Barrett was a bit quiet for me today. Got on the water at 0430 as planned, pedaled over to Pine Arm with a plan to fish all the little bays and alcoves on the west side of pine arm. I also was doing a little testing and was trying some new lures and colors. Maybe I should change only one thing. Got 10 bass, 2 bluegills. Biggest bass was 3 pounds 0 ounces, smallest one was a likely 2 pounder. Water temp was 78 when I got in the water and only got to 82 at noon. Wind came up at 1030 and it was a bit nautical returning from Pine all the way to pigs. There's fish in Pine Creek arm, there is no question, they just weren't buying what I was selling. I was getting little bass ( 12 inches or so) following my jerkbait, but they wouldn't bite it. Occasionally something substantial would also follow, but not bite. Got a lot of missed popper bites also. They'd seem to be just behind it. Also threw zara spook, whopper plopper, crazy crawler, jig and crankbait. Not a lot of activity for me. 6 popper fish, 2 jerkbait fish, 1 crankbait fish and 1 zara spook fish.
Heard from someone else that the main lake had it's moments and there were fish busting and a few boats were on them and doing some good numbers. By the time I came through that area, the fish had left, and as you'd expect, the folks to back up the claim. I can say that I saw very little surface activity back in pine creek arm. To me, they just seemed a little quiet today.
- This is my favorite kind of sunrise
- The big fish today.
Nice job on the busters. I cannot wait to be near a school when it happens. Last year I was in Pine arm with a couple buddies and they started blowing up in between all of us. We had so much fun. Isn't fishing great?
