Capt. Steve Barnes
1-866-PRO-GUIDE
March 28,2009
Fished a group of 3 in the river this afternoon in the cold wind. Caught 5 fish
and missed a few more big fish. Biggest was 22 LBS, then 20, 16, 15, and one
small fish. Right now is the time for big pre-spawn river striper.




March 27,2009
Fished the lake this morning and the bite was pretty steady early then about
9:30 they just quit. Should get much better in about 3 more weeks.
March 23,2009
Fishing has been up and down on the lake last week and will probably remain the
same for a few more weeks before it really turns on. The river is slow but
producing some big fish up to 18 LBS last week.





March 17,2009
I am on some big striper now and we will catch the biggest fish of the year from
now till the end of April. Great time for 10+ LB fish and we will probably catch
some 20+.
March 16,2009
I did some scouting this afternoon on the lake and did really well, I am going
looking this afternoon and tomorrow morning then I will fish a double Wednesday
and Thursday. Friday morning and afternoon, Saturday afternoon and Sunday
morning and afternoon are open this week.
January 3,2009
Fished a different section of river today, the boat launch is less then
desirable but we made it work. caught a good box of small fish and released 4 in
the mid 20's,one 33, and , one 36 LB.






December 29,2008
Caught a lot of catfish today but only one big fish that weighed 41 LBS.

December 28,2008
Catfish trip on the river again today. Started out catching 3 in the mid to
upper 20's then got a double with a 30 and 32 LB, next fish was a 46 LB then we
missed another big one just a few minutes later, after that we caught a few
small fish and one 11 LB striper.



December 27,2008
Storms delayed us for a while this morning but we finally got on the water about
10 AM. Not many bites today but we caught some really big cats. Biggest was 60,
then 52, and 25 LB blue cats. We also caught a 40 LB flathead and a few smaller
fish. The water was warm form the 80 degree temp yesterday, that is probably
what made the big flathead bite.



December 26,2008
Striper fishing on the river this afternoon was a little slow. We just wanted
big fish and only caught one that weighed 15 LBS. Probably caught a limit of
smaller fish but did not keep any.

December 23,2008
Great day on the river for catfish, caught right at 30 fish with 9 over 20 LBS
up to 55 LBS and lost 2 more big fish.







December 20,2008
Fished the river for big striper today. Started off slow but we caught them
pretty good for a while, lots of 4-7 LB fish and 3 over 10 LBS up to 14 LBS.


December 17,2008
Fished the river for big catfish but caught mostly 5-15 LB fish and on in the 20
LB range. Check out this rock or fossil, wierd dark ring around it and there
were a lot of sea shells imbedded in the rock.


December 15,2008
We have been fishing almost every day and catching big fish every day. I have
just a few days left open for big catfish or striper in the next two weeks then
I will not be guiding much till March. Here are some pics of some big fish we
have caught in the last two weeks.

















































