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Thx Seaway- just read your post from May 7th and wanted to tag onto your Pinecreek/arm experience for Wednesday May 10th! Good work with the spinners because I couldn’t attract anything! Overcast and cold throughout the day, making the water temperature seem warmer than your report 🧐 The lake is way...

My friend and I took our kayaks to barrett on may 10th. Got there a little after 5 and parked at pigs with no problem. The weather was wet and cold and we stopped fishing at 1:30 before the wind got to bad. We went down hauser arm stopping at different spots fishing shallow areas. W used swimbaits a...

Found this on Tube.... Its a long one. Pretty Sweet!

Go to the doc, there's one at the office. Not sure about online. Pigs point is desolation point.

Hi all. Barrett is in full swing. I had good success in Hauser and pedaled my kayak pretty far back. There's a whole new world back there. I find it funny to cast into water and get foxtails on my lure, normally that's something that happens when I overshoot the shoreline. The water is between 70 an...

Hi 619bassin, good to meet you too. I'll be back on the water on next Wednesday too. Those guys were so happy to get their rods back. I wonder how often something like that happens.

Hello all, Had a fun day at Barrett. Started out in proper darkness and caught a large ( although in this group large sunfish is dangerous ) bluegill. He was 1 pound 9 ounces, which was as big as my average on bass today. Then puttered about for while. Finally got into some fish in Hauser. Then it w...

Arrived at 4am with RickM and we were super excited to experience the "new" lake, and indeed it definitely feels different with the water levels so high. Parking was great and the haul down with a battery and trolling motor was much easier since the dock was so close. The boat ride to Haus...

Late report but I went out to the B on 5/6 in my kayak and found a good topwater bite before the sound came up throwing a popper. After that I struggled for a bit. Threw the chatter, blade and jig for a few fish and finally just started doing a lot of exploring. Lake was full of life and is so much ...

I'm guessing Pines would be amazing. I think most of us are getting stuck in Hauser, when we are on the way, which isn't a bad thing. I'm going tomorrow and I'll try to be disciplined and pedal down to Pines.

Hello all, Here's what happened on Barrett for me today. Got out in the dark, like you are supposed to. First fish at 0540. At that time it's not dark anymore. :) Took a while to get fish, but eventually there were fish. Here's the stats: Topwater 0, Jerkbait (Silver) 13, Jig 4, Dropshot Roboworm 3,...

Good job on the five pounder. Haven't heard that much about the bigger models this year.

Hi all, Chilly day at Barrett today. I think the air was about 50 or so and the wind was super chilly. Water temp has dropped a little, my reading was 70 everywhere and since the sun never showed it's face, it didn't warm up anywhere. I did Wilson's cove and got a few on jigs and crankbaits. Then I ...

[Lake Hodges 2023 Re-Opener @chrisbrandtthebeefshaman9590 https://youtu.be/PI1Xcsmmngg Hey all so glad to be posting this! Got to the gate around 4:40 and was #10 in line. When the gate opened everyone in front of me went to the concession area and I went straight to the vending machine for my permi...

Got to the gate around 4. Gate was just opened and we were about 8th to drive in it seemed like. Had a boat which was nice. Parking up by the bathroom because dock is so high. Motored to Hauser and stopped at a pinned location but it was totally different than years past. Threw all types of topwater...

70 degrees still, and stinks bad. Went from green to brown.
A crowd of 6 boats.
Boated 3 dinks, 1lb or less. dock worker said that was the high for the day!!!!

Cloudy, grey day at Barrett today, although thinking about it, most of them have been this year. This one had intermittent wetting, not drizzle, but maybe rain-light. thumbnail_IMG_9524.jpg Got to try out my very classy human baggie rainsuit. If you are ever cold, put one of those on. You will be st...

I sent an email to PUD Lakes regarding this issue. TM dropped the ball again.. The shore/float tube reservations are now added to the que for purchase. good luck homies!

Thanks for the report! See you out there next Wednesday!

Outstanding report. Glad you had fun. I'll be out next Wednesday too. See you then!