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Got on the water early with Chuck. Water was toasty warm and the air wasn't, so there was impressive steam fog happening. Feels sketchy at best crossing the lake in the dark, in the fog. I have a couple lights on the kayak, which allows others to see me, but then I can't see out in the fog.

Really ...

John, I have some extra crawlers, I'll let you have one on Saturday. I have never gotten a hit on the jitterbug at Barrett either.

Nice day on the water at Barrett, was reasonably warm even in the dark. Not sure I like traversing the lake in the fog, in the dark though.
Water started out at 68F and wind was pretty calm. First fish was on a bad cast ( backlash and me picking it out in the dark). I hit the shoreline and it was ...

ahaha, yep. The fog was a lot, I used my navigation on my fish finder to take a heading.

Great story and a nice tribute to your dad. Really nice fish too.

Popper, then jerkbait and then crankbait as the day progresses. Unless conditions keep one of those catching. When they are busting, I like a stick bait but a fluke might be better, I just like to see the hit on the surface.

Got on the water dark and early with Chuck at about 0430. Freeeeeezing cold this morning. Truck temp gauge told me it was 42F, but it seemed colder. Light wind too, so that probably didn't help. Pedaled over to where it was good last week, and it was decent, but not as good. First fish in the boat ...

There's a couple reports on Wednesday that cover the lures we all used pretty well. I do have panoptix and saw bait balls at about 10 feet and lower on Wednesday. The bass were below them, but a deep crank couldn't get them to react. I'm terrible with plastics, so I have no useful info there. I didn ...

Wow, what a fun morning.

Got out nice and early on the water today. It wasn't too chilly then, but it changed. Pedaled over to the cove by the island at the opening of Hauser and got hits right away. It must have been dark for them too, the one I caught hit the popper at least 5 times before he got it. He was only about a ...

Pond_prowler_619 wrote: Mon May 27, 2024 8:30 pm Those birds are fearless one was flying so close to me i could of caught it barret is such a beautiful natural place where animals can be animals last saturday i saw a bass trying to eat a baby duck at the back of hauser

Now I know my next topwater lure...

It's really been hard weather to figure out...

Hello all,

Barrett was really nice on Wednesday. I was a little worried since it was 44F at Pigs at 0430. But...the water was a pleasant 70 F and the fish were happy as well. First fish came on a popper and was a bit over 3 pounds. He hit it like he was angry at it and I have to say it was the most ...

Always fun fishing with you. Incredible to see that big rat swimming. You find the best lures. Except for that bone popper, I may have been some help on that specific one.

Nice work Vinny!

Sorry you had a rough start, but it's nice that other fishermen helped you out. I think Barrett has a good sharing spirit. Way to keep with it during all those possible downturns and make what sounds like a very nice finish to your day.

Got out early morning as usual. Quite busy on this Saturday, but great to see a bunch of friends. It was warmer, but not warm. Water temp was 70F. Pedaled over to Hauser and started catching 2 pounders on the popper and the 110 jerkbait. Got a lot of short strikers on the topwater. Over to Becky's ...

Nice report bro looks like topwater should be picking up a lot more this month. That last picture is asking for a snake to be thrown 😆

I know, a snake would be great. I had fun with the crazy crawler. I have a megabass I-wing, but I didn't have it with me. Last week, Chuck was throwing a rat and ...

Sold.

Gotta love the BFS stuff. I'm adding that little crank to my next order.