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Good report! Those bluegill out there have some chests to them.

When does the season end there and when would be the last date on Tix-master to get tickets?

Sounds like fun! I always bring a light rig and catch some bluegill if the bass bite gets too slow. Always fun and sometimes the bass like the small baits too.

Great report. Sounds like my kind of day!

Thanks for the report..!

Great report as always Dave! That was truly a great day getting them on top water especially a 4lb der on a popper. This place is magical!

In the market for a new FF and will give the Panoptix a good look. Thanks for your report. Going next Saturday!

On my end, Today was an experimental one where I tried to get into a larger grade of fish. I started off strong with 7 fish on the jig out of 20 feet of water, got 3 more on flylined 6 inch Tiki Shad’s,(Similar to Yamamoto Shad Worms) they sink enticingly and fast on a 4/0 EWG heavy flipping hook, I ...

Got to the lake @430, headed to Hauser, fishing in the dark and fighting the mosquitoes, bugs. Very slow for the first two hours, only managed 4 and two aggressive blue gills. Busters were around but didn’t last long after the sun came up. It was super hot and humid! Ended up at 20 bass 2 gills ...

This is a good question that never comes up, as rain during the Barrett season is rare, but is this venue rain or shine?

I'd love to be out there in the rain in the middle of the summer, considering the alternative.


It's rained on me this year once, and kind of drizzled another time this ...

Got on it early with a spectacular lightning show motoring out in Hauser. The pics don’t do it justice! Anyway as often happens with approaching storms, the bite was good. Got first and biggest fish on a new 4 bladed white spinnerbait, followed by more on flukes, splitshot worms deeper, then the ...

I was more interested in the weather than the fishing today so thanks for the report.

Great meeting you finally and spot on description of how fast the conditions changed! We all did good for those first hours then smart to skeedaddle!

Smart to get out before the storm Dave. Save it for another day.

Thanks for the report Dave. That was the highlight of the day catching them on the donkey rig.

Chuck said it was slow and it sure was. Ended with five or six on top but very nice models. Jules said a bunch of guys reported skunks.

Yes, Lori’s husband dragged the roads after the rain. They have a small window to do it while it’s damp she said.

Thanks for the reports guys and great news on the road! It was bad. As for the slow bite, El Cap on Tuesday was similar. The fish were around, just not biting much of anything we threw. It may well have been the new water and post high winds. The clarity wasn’t bad so maybe temps dropped.

Thanks for the report Dave, going Wednesday.

nice, good job!

Well slow for us anyway. Got on it early. A far cry from the lightning storm of last trip. Water was down at least 2-3 feet from then too. Guess they expected a monsoon from Hilary and let a bunch go. Best call was the kid throwing a white spinnerbait putting me down by 4 right out of the gate ...

Thanks for the report, I think it might be changing a bit on the busters. I'm going to try some other methods this weekend and I'll report. Last week I could see them coming up on the scope, but they'd stop short or boil for a couple seconds and go down. I saw a lot of fish lower in the water ...