Why post fake reports?

[Gotfish?]

This is the 1st year in a while that I have gotten tickets for June (was out of town for the May signup). Hope to do well. Most years I only fish July and August and am stuck with a measly 20-40 bass but at least the lake isn't crowded once the air temperature hits 100F. I am a dawn to dusk angler too. And get a fish clicker if you don't have one already, I like the cheapo plastic ones as they don't corrode and last longer when I fish the bay.

I am amused by the suggestion that Camobass made that the angler posting 100+ bass is cheating on his wife. Might be the same type of guy who drives a sports car that sounds like the muffler is broken who we suspect is inadequate in some way. Or the dork who drives a tricked out polished big 4WD truck without a single scratch from being off road.

My wife used to suspect I might be cheating when I got up at 2:30 am to go to Barrett and got home at 9 pm since no reasonable person would do that. She eventually decided I was just crazy.

[MistrRocko]

Goofy fish counts are nothing new at Barrett. Every day some kook will claim 2-300 at the dock for him and his buddies or even individually. That said, there are also talented guys who have put in a ton of time that put up big numbers. I keep my fish counts/tactics between me and my friends that I know are going soon. Doesn't matter this time of year when everything is sold out and the lake is slammed but the reality is that fishing, and especially Barrett fishing is not a the more the merrier situation. Barrett draws quite the diverse crowd of anglers and unfortunately a lot of that crowd is not very well versed in fishing etiquette and as a result, they aren't respectful to the space of others (or they're just jerks). Someone almost always pulls ahead of my drift just feet away from me on their boat or yak when it looks like I'm fishing with dynamite, drift right on top of where I'm anchored or pull right in to the little nook I'm fishing if they're fully psycho. Unfortunately these are the people that are both most likely to embellish fish counts online and to be drawn to Barrett by embellished fish counts.

You will never see my fish reports here because ^^^. If I wanted Barrett to feel like a stressful job that I pay money for, I'd have caught 100+ close to half my days last season and Sunday would have already been a 100+ day this season. 31 years in and I love Barrett the way it is, so I'm gonna keep doing it the fun way. If someone wants to know what's working for me, they're very welcome to ask me in person (the grumpy looking man with a lot of blue rod sleeves) and if they seem cool, they are welcome to come along on my boat some time when I was otherwise gonna be solo. Always remember that for every 1 active forum member that reads your post there are probably at least 20 lurkers reading that will never contribute anything and will all pillage your spot as soon as they can.

[dano626]

Ive fished Barrett 4 times. Twice back in the 90's in the lottery days and twice last year. Only 1 time did we ever catch what seemed like a fish every cast. All other times were 10-20 fish ea and that is plenty for me! I honestly dont keep an accurate count. It ruins the fun of it for me. Who the hell am I competing against? No one.... I just want to have fun!

When I first saw the call out on the duplicate pics from last year I couldnt help but wonder why someone would do that? What purpose does it serve? Youre just a dishonest person inside and now everyone knows.

[Fisheromen]

Me, "was that 4 or 5? Pretty sure it was 5... we'll go with 5." No counter needed!

[DarkShadow]

So after reading the fake report, I am laughing, because I too wonder what the point of that was. There is a now defunct message board, where years ago, people would post fake reports to get people away from their bites and lakes. Back in the day, people would lurk message boards and if 2 or 3 reports were posted on a hot bite at XYZ Lake, there would be an influx of people fishing that place the next weekend. I know people that still hold off 2 or 3 months before posting reports. To each their own, I say.

In any case, I've been to Barrett about 40 times, starting from the days where it was the post card lottery system. (I just dated myself) There have been days where 100+ keepers was the experience, and there have been times where the bite wasn't good. We even went one time and were off the water by 12 because all morning, we got exactly ZERO bites. It was the effin' Twilight Zone. But the bites is everything in between, but for the most part, 50 fish days are the norm.

Last year when I fished the SHARE program's weekend, it was really easy to keep tabs on the number of fish as they were weighing and measuring each one.

By 10 AM, I had logged 40 or so fish. I stopped counting at that point, and the DFW guy ended up way in the back of Hauser, so I just started releasing them.

[JWall]

Oh man…the postcard days! You really felt like you won the lottery getting picked

[camobass]

So after reading the fake report, I am laughing, because I too wonder what the point of that was. There is a now defunct message board, where years ago, people would post fake reports to get people away from their bites and lakes. Back in the day, people would lurk message boards and if 2 or 3 reports were posted on a hot bite at XYZ Lake, there would be an influx of people fishing that place the next weekend. I know people that still hold off 2 or 3 months before posting reports. To each their own, I say.

In any case, I've been to Barrett about 40 times, starting from the days where it was the post card lottery system. (I just dated myself) There have been days where 100+ keepers was the experience, and there have been times where the bite wasn't good. We even went one time and were off the water by 12 because all morning, we got exactly ZERO bites. It was the effin' Twilight Zone. But the bites is everything in between, but for the most part, 50 fish days are the norm.

Last year when I fished the SHARE program's weekend, it was really easy to keep tabs on the number of fish as they were weighing and measuring each one.

By 10 AM, I had logged 40 or so fish. I stopped counting at that point, and the DFW guy ended up way in the back of Hauser, so I just started releasing them.

That’s what happens when @VinnyBass posts a hot bite a Murray. Lake is loaded next day. He’s even enticed me to go see haha

[VinnyBass]

So after reading the fake report, I am laughing, because I too wonder what the point of that was. There is a now defunct message board, where years ago, people would post fake reports to get people away from their bites and lakes. Back in the day, people would lurk message boards and if 2 or 3 reports were posted on a hot bite at XYZ Lake, there would be an influx of people fishing that place the next weekend. I know people that still hold off 2 or 3 months before posting reports. To each their own, I say.

