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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 ...

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 ...

Over cast morning clearing and very windy. Was in a boat and as it turns out I don't like it as much as my tube. Top water (popper) morning was fun. Didn't find the fish loaded up more picking areas apart. There were some bass chasing fry and were easy to catch but they one pounders mostly. I used ...

Thanks for the details Dave. The fish are getting aggressive, twice last trip I hooked a fish simply picking up a rod with the lure hanging just out of the water. Thats beyond topwater!

The whopper plopper is the best because you can pause it, they will track it, especially the darker profile.

I have not fished Barrett in 10 years and my son Cayden and I were very excited to get back on the water after such a long absence. It was a tough night of sleep after preparing all of our rods/reels and tackle for our trip. We have a tackle box dedicated to Barrett where we grind down all the hooks ...

Thanks for the report! Looking for some top water on Wednesday.

Great seeing you out there and sharing 411. I just cant figure out why our jitterbugs dont get bit. They look to have all the elements of the Barrett topwater favorites.

Got in line at 3:30 let in 4:05 talked to Dave (Early release) and Chuck (619Bassin) as we setup to head out. Headed out and met up with Dave he was fishing topwater doing well. Topwater for me was okay. Dave was talking to me about Chris catching fish when he talks and bam big topwater hit nice ...

Got there @3:30 and already 8th in line,felt like opening day because the line went out the gate. Someone blocked the gate so Jose had to walked in. Met Dave, Steve and couple new friends, Dave went to Pine and I went to Hauser, hoping it won’t be the last Wednesday for me. Started across Pigs on ...

Hey Dave, I was going along the bank and talked with a guy who was using his FF sonar, he saw several bait balls and we did play around with some surface fish there, but they were the 10-12 inch variety. I went further back in Pine and did turn on my Panoptix and saw bait balls in 28 feet of water ...

Another extra special Barrett day, especially on the jig! Pics of the main weapons below but it was almost impossible to get off the jig. Lots of doubles and steady action. All in Hauser today got 49 on the jig, 10 on the minnow mostly crisscrossing the arm but also dragging along banks, then two T ...

Spoiler alert — the fishing is good!

My son and I arrived late (~10:30) and closed the place down as usual. In contrast to last weekend when we were catching most of our quality fish along rocky shorelines, Sunday was all about finding them in the stick ups. I beat Theo 34/31, but he scored the ...

Had a little bit of everything out at the Big B this morning. Watched a bobby sleuthing along near vertical rocks looking for prey, man their paws grip good! Then along with Early Release Dave and Pourboy Chris watched a hungry osprey attacking unsuspecting bass too lazy on the surface, not once ...