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So after a bad morning or waking up late, forgetting my tackle bag half way to barret then turning around for it,missed the exit to the freeway,then driving behind the slowest grandama on earth going up the hill......... finally made it to the pigs where parking was a mess and launched. Meet with ...

Nonstop Topwater & Jigs! The Barrett 1-2 Punch!
https://youtu.be/d0yEnclEeWQ

OK, take two!

After just doing a full write up of the day and everything the website logged me out and I have to do it again. But that’s OK because it was such a fun day. I don’t mind telling the story again. After ...

Got out at 0430 with Chuck and Joe. Of course we all headed different ways, Chuck to a cove where he had success last week and I pedaled to Becky's cove. Joe passed me on the way to Hauser and that was the last I saw of him today. Air was a little chilly at 54F, slight wind, but water a pleasant 75 ...

Got out at 0430 with Chuck and Joe. Of course we all headed different ways, Chuck to a cove where he had success last week and I pedaled to Becky's cove. Joe passed me on the way to Hauser and that was the last I saw of him today. Air was a little chilly at 54F, slight wind, but water a pleasant ...

Good day on the water at Barrett for Saturday. Got out dark and early which is my favorite. Water was already at 74F and the air was probably about 60 F. Slight chop from that evening wind. What was fun was the moon was so bright it almost was light enough. See first picture, that's not a sun, that ...

Short report today. Chuck and I got out there at the usual 0430. What was unusual was the there was a steady wind already. Water temp was at 76F. Went to the usual places, but they were a bit windblown and the kayak was hard to keep still. Chuck stayed on the Becky's cove side of Hauser and I went ...

That looks so fun. I need to get braid on one of my heavy rods and go back there with you.

Nice work Michael, those are healthy bass, only negative i have is trying to get all that moss/white fluffy flower that'd stick to the braid off. I guess you have to work for them.


What a pain in the butt that stuff is. sticking to and globbing up on the line. Stops casting As it tries to get ...

You topwater? Shocking…

Too old to fish all day anymore. Not that long ago it was 7AM to 8PM. Now afternoons only.

Bass not feeding like they were last two times out, but got quality. Many days in my 30 years fishing Barrett I've had 40 plus days, but out of the 40 maybe 2 or 3 maxed at 2.50 pounds. Sunday my 1st fish ...

Oops. Didn't answer the wind question. Was concerned on the drive out to Barrett. Trees were whipping back and forth, flags were flying. But once down in the gorge that is Barrett Lake, there was wind, but nothing serious. By 430 the wind was there, but made for an almost perfect drift where I was ...

Had good intel from Early Release that Barrett is being drawn down for the benefit of Otay. With Otay at near 96% full, I can’t imagine why, but when did any SD Water decision ever make sense?? Well I confirmed the drop today (at least 2ft since Wed) and it had its predictable effect on the fishing ...

Glad you made it in seeing as you stuck it out till noon. I left at 10 and the wind was sending waves over my bow. Managed 14 on my usual, and only 2 drinks on popper.

I had to leave at 0900 and it was already hot and the wind was starting. Fishing is tough, with water level, turbidity ( mostly algae bloom, I think) and the wind seems to be coming up earlier.

Thanks to Chuck finding a pattern with the crawlers, I got a few also. The popper, wakebait and walking ...

Got to Barrett 4:40 got a boat,headed down hauser didn’t get first fish until 830.worked way to back fishing picked up,when got back of hauser mostly dinks .quit fishing at at 12, the wind was rolling and white caps on lake.glad I didn’t have kayak.bill and I caught about 40 bass I got 1 crappie and ...

Way to go figuring out that bite. Too bad about the strong winds and heat.

619bassin wrote: Sat Jul 13, 2024 9:14 amGate open @4

Thank you!!

Quick report, Im beat! Dawned it with another Barrett lover Dan and after a slow start things got interesting. Dan got 3 quick frog blow ups in mid Pine but couldn’t stick any. Big explosions tho. I retired my frog for a senko pretty quick and got on the board. Tried black n blue and it worked all ...

Well, it started out kind of rough, but it ended up being a good day. At zero dark thirty, there was a howling wind from the south south east. I tried my usual places but the wind was so strong that I would fly by anything perpendicular and into anything parallel before a proper cast was complete ...

Well, more of that early morning wind from the west. Started out with Chuck and Steve right on time at 0430. Wind wasn't as bad, but certainly noticeable. We all headed more or less to Hauser, but I got tired of the wind and went to the calm side of the main lake. Mix of poppers, whopper ploppers ...