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I didn't realize that was you guys when you were talking to Chris. Apologies, I didn't say hi to you guys. I was over by that rock losing a good fish and then losing multiple lures trying to get him back. Agree on Sunday that topwater had no action and talked to another person who couldn't get ...

Glad you got the rod back! I need to try a black popper in those pre-dawn hours.

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 ...

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 ...

Such a fun day! Thanks for the post! I ended up with ???# of fish and ended the day with a popper flurry. 3 bass over 5lbs! Amazing!

The bummer was I lost my phone!
Fishing was great. My son in law (John) and I on our tubes. Pretty much all places we fished had fish 1 pic will show you a place. All structure, shallow to 10,15 ft of water. Most fish cam fishing parallel in the 10 to 15' of water. Baits 3" stick baits, a fluke but ...

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 ...

Nice job using a variety of weapons! A number of years ago our usual tactics failed to get much action and we happened to stumble on those tiny grubs that landed surprisingly large and numerous bass along with the assorted panfish. The biggest issue was keeping a jumping bass on that tiny barbless ...

Great job! I think next time I get out there I want to focus just on BFS and Ultralight stuff. Cheers!

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 ...

Early release wrote: Fri May 23, 2025 8:31 am It's funny that you are using poppers and I am using lizards now.

As much as I enjoy a good lizard hit that topwater hit is much more pleasant to watch

When I last saw you things were pretty slow except for dinks, switched to a NEKO rig and things picked up quite a bit. Went across bay to a point i fished last year, fished till 11 and landed 30 something bass with 6 gills.

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!

It was a super cold morning Saturday meet with Early release in the lot and headed out . Fished in the dark for a few fish again no takers on the lizard but the 9in worm was getting hit whats funny the 1pounders where hit the 9in once sun came up and burn threw the fog the bite got a little better ...

Add another Lake Barrett adventure to the family memory books! It went off for me and my boys. Barrett is one of my favorite places to fish and although its a full send from LA county it is so freaking worth it. Was stoked that we had mild weather in the mid 70's for Barrett standards and ...

Great to see the top water action! Thanks for posting.

Fish are getting thinner and thinner every week . Have you guys seen any bait balls on your fish finders at all? The past few years the shad were thick all around the dock and all around the shoreline due to a successful shad spawn.

Fish are getting thinner and thinner every week 😢. Have you guys seen any bait balls on your fish finders at all? The past few years the shad were thick all around the dock and all around the shoreline due to a successful shad spawn.


I was having the same concern. I do not run with a any ...