Barrett report May 17th
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 7:33 pm
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 and 75 depending on where and when. Bait balls are impressively large. I threw underspins (got a couple) poppers (got zero), flukes ( also got zero, which is odd), dropshot (got one) and my trusty surface jerkbait (got over 40) Others I spoke to were doing about the same in numbers but on poppers, flukes and underspins. So, that throws a little doubt on my skills with those lures. Caught a couple impressive bluegills that went after the jerkbait. In the pictures is a little bass that attacked a jerkbait that might have been 2 inches smaller than he was. He's featured in the pictures I attached, just because I think you have to respect that kind of commitment. Biggest today was 2 pounds 3 ounces. I didn't hear of anyone getting anything big today. But everyone seemed to have a good day.