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Hey Barrett crew,

Me and my sons (8 & 10) were on the water by about 5:30am Wednesday and fished until 7pm. Long, hot day with a big surprise waiting for us at the dock. We were lucky enough to meet up with JWall and his lovely wife Cynthia in the middle of the Pine arm, and while we did see plenty ...

Got to Barrett 4:40 got a boat,headed down hauser didn’t get first fish until 830.worked way to back fishing picked up,when got back of hauser mostly dinks .quit fishing at at 12, the wind was rolling and white caps on lake.glad I didn’t have kayak.bill and I caught about 40 bass I got 1 crappie and ...

Got out nice and early as usual. Air was warm and so was the water ( 81F) with a light normal wind, instead of the annoying strong early winds that have been there.
Pedaled over to Becky’s cove and found the usual friends there with the usual popper. Took a page from Pourboy’s last video and decided ...

Here's the update on 27 July. Got there at the usual time. Met a few of the usual suspects and we all headed out. Met one of the people on this site and had a nice chat. It was nice to meet you Steve. Warm at 0430 and the water was 79F. Very light and pleasant wind. Becky's cove has been busy lately ...

After consulting the regulars and reports, the plan was to go deeper for more quality over quantity today. Brought my floating Garmin Striker to watch our depths and it definitely seemed like the fish in 15-20 were better. The calm glassy morning in Pine kicked out nice ones mostly on 4” senkos. My ...

Lake Barrett Big Bass Fishing! Stay To The End! My Biggest Barrett Bass So Far!
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Hey all it is finally getting down to the wire! September Barrett fishing is here. I got a last minute opportunity to head out and meet Early Release on the water for a few hours a week ago ...

I am so glad to follow my gut when it said "ya gotta get to Barrett". My main objective besides catching fish was to test out the pontoon boat. I had just added a 100 ah lithium battery and also I added butt steer. A couple bungee cords to seat and shaft of motor. I finally got the pontoon dialed in ...

Well, that's it for me for this year.

Got to the lake in the dark. Met Chuck and we had a nice time. Water temp was at 70F and by the end of my day it went to 73F. Light wind from the North early.

We were determined to catch fish on topwater and I'm happy to say it worked out. Chuck was getting ...

Had some fun and some decent angling with my buddy Max at the Barrett closer today. Max got a couple nice four pounders before I even got warmed up. Not much topwater action for us today though. I had a steady pick on the mutilator mutilator and the new Yamamoto Slinko that I Carolina rigged. We got ...

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I was the first boat in Hauser, the glorious sunrise gracing Barrett Lake as it tends to do this time of morning. The peacefulness of the morning quickly subsided the moment I made my FIRST cast. And that's when my trolling motor started smoking ...

Can you make some videos about getting skunked at Barrett? That's what we really need. Tickets sell out way too fast. You can leave the beer in.


Ha! It’s funny that you say that, because on the way in, I saw a skunk on the road and actually told Dave that I need to make a video called skunk at ...

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 ...

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 ...

They make jigs in all shapes and sizes. Some seem to do better in certain structure than others.

Some head shapes slide better through certain grass than others. If you're getting 'snot grass,' I don't think I've found anything that slides through that.

Football jig - Better for rocks, and deeper ...

I just drag jigs while keeping contact with the bait. Jigs are like rocks and I don't expect fish to hold them long so I want to know as soon as I'm bit.

If you're in a boat, you can usually get your jig back when you get stuck in rocks. You can often break vegetation with your line. You will lose ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Got out in the dark with Chuck and Steve around 0430. Air was chilly at 55F, but water had cooled a bit to 71F. Chuck went along our usual path and did quite well, I'll leave those details to him. I went to Wilson's creek and along that shoreline, throwing the rat in hopes of a nice large surprise ...