Lake Barrett 5/6

[Iceman]

Lake Barrett opened for the season last Saturday and sounded like lots o shad busting bass at dawn for a couple hours. Landwhale, Ron, Ben Steveooo and I signed on to go on Wednesday. We decided to drive down and then sleep as the gates open at about 4:15am. We got there about 11pm and I was sleeping in the drivers seat around midnight. Brought the french press and Coleman stove. Had a rushed cinnamon roll and coffee as the gates opend and we headed in that last winding stretch of washboard to the lake. Having heard the mud was knee deep we passed Pigs Point and headed to the boat dock area. This worked well and we were on the water plenty early trying to figure out where to post up and wait for the boils. Shad was already thick and bubbling all along the banks.

Boils started and Steve got the first bass on board. I was hell bent on giving the first 1/2 hour to tossing topwater. Not a bump.





Finally gave in to throwing crank baits and the blade. Got 2 on the spinner bait and the biggest of the day for me, a 3 pounder avoided the camera. Everything else was 1-2 pounds. Steveooo got one that was around 5 pounds. Everybody caught some fish, couple crappie and bluegill in the mix of bass. Fished until about 1pm and came in to tailgate up some pulled pork before hitting the road home. Fun freshwater times.