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I was at the gate at 3:30 and was in line outside the gate. I was at the water ready to launch and decided to make some casts. 10 fish before I left on the tube. I was there from open to close caught a lot, lost a lot (need to find what hook is best for elaztech baits). There were the blue gill and ...

Jose let us in @4:30, line went all the way to the road outside. Mad rush to the water but everyone was friendly. Started with a couple on jig and swim bait, then it was top water ALL day. The popper when it was nice and calm, buzz bait through the grass area, crawler and frog got them too. No ...

Nice as always brotha can't wait to get back out there diff gonna be a great season

Where do you fish the crank bait? All I keep catching is the muck.

Great report! Thanks for the update and I can't wait to get out there soon! Cheers!

Thanks I’ll be back on the 18th.

It was a great to return to Barrett Sunday and probably better than mimosas. Theo and I got on the water at 6:30. It was the maiden voyage for Bassquatch -- our new two person fishing solution (a 10' pond prowler) which worked light years better than sticking Theo on the front of my tube ...

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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