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Shawn, I'll be there bright and early and lurking in Hauser. I have a new kayak, so don't look for the blue one, it will be there, but have Jeremy ( Corso Enthusiast ) on it. I'm on the same type of kayak, but sand color now. It has an ebike motor, so I can cover even more water. Hope to see you.

Shawnster wrote: Thu Aug 14, 2025 12:34 pm Thanks for the report David. Not sure what thrust trolling motor you have, but I upgraded my battery to a lithium and it seems to be a lot more punchy.

I haven’t been fishing in three friggin weeks… can’t wait to get back out there on Saturday!

We are going. Will look for you!

Felt our way out to mid-Hauser in the dark today. Started getting bites on the green pumpkin jig n craws and stayed mostly on that til wrapping it up at 10:30 with 31 for me and a best of 3.2lbs. Didn’t see any busters and tried to stay between 10-20ft deep. The minnow and reapers added a few more ...

Early in and on the water in the dark. breezy no top water hook ups, would throw on missing for the bite. Fishing was pretty much like last trip. Picking them up on DS, TR and split shotting. Moved around looking for new places. Went to the dock fish were busting on the deep end on small bait. Hit ...

Got out early with 619bassin and Dfishin also Vince who's not on the site. Small crowd today. Day started out pretty warm with a light ESE wind. Water temp was about 78F at the surface.

Goal was to try some new baits and long story short, my favorites are still my favorites. Tried a couple times ...

Was in the water in the dark and the they were on the chew. Either a tick or flat out try to pull the rod out of your hands. Not much topwater for me except I was throwing a weightless worm and skimming the grass and sticks. Some really fun blow ups. Note you still need to let the rod load up before ...

It was a really nice day and the wind was not bad at all. I tried different baits also, XD8, swim jig and also got one on the Rat. All were quality 3+ lb

Nice work! It is worth changing things up. I sometimes will catch a fish with 1 rod then switch and so on. If I find 1 isn't working like the rest I stop using it, until I find my best producer. I think I forgot to mention using a jig in my report. Main lake has been good for me.

Awesome report and day Shawn! My buddy Dan was on that exact ned rig/DT hula jig combo. We call those plastics spacemen from their funny look but the bass gobble them down! And osprey are bad ass birds!! Great pics.

Congrats on a great day. You would have shared 31 with the others if you weren't solo! The wild life is always a bonus.

Really enjoyed your report and those were some great photos. Lots of bass must have been
so much fun with the boys. Love that pic with you holding up the big one!
That DT Hula grub has been a plus for me also with a 7lb'er recently at Mur.
Thanks for sharing and tight lines always. :-)


Thanks ...

Got to the gate 4:30 and met Dave,Vince and Steve, we went our separate ways. Beautiful warm morning, they were biting on top, plopper and frog and occasional popper. Majority of my fish also came on the swim jig and chatter bait.
I stayed till noon when the wind came up,Dave left early and Vince ...

Three trips to Barrett this year totaled about 250 LMB for me and Max. A little tougher today as we landed about 60 including a four pounder and a three pounder. Most of the fish though were what we affectionately call jumbo dinks. Tried topwater in the morning to no avail. We got most of our fish ...

Cannot use my boat on Saturday. My loss is your gain. PM me

Hey - trying to trade my 9/14 ticket. If I don't get any offers, I'll sell it to you.

6 total bass today at Otay, and five of them were courtesy of this:
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It's a Diawa 3" TD Minnow, and it has definitely become my #1 jerkbait for BFS fishing. It has great action and casts a country mile. Most fish hit a twitch twitch pause retrieve, while two hit it on ...

I've told you about this rig before, but they liked it with a TRD craw the last couple of days instead of my usual TRD or Crush City Ned baits. This has accounted for more than half my fish total both days.
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