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619bassin wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:04 pm Yes Bacarrac was fun! Dave got his PB and we're already thinking about next year, anyone interested just pm me and i'll give you the details.
Barrett will be awesome again.

That is so tempting! Before I’m done I want to hit Baccarac, El Salto, or Guerrero at least once.

We had a great time at Baccarac and it's true, my best fish was caught on a popper. Love those things. Chuck caught some big fish on the popper, but got the fish of the trip on a crankbait. He only had one of this squarebill, so everytime he'd get hung up, it was kind of stressful to get it back ...

A friend that works for California Waterfowl Association sent me this. My apologies in advance because it is a bit long. The point of it all is we need as many people as possible to email San Diego's Mayor about not cutting the funding for Barrett Lake. The focus of the letter is waterfowl but if ...

Tons of email will help. When they were getting ready to close the lakes during Covid, we organized CARFA and started an email campaign to keep the lakes open. So many fisherman sent emails to the mayor and city council , they told me to tell the group to stop the emails as they were getting flooded ...

Bass were healthy and hungry. Caught a bunch of huge bluegill also.

So far the numbers look better and most likely from the extra year since the water rose so much. It looks clearer to me as well and the fish caught look healthy. It’s going to be a fantastic year.

Best bite is from 6-6! lol

I have had numerous days with 100 plus fish. Those day are reaction baits only. Stay away for plastic baits that presented slowly. Work hard at it and keep casting! Cranks, Jerks, Spinner, topwaters get it done!

Even though I have not fished Barrett for years, I know that there are many guys who catch and have caught huge numbers of bass.
Reaction baits probably help bring the numbers of bass in like KillinTime mentioned above. Regarding the
fish reports....when others see those high numbers, in some ...

Many people have mentioned that the best time to catch fish at Barrett is from opening to closing.

The first hour of the day, you have a lot of variables in your favor, which makes the catching easier. If fish are busting, you've already located them, which is half the battle.

As the sun goes up ...

Watch for a late reply today. Heading out now and the plan is to fish Pine for some part of the day. I’ve been hitting Hauser mostly as well. Time for something new.

Yea very interested to hear how it goes!


Pine was fine, but hear Hauser was too. We got on some schools busting bait up against rocky steeps and did most of our damage on reapers and minnows on small ball jigs. Biggest 3.3lbs. But also got some with senkos outside the first brush line. 44 for ...

Drive down from Torrance so better for me to get there earlier and catch a few hours sleep in the truck.

Great Place to camp, 4 miles from entrance, Fishermen friendly!

Wow.....that sounds like loads of fun......glad I am a fisherman.....just kidding.......our season is coming to another successful end and their season is just beginning.......we all need to be grateful for this magical place!!

TommyP

Ps now if they would just stop f...king with the water level

I didn’t get to fish it as much this year as I wanted. I’m playing victim of the economy. My favorite lures the 4 times I went was the triple trout blue gill and Shad. Like 619bassin said, the bigger baits get the bigger fish. Less numbers. Then when it slowed down, a slim fluke was my go to. Place ...

The fight continues.....I guess this is what retirement is all about. I requested a 1 on 1 with the Mayor and yesterday received an email that the request was granted.....just waiting for the date and time from his office. Stay tuned.

TommyP

Myself and a old friend managed to hit Barrett this weekend...but only for around 4 hours from the bank. Still super fun. Ended with around 25 between us mostly on Flukes, Ikas and texes rigged Robo's. The lake never disappoints.

No Wednesdays in July. I'm pissed.