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This is a Barrett report. See pictures and enjoy.

Great shot of the dad/son! Those boats are definitely harder to control in the wind, even with a trolling motor mounted on the bow. My guess on the fishing is the post-spawn funk before they go on the chew to fatten back up. Going next Sunday to find out.

Was there on the 1st and saw no signs of shad. The bass were all very thin with some still showing signs that they had just finished spawning. It shouldn’t be long until they start feasting on bait balls.

Nice report. Was there Sat. as well and the wind was brutal. Tough on a kayak.

Did decent and a good amount from shore as well. Love this lake.

First time this season, we’ve been able to get out. The lake was beautiful, nice and full and it is in great condition. Our morning popper bite never materialized and we went straight to Fishing plastics and got on a senko bite that just hammered them. We had 40 fish by 10 all of them nice grade. We ...

Been remiss in reports. Apologies. Headed out on Wednesday in the dark with the usual suspects and a few new friends.
Light wind and about 65F, the water, a pleasant 73F at the surface. Chuck and I headed across the lake and worked some of the main lake shoreline. He had some success on jigs and I ...

The whopper plopper is the best because you can pause it, they will track it, especially the darker profile.

619bassin wrote: Fri Jun 13, 2025 9:59 am The whopper plopper is the best because you can pause it, they will track it, especially the darker profile.

…as 25 guys head to the baitshop to buy a dark WP…

Got on the water at 4:45 and headed out on an absolutely perfect temp morning and lake surface. The bass were taking care of us fathers with a healthy bite until we left. Our usual rocky spots in Hauser were biting the pumpkin/pumpkin jigs hard, with us lipping 50 healthy models by 8am. Things ...

Got out at 0430 to a pleasant warm morning, with already a hint of daylight coming. Water was already 73F at the surface and wind was light and variable. Decided to go long and get to Hauser right away. Also decided to focus on topwater, because, well, topwater. Bite was intermittent and a lot of ...

I have not fished Barrett in 10 years and my son Cayden and I were very excited to get back on the water after such a long absence. It was a tough night of sleep after preparing all of our rods/reels and tackle for our trip. We have a tackle box dedicated to Barrett where we grind down all the hooks ...

Good to see you out there. I never realized how fast Chuck and I are, but we do move a bit.

Great job out there and catching more! And there is something to fish biting as Dave talks

Great to meet you too Dave, nothing like top water action!

Nice angling Dave. I’ll be there tomorrow.

Max and I teamed up yesterday for another fun day at the Big B. After about ten hours of fishing we hit our goal of 80 fish not including about fifteen dinks. I did most of my damage on the brush hog while the versatile Max got them on a variety of baits. He also introduced me to the neko rig that ...

Looks like a good day. I have been asking about the shad, 4 trips no shad.


There are some there and if you find any, bass will be feeding. Especially on the surface. But there does seem to be less and maybe skinnier fish. Unless they are just spawned out and have yet to gain back weight. Some ...

Looks like a good day. I have been asking about the shad, 4 trips no shad.


There are some there and if you find any, bass will be feeding. Especially on the surface. But there does seem to be less and maybe skinnier fish. Unless they are just spawned out and have yet to gain back weight. Some ...

Predator-prey cycles are well known. It would take a huge amount of shad to keep the bass in the lake well fed, that would not be practical.

When the bass are over populated, the shad population will crash followed by a crash in the bass population. Then the shad population will increase followed ...

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