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Thanks for the detailed report. Its been magic out there so far from the April charity events til now and I can’t imagine it dropping off for a while. We had similar results getting near the bottom vs chase baits and also fewer dinks than recent years. Will also throw gas on the fire and say a slot ...

Hi all,

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 ...

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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.

Could you stop those pesky bass from interrupting your video? Geez!

Annual trip with my buddy who I introduced to Barrett 3 years ago. Got to the gate at 0400, on the water at 0500, first fish around 0600 (pedaled around a bit up into Pine). We stayed in Pine all day, not much traffic which was great. Got em on the jigs (duh), drop-shot (duh), some nice ones back in ...

Bummer about the phone, but glad you had a good fishing day.

Too bad the water isn't gin clear, or else you could go swimming!

Thanks for the report.

DarkShadow wrote: Tue May 20, 2025 10:10 am Too bad the water isn't gin clear, or else you could go swimming!

Thanks for the report.

It’s gin clear in certain spots now.

Sir, sorry you lost your phone! I prefer to take a phone with me when out of the water for emergencies,but I fear, I too might lose it.Ten years ago, I lost my prescription polarized sunglasses in Hauser.I paid $430.00 for the sunglasses.

Have you considered the type of strong magnet they use for magnet fishing? Decent ones are only $30 on Amazon.

Good day everyone. I am usually a read only user. I thought I would just do a post regarding one of the boats. We were on the water about 4:30 a.m. with three guys over 200 lb. We headed down Hauser arm and about halfway down we realize we had about 8 in of water in the boat. We stopped bailed it ...

Dick Cheney must have been on that boat.

Another nice day at Barrett lake. Got there bright and early and met up with Chuck, Joe, Steve and Ismael. We all headed to various headings in the dark. Water was at 68F on the surface, air was 60F. There was a southern wind in the early morning, but it gave way to a mirror surface lake quickly ...

Nice job using a variety of weapons! A number of years ago our usual tactics failed to get much action and we happened to stumble on those tiny grubs that landed surprisingly large and numerous bass along with the assorted panfish. The biggest issue was keeping a jumping bass on that tiny barbless ...

Another great day on the water Sunday. Motoring out by 6, this time with a boat rental. We explored Pine Cove — haven’t been there for a while. Finally got some top water action going with my dad’s really old popper. I feel like I know what the action should be like now. Caught both large and small ...

Got out in the dark with Chuck. Chuck and I headed across the lake and then into the usual places. Air was about 60F and water temp 70F at the surface. Got started on plastics in the dark, third cast was a 3 pounder, so that's a good start to the day. Played with the plastics and the bitsy bugs for ...

This battle was lost but the war is still on. June will be the last month to fish Wednesdays at the Big B. Barrett will be open only on Saturday and Sunday for FY 2026. I believe that will be the norm in the other seasonal lakes. At least we got the FULL attention of Council on the many issues ...

Recall T. Gloria!
His 2nd goaround as mayor isn't going very well at all.
$268 million upside down on the budget & part of his solution is to cut services like fishing days & having all fire pits removed...

The girl and I were lines in a hair before 6 and the bite was on. We fished the rocks in Hauser from the bank out to 15-20 and got bit in all depths. I fished 1/4 to 3/8 pumpkin jigs with summer craw trailers, 7” margarita mutilators, and swimming minnows. Got one on a magic craw chatterbait tipped ...