mostly dinks and one pounders, I finally got onto a bite today with better quality fish. 9 total fish all two plus pounds with the best going three and a half.

All in all a pretty fun morning.

One of my dearest friends Timmy (in Oregon) has been following the potential lake closures in California, and I thought I'd share a meme he created thinking of me.

"Ramona eagle enthusiast Mike Long has a passion for conservation"
Except when he is using a 5/0 XXX Owner Treble to snag spawning bass!

Went out last weekend to Santa Ana River Lakes and got this beast on hook up bait. I don’t really fish for them and this beat my previous PB by 6lbs. It weighed 8.32lbs. Super fun catch on 2lb test!

more water than you think you need...

Toilet paper lol

I thought they were a bunch of new age pot farming frisbee throwers?

I throw my stuff in the same spot every time so I always know where everything is on the boat. Don't need anything fancy to organize it. I use the trolling motor in reverse 90%+ of the day and just treat the back of the boat like the front of the boat once the outboard's off. Already enough work ...

Wow.....that sounds like loads of fun......glad I am a fisherman.....just kidding.......our season is coming to another successful end and their season is just beginning.......we all need to be grateful for this magical place!!

TommyP

Ps now if they would just stop f...king with the water level

Just saw an alarming article in the UT today, front page. City Council wants to take rates up for Barrett another 34% for users. From $30.00 to $45.00! I have a call out to Bryan Norris(619.668.2014) for clarifications.......stay tuned. Meanwhile please don't hesitate to call your local City Council ...

Just like home insurance. Barrett bump plus the next 30% increase after palisades fire, I’m just going to start making casts in the back yard…

With all these “legal” protests that happen all over the nation, I ponder what it would be like to show up with a 1000 fisherman and protest Barrett with ...

We got May 10th and May 17th - boat tickets- funny thing was the tickets went thru after 3 min.?

We were late to draw and got them! I heard this from last year and tried it again and worked!

I think what happens is the system overloads with 10,001 hits coming in and jams it. Wait 3 min. and bam ...

Its possible and I have legitimately clicked each one but let me tell you it takes the whole day of seriously wide-open fishing to actually get to 100. It’s not possible with most baits so keep that in mind. You’re not catching 100 on a senko the time it takes to sink a senko prohibits this.

It’s ...

It seems like this post has gotten on a fish-count track, all well and fine, but I think it started due to old catch pics being included or even other lakes. Then yesterday a video was posted as this weekend and the lake was obviously higher than it is this year. The road down to the dock, parking ...

Goofy fish counts are nothing new at Barrett. Every day some kook will claim 2-300 at the dock for him and his buddies or even individually. That said, there are also talented guys who have put in a ton of time that put up big numbers. I keep my fish counts/tactics between me and my friends that I ...

That’s what happens when @VinnyBass posts a hot bite a Murray. Lake is loaded next day. He’s even enticed me to go see haha


I'm certain that I'm more likely to find DB Cooper or catch a marlin at Barrett than I am to catch a bass over 14" at Murray lol. I find it remarkably impressive that ...