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Had an awesome day at Hodges. Really fun chatting with Chris (AKA Pourboy AKA the BeefShaman) after fishing too.

I caught three small clone Largemouths (didn't even bother with pictures), but the highlight of the trip was this dinner plate crappie on my BFS rod and reel!
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Just checking in once again from Norcal...... as it is spawn/post spawn almost.... I stuck this 12.12 on a free rig brush hog just this past weekend after placing 6th in a 210 Kayak tournament on clear lake. Sharing fish is all I am here for! Once again its nice to drop in and read up on how the ...

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BY MIKE STEVENS

SAN DIEGO— It’s no secret that bass fishing at Barrett Lake tends to rate at various levels of “epic” for most of the season, and because of that, it takes a significant occurrence earn a headline. A double-digit largemouth historically does the trick ...

Young Theo is a legend in the making. A sponge for knowledge, executing at an adult level, and he wants to catch more than you. He’s fun to watch!!

Super big Barrett bass for sure.

Original report the fish was neither measured nor weighed so not sure where the "tipped the scale at 11.96lbs" came from.

Not trying to take away the large and beautiful catch but.......a double digit bass from Barrett is super rare and - I would put this fish ...

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BY MIKE STEVENS

SAN DIEGO— It’s no secret that bass fishing at Barrett Lake tends to rate at various levels of “epic” for most of the season, and because of that, it takes a significant occurrence earn a headline. A double-digit largemouth historically does the trick ...

VinnyBass wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 2:29 pm Where was that story posted?

Mike Stevens writes for Western Outdoor News.

Where was that story posted?


Mike Stevens writes for Western Outdoor News.


I really never really look at WON anymore, but I kinda was guessing it might be from there. There was a few things in the past that were published in there when they rely on people to send reports in trusting that ...

The original story can be for under Barrett fishing report. Title "reaper boy strikes again". It's true the original story said they took no measurements, but I'm here to say that fish was over 10lb.

Is Barrett still Northern bass only? 12lbs is really large for those! The body shape seems more like an 8 or maybe 9. They sometimes seem to grow once out of the water...😁


It is said that when Morena has spilled in the past (long ago past now), that fish, (including stocked trout) went over the ...

Just hard to tell with distance away from the body and angle of pic, those two factors alone can make a small fish look big and a big fish look giant. If you notice, a lot of bill Murphy’s and other’s giants were photographed from ground or low level looking up. Gives a huge perspective of a fish ...

First of all...Great catch Theo!
I agree with camobass about how a camera plays a big role on making a small fish look big and a big fish look huge. The angles and distance away from the body a fish is and closer the camera is makes a lot of fish look a lot bigger than they are. Not trying to take ...

Hey all I I headed out to Hodges yesterday for three hours in the morning. I got there at 5:30 AM and was the second car in line. The gates didn’t open till after 6 AM and I was on the water around 6:30 AM. The water was way down from the last time I had been out there, and was color of bad gravy. I ...

Hey all I I headed out to Hodges yesterday for three hours in the morning. I got there at 5:30 AM and was the second car in line. The gates didn’t open till after 6 AM and I was on the water around 6:30 AM. The water was way down from the last time I had been out there, and was color of bad gravy ...

I got on the lake just after the gates opened and had basically circumnavigated it by 10 am. I caught a few of the usual clones and bluegill and decided to head back to the launch ramp to warm up a bit and relieve myself (because I suspect peeing one's waders is ill advised).

As I approached the ...

That is pretty amazing!!!!
Yes, ice jigs do work.
I have a bunch of ice jigs and used to use them often through the years. There were 2 basic colors that worked almost equally and they were blue and chrome or black and chrome. Again, it’s funny that they just sit in a tackle box and I haven’t used ...

Haven't been up to Miramar since the middle of June and had a fun time that day so decided to take my kayak back up there and see what's happening. Kind of bummed as was no surface action except for an occasional splash out in the distance. So after a number or useless casts with topwater baits, I ...

Since my home lake is closed tomorrow, I got permission from Mr. Vinny to fish his home lake today! I guess it's partly my lake since I've been fishing it since 1963...! The latest fish reports haven't exactly been glowing, so I wasn't expecting much...big mistake! I got on the water at 5:45, got ...

Dang, you had a super good.......I mean Super Great Day!
I was happy that I stopped by the lake a few times to look around and saw you out there in the distance with splashing around you. I was hoping it was just birds(just kidding!)Then later stopped by after lunch and was lucky to catch you before ...

Double dang!! That is some impressive angling.