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falafeluver wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 8:49 pm Wasn’t Shawnster’s kid on a 11.94 last year and featured on WON?

Just an estimate. No scale or measurement before released. It was a genuine hawg tho for young Theo!!

I was at the gate at 3:30 and was in line outside the gate. I was at the water ready to launch and decided to make some casts. 10 fish before I left on the tube. I was there from open to close caught a lot, lost a lot (need to find what hook is best for elaztech baits). There were the blue gill and ...

Jose let us in @4:30, line went all the way to the road outside. Mad rush to the water but everyone was friendly. Started with a couple on jig and swim bait, then it was top water ALL day. The popper when it was nice and calm, buzz bait through the grass area, crawler and frog got them too. No ...

Plastics and jigs were the magic ticket for sure. It was just so much fun to have the topwater work this early. I like your first photo showing the flotilla of kayaks heading out. Kind of photo you put on a wall as artwork, I'd think.

Shawnster wrote: Thu May 08, 2025 9:15 am Awesome news! And… what’s the story with the double up? Did you catch two on one lure?

I have a leash

nice work!!

Great, detailed report! Reaper Boy may have to change his name to Ned lol. We learned last spring not to depend too much on the chase baits and have done much better on the deeper plastics. There will be plenty of time for the chasers later. Can’t wait to see Bassquatch too. Solid upgrade for you ...

Those are some nice weights on the fish. Well done

Did the water come up a ton in the last month?

Met Dave and Joe in line early, another crowded morning at Pigs. Decided to try Pine and it was a little harder than Hauser, but Joe found them. Headed back to Hauser and it was the popper, crawler,buzz bait,even got a couple early on a wake bait. Biggest was 5lb on a popper, a couple 3s and 4s ...

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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 ...

Hi all,

Quick report on Saturday's proceedings. Met Chris Pourboy and Brad and Ryan dark and early, bright was a few hours away. Cooler morning, about 55F, water still pleasant at 68 F. Slight south wind. We all headed out to the main lake body and started getting them on jigs, plastics and some ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was a cold one when I pull up yesturday was on the water while it was still dark which is very unusual ( I dont like fishing dark) meet with early release in the lot and then in beckys cove ..
Hit the shore across pigs lots with no takers on the lizard but the crank got a few dinks, once sun ...

I used 12lb floro and it held up just fine. Green pumpkin jigs with any matching craw trailer worked well for me.

My first trip to Barrett this season I was able to land almost 50 on the same jig. This last trip I lost 4 or 5 jigs. I usually buy the strike king bitsy bug that's around $3 retail so ...

If you fish a jig on the bottom, you are going to get even more moss than the dropshot. You say you are using a lot of rigs, you should fish weedless drop shot using either an offset hook or a fiber guard hook made for drop shot. I use a split shot for a sinker or a walking sinker, those catch less ...

I'm learning how to use jigs also. This year I have dedicated to using lures I don't normally use, and learning them. I have been fishing a couple styles of jigs this season and at Barrett. I lose a lot of jigs when I am fishing them with an exposed hook. They seem to actively seek underwater tree ...

Thanks for the report! I started using lizards this season (based on your reports) and I’ve been happy with the results! So many lizards on the rocks the bass have to be eyeing them as prey. Also, is that a pond prowler you are fishing from? We have a new one for the season! Loving it so far ...

It was another great day of top water again, this week the plopper did get the bigger fish and also got a couple on the Rat!