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Hi all,

Continuing a proper weekend of fishing, I got to go to Lake Barrett today as part of charity fundraiser for Cast Hope. Weather looked like it could be any combination of things at 0400. Turns out it was. Drizzled on the way down. We got let in around 0530 and made our way out. Water temp was at 63 F, the air was about 50F. Light variable wind.

Barrett didn't disappoint though. I think I got to my first spot about 0600 and after desperately trying to make the popper work, I gave up and threw the usual crankbait. Instantly I was on a fish. Played around with the crankbait (pictured) and mixed it up with two sizes of jerkbait ( Vision 110 and X70) . Those worked just fine all day long, but I had a mission to practice jigs and to practice plastics. @pourboy hooked me up with some jigs ( mentioned on another thread, the bitsy bugs ) and some tips and @El_prowler_619 hooked me up with some lizards and gave me a demo recently too. Texas rig lizards in any color worked fine all day. The jigs were pumpkin and I didn't get any on the black and blue, but that may have been me. Anyway, lake looks good, it's down a bit from last fall, maybe 2-3 feet from what I remember. Fish look great, very healthy and aggressive. Most of the fish were in the 2 pound range and the big one for the day was 3 pounds 8 ounces, only one angry little fish.The weather was all over the place. It ranged from pleasant but cool to miserable with steady cold wind, but the fish kept the action going. Got done at the right time, because on my way home the rain arrived.

Should be a good season. See you all out there.

Nice fatty of the day ... great report cant wait till the lake opens in a few week. Glad you made it on the road before the rain hit the lake .....

Awesome report as always. I tried to convince my in-laws to donate for a tax write off and that I’d go on their behalf but by the time I checked, the boats had already sold out! Any idea on how the other anglers did?

MaxZmus wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 5:40 pm Awesome report as always. I tried to convince my in-laws to donate for a tax write off and that I’d go on their behalf but by the time I checked, the boats had already sold out! Any idea on how the other anglers did?

The weather was pretty variable, I only saw a couple other people the whole day, but I kind of hid in a couple wind protected areas. I didn't get to really chat with anyone. I meant to go check out the lunch at 1200, but the wind picked up again and I couldn't get motivated to peddle that far. I imagine anyone who stayed on the water had a good day.