Capt. Steve Barnes
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June 15,2009
Still catching good boxes of fish with lots of over 20" fish but there have been
a few days that have been a little harder to find some fish that will bite. I
still have some weekdays open in June and some weekend and weekdays in July. I
have started getting my things ready to go to Port O'Connor in August and
I still have some open days left.


June 9,2009
Fishing is still very good and the only limits we have missed is on box fish
because there are so many over 20" fish. My weekends are full in June but I have
some other good guides that are open and I have lots of weekdays open. We have
been fishing a lot of trips but I have not been doing reports on every trip like
i did in the past.

June 4,2009
Fishing is still as good as it gets with good boxes of fish and lots of over 20"
fish. I have a full weekend starting tomorrow but have some days open next week.
The fishing should stay good thru June then it might slow down a little in July.
All trips have been producing limits of fish.


May 24,2009
Fishing is as good as it gets and we are catching limits of good solid fish, the
only trouble we have is catching enough box fish because lots of the fish are
over 20 inches. I have still been fishing every day , twice a day on most days.
but next week I have some open spots if you want to come up for some good size
fish and very fast action.





May 18,2009
I have been fishing every morning and most afternoons and the fishing is great
with limits of fish and lots of over 20" fish. Bait has been tough to catch but
I have somehow managed to get enough every day. Here are a few pics.





May 10,2009
I have been fishing every morning and some afternoons. Fishing is great with
limits every trip.



May 3,2009
Had a 6 boat trip this morning that was a little short on people due to the
weather forecast. I did not fish but the other 5 boats came in with limits of
fish. I fished a group of 8 on my boat this afternoon and caught a 80 fish
limit, it was crazy for a while when the bite was really on and we also had to
release a few over 20" fish since we had our limit.

May 2,2009
Fishing was as good as it gets this morning, I fished the same group of 5 with
the same results. Limited out on box and over 20" fish. Afternoon trip was a
little tough with all the storms but we caught enough fish and they decided to
call it early. I also had 3 other boats that fished trips for me today and
caught limits of fish.
May 1,2009
Fished a group of 5 in the AM and 2 in the PM. Limited out both trips on box and
over 20" fish, also had another group of 4 out with another guide this morning
that limited out.


April 30,2009
Fished a group of 4 in the afternoon and limited out with 40 fish in the box.

April 27,2009
Fished a group of 4 in the AM and 3 in the PM. Morning fishing was good and
afternoon fishing was great. Limited out both trips but the afternoon was faster
action and bigger fish. The pic of my new Lowrance is from the afternoon trip.



April 25,2009
Fished a group of 4 in the AM and 7 in the PM. Nice boxes of fish and limits for
all. Fishing will be great for the next 2 months at least. Average fish are
bigger then last year.


April 24,2009
First trip back on the lake and the fishing is really good with a limit of good
box fish (many are just right under the 20" mark) and also caught a limit of
over 20" fish.

April 21,2009
Fished a group of 2 on the river today. Caught more small fish then we have been
and also caught a 14 and a 22 LB striper. Pic is of the 14, I did not get a pic
of the 22 because it was bleeding so I released it as soon as possible.

April 20,2009
Fishing the river again tomorrow then we will start fishing the lake later this
week. From what I have heard the lake fishing is about as good as it gets right
now with fast limits of fish and good numbers of over 20" fish.
April 19,2009
Fished the river again this morning and caught a 10,17,and 19 LB striper.


April 18,2009
Fished the river in the afternoon and caught about 11 fish but only 3 big fish
that weighed 14,15,and 16 LBS.

April 17,2009
Fishing the river tomorrow and Sunday, then again on Tuesday for a few more big
fish then we will get started on the lake late next week. May and June will be
great fishing as it always is and we should get some topwater action in May. I
only have a couple of days left open for prime time topwater fishing.
April 10,2009
Fished the river today and the fishing was a little different. We had lots of
big fish come up and boil on our baits but only a few of them actually took the
bait. We ended up catching a 16,15,and 10 LB fish along with a few smaller ones
but if we would have hooked all the fish that came up and slapped the baits this
would be a much better report. We also lost a big fish that almost spooled the
reel then just as we were about to start getting some line back the hook came
lose.

April 4,2009
Still not catching many fish in the river but like I reported back in March now
is the time to catch big river stripers. Here is a 21 and 25 LB fish we caught
today.


April 3,2009
Wow May is booking up fast. We are going to get much nicer boxes of fish this
spring then we did last year and with the numbers of shad back to more normal
(to many in the lake last year after the flood of 07) we might see some good
topwater action starting late April and usually going mid to late May. Most
mornings are already booked during that time but I do have a few left.
April 1,2009
Fished one guy in the river today and it was slow for a while then we got on
some fish and he caught a 10 and a 16 LB fish, we also lost a few more big fish.