In any case, I've been to Barrett about 40 times, starting from the days where it was the post card lottery system. (I just dated myself) There have been days where 100+ keepers was the experience, and there have been times where the bite wasn't good. We even went one time and were off the water by 12 because all morning, we got exactly ZERO bites. It was the effin' Twilight Zone. But the bites is everything in between, but for the most part, 50 fish days are the norm.

Last year when I fished the SHARE program's weekend, it was really easy to keep tabs on the number of fish as they were weighing and measuring each one.

By 10 AM, I had logged 40 or so fish. I stopped counting at that point, and the DFW guy ended up way in the back of Hauser, so I just started releasing them.

That’s what happens when @VinnyBass posts a hot bite a Murray. Lake is loaded next day. He’s even enticed me to go see haha

What’s crazy is there’s never a crowd at Murray no matter what I post. I’ve had some good days, but the average amount of boats is two and maybe a float tube or 2. Today, because Otay was closed, I stopped by Murray to look around in the early afternoon and there was eight boats and some kayaks. That’s because they had nowhere else to fish. Honestly, I’ve been to Murray so many times on weekdays where there’s just a couple people there even after a good day. I think the busiest weekday is Fridays. On that day, you might see two or three boats at the most besides me.
Just a few pics of the huge crowds besides me...ha ha This is normal most of the time during the week at around 7:30am as
I don't get there too early.

[MistrRocko]

That’s what happens when @VinnyBass posts a hot bite a Murray. Lake is loaded next day. He’s even enticed me to go see haha

I'm certain that I'm more likely to find DB Cooper or catch a marlin at Barrett than I am to catch a bass over 14" at Murray lol. I find it remarkably impressive that Vinny does well there. I've read tons of his fish reports and know to just leave that lake to the experts.

[Dooolan]

Let's look at a hypothetical 10 hour day.
Say someone fished 6am to 4pm, 10 hours. Let's say 30 minutes is lost to go to and from the dock. Also, lunch or bathroom breaks are another 30 minutes. That's minus one hour. (100 fish)/9 hours = 11.1 fish/hour. 60 min/11.1 fish/hr = 5.4 minutes per fish. This could be possible if your are ripping 5 fish out of every hole and it takes you 2 minutes per fish with no snags or moss to remove. Typically at Barrett, it is hit or miss for that type of action so catching 100 fish a day would be something to celebrate and would be somewhat rare due to the time constraints.

[camobass]

It’s definitely possible to do 100 but the main point of the post is why post a fictitious report that didn’t even happen. It’s bizarre. As others have mentioned, credibility of that guy is gone. Just like Long, from guys I know that personally know him, he can catch big fish legitimately but what he did lost him all credibility. Just like the guy her posting fake reports.

[Dfishin]

Let's look at a hypothetical 10 hour day.
Say someone fished 6am to 4pm, 10 hours. Let's say 30 minutes is lost to go to and from the dock. Also, lunch or bathroom breaks are another 30 minutes. That's minus one hour. (100 fish)/9 hours = 11.1 fish/hour. 60 min/11.1 fish/hr = 5.4 minutes per fish. This could be possible if your are ripping 5 fish out of every hole and it takes you 2 minutes per fish with no snags or moss to remove. Typically at Barrett, it is hit or miss for that type of action so catching 100 fish a day would be something to celebrate and would be somewhat rare due to the time constraints.

What would the math be for 205? 5:30 to 6:30

[camobass]

Let's look at a hypothetical 10 hour day.
Say someone fished 6am to 4pm, 10 hours. Let's say 30 minutes is lost to go to and from the dock. Also, lunch or bathroom breaks are another 30 minutes. That's minus one hour. (100 fish)/9 hours = 11.1 fish/hour. 60 min/11.1 fish/hr = 5.4 minutes per fish. This could be possible if your are ripping 5 fish out of every hole and it takes you 2 minutes per fish with no snags or moss to remove. Typically at Barrett, it is hit or miss for that type of action so catching 100 fish a day would be something to celebrate and would be somewhat rare due to the time constraints.

What would the math be for 205? 5:30 to 6:30

The equation would be an A Rig and a steady bite power fishing.

[dano626]

It’s definitely possible to do 100 but the main point of the post is why post a fictitious report that didn’t even happen. It’s bizarre. As others have mentioned, credibility of that guy is gone. Just like Long, from guys I know that personally know him, he can catch big fish legitimately but what he did lost him all credibility. Just like the guy her posting fake reports.

This is what I'm talking about. All credibility out the window. If he is a local and someone from this board is to run into him how do you believe anything the guy says? Even if it's true and could possibly help you in any way why would you believe it? I also wonder what someone expects to gain out of giving out false reports for a reservation only lake. Makes zero cents to me on every level.

[Fisheromen]

Ok, time to come clean! That time when I reported that I caught 4 bass on the old site... I may have lost count!

Let it go!

[VinnyBass]

Ok, time to come clean! That time when I reported that I caught 4 bass on the old site... I may have lost count!

Let it go!

You need to buy a clicker to go along with that real expensive fish scale.

[falafeluver]

https://a.co/d/cMRMIQx

Cmon guys!

[EL_prowler_619]

https://a.co/d/cMRMIQx

Cmon guys!

Thanks bro ... I literally just ordered one and plan on using it next week

[Dfishin]

Ok, time to come clean! That time when I reported that I caught 4 bass on the old site... I may have lost count!

Let it go!

I knew it!