Brian Barde

Pittsfield, MA, United States

USCG Licensed Captain | Northeast Bass Fishing | Enjoying the outdoors | Passionate | #KindlewoodOutdoors #BardeRodz #KindlewoodCares

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26 Sep 07:37

Looks like the Fall SUF Tournament is online - Are you registered? https://app.fishingchaos.com/tournament/0V4QQWzbGHAzlCFJakEl

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22 Sep 20:19

Congrats to Mack Toon for getting 2nd and many other SUF members for doing well in my charity tournament. I appreciate the support.

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21 Sep 21:12

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It looks more glorious than it was. I struggled all day on the Potomac River. I was in areas that showed bass and bait and weed but I could only get one of them to bite. It was a long day. Thanks Brian Latimer for sponsoring me in the first annual Angler Development Program on the boater side. After all 2025 Northern Division tournaments are complete, I am sitting in 18th in AOY. Should I go to regionals on the James River?

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21 Sep 21:02

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Jig on docks in weeds that helped get 3rd place in club tournament last weekend. I totally could have boat flipped but I lost 3 bass in a tournament once and only weighed 3 bass that day so I net em.

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21 Sep 20:46

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We wrapped up a week of fishing in the Potomac River. Thanks, Ken, for showing me around and sharing your fishing expertise. Here are some pictures of a few bass and a couple of snakeheads I caught. Despite my efforts and hours spent on the river, I still haven’t figured out the best ways to catch bass on the Potomac River.

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14 Sep 19:45

Had a fun day today fishing in our club tournament on Saratoga Lake. I have not fished there in about a year. Ended up getting third. I was junk fishing with a 3/8 Jewel Bait jig with Berkley Chigger Craw using my 7' MH Fast rod on docks, weeds, and lily pads. Used ZMan 1/2 oz Blue gill spinner bait with slim Keitech green pumpkin paddle tail for a couple of undersized ones and a couple of pickerel. I was also fishing with a senko on the docks and caught one. I caught most of them very shallow. I had two good ones on, and I horsed them too much; they may have gotten me into 2nd or 1st. It is actually nice to turn off FFS and just focus on the visual stuff.

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01 Sep 21:30

Growth doesn't wait for perfect conditions. It happens every time you show up and cast.

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29 Aug 21:53

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17.50 and 18.75 small mouth. Trying to catch Kevin Skovenski encouraging Christopher Waters

Caught one on a full-size jig on underwater structure and the other on a finesse jig on rock on a drop-off. 

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28 Aug 13:29

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24 Aug 08:27

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Oneida BFL is in the books. It was a very tough lake to Fish the past three days. I caught a total of five bass over three days: two on one day of practice, one on one day of practice, and two in the tournament. I placed 52nd out of 91. It was tough out there. Here’s what I like about BFL’s. I get to fish some awesome lakes and meet some great people. I learned a lot this year so far, one more super tournament to go, Potomac River.

The great part is the boat went in and came out of the water looking the same :-)

I drove all the way home, but about 30 minutes from my house, I stopped to get some ice cream. After that, my truck wouldn’t start. Fortunately, a guy stopped to help, and we troubleshot the problem together. Guess what I’ll be doing today? Putting in a starter.

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