Here's what I saw at Barrett this Wednesday. Got there at 0415, on the water at 0445, once again moving as if I had all day. Air temp wasn't bad, wind was pretty light also. Water temp at Pigs, was 78.3F. Caught first fish at 0500, which was nice. It always feels better after you have that first fish skunk off. Took a while for the next fish though. Popper bite was spotty and there were more than a few missed. But then I thought to follow the miss with the little bluegill jig. That was a good move. Over the course of the morning, I pulled in 23 bluegills. All decent size and on the ultralight, they pull the drag and everything a bigger fish does. Maybe even a little better, taking scale into account. I microsized my jig for the bluegills. It's 1/32 and oddly, they cared about the color. I had white, silver, a sparkle blue and chartreuse. Chartreuse was the clear winner.
Total bass for first part of the morning was only 7. One on crankbait, three on poppers and three on jerkbait. Then came the boils. I will state, I have witnesses. Chuck and I both pulled over 30 bass each for the day. The boils were later and there was a little wind on the surface, but the fish were busy, busy, busy. We were using stick baits and jerk baits. I got zero on a jig I was skimming through the boils, but maybe that was my skill set, more than the lure. Had some very amusing angry bass hitting multiple times on the topwater until they were hooked. Great blowups and had a lot of fun with Chuck on his kayak and a couple of guys in a boat.
- There's the new jig and a happy customer
- He took a hit somewhere, but was repairing well
- The usual selfie with the bass of the day
- Doubles with my buddy, look in the background.
