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All you can eat cod. Best you could find anywhere. That place was there since the 30’s or 40’s. My dad said it used to be the place to be in the 50’s. They had live music and dancing. I used to try and make it there once a month until they closed. It’s a shame they made it all that time and then ...

I throw my stuff in the same spot every time so I always know where everything is on the boat. Don't need anything fancy to organize it. I use the trolling motor in reverse 90%+ of the day and just treat the back of the boat like the front of the boat once the outboard's off. Already enough work to ...

Sadly no, planning to buy a kayak in the future but as of right now either shoreline or if anyone is interested in selling there boat t ticket

It was fairly easy to grab boat tickets for the rest of September! Got tickets for either a Saturday or a Sunday and going every weekend but most of all, the last Saturday for the year!

Knock 'em dead! Make them remember you all off season long.

Thank you all for your excellent advice. Our tickets are for Saturday and we can’t wait!

Let us know how you do! Personally, I love hearing people's first time experience at Barrett.

Get a mini 100ah. Better to have and not need.

We had an amazing first time. This place was pretty unbelievable. It may have ruined fishing for us anywhere else. My son described it like a video game of catching.

Everyone was so super friendly and helpful. Without the advice and generosity of everyone I don’t think we would we would have had ...

Were you guys the foursome leaving the dock around 3ish to head back out? If yes, you were asking all the right questions and seemed to have a great plan in place already. As for where to fish, the dock can have plenty of action but 99% of the Barrett experience is out on the lake. Finding a hot ...

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this info.

JWall wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2024 3:11 pm Just found at East County Bait n Tackle in Lakeside. Bought the last pack however.

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

You just go to the lake and someone will greet you there and check your name off the list. You have to drive on a dirt road for about 10-15 minutes ( depending on how you drive ) and they will likely be parked right before the pigs turnoff. There's a yellow gate on the main road and it says Barrett ...

Ok now that the 2024 Barrett Lake fishing season is officially over and in the books, what was your best SECRET lure or bait used?

As many of the veteran fisherperson recall a few years ago, the Yamamoto Senko worm was the hottest ticket to get your 30-40-50-80 plus single per person fish count ...

9in worm and a 5in lizard ....

Not a secret for us. We chase busters and we only got em good once, We were chasing 3 or 4 schools for hours. Our best numbers were 140, 110, and 107 but for the most part ended like everyone else's numbers in the 60's. Topwaters and irons(5 and 7 gram). Brand did not matter.

Disappointed to see ...

Mine was a Keitech Mad Wag slim in the 4.5, green pumpkin. I had discovered this bait about 2 or 3 years ago, and it has absolutely wrecked fish when other baits weren't producing.

I loved it so much, i bought all 75 or so packs from TackleWarehouse one day when they put them on sale for $1.99, and ...

My favorite this year was a popper. I used the Googan one, but the Megabass PopMax one was also a good one for me. The best blowups came for me on the Pompadour though. And of course the #5 and #7 floating Rapala, which is my go to bait.

For me it was any TOP WATER bait,frog,wake bait,spooks,plopper,buzzbait, googan popper, pompadour crawler, i-wing 135, Raid crawler, bigger bait
bigger fish. I used to fish senkos a lot,but now it's mostly top water, that explosions is awesome. The numbers are not what i usually go for but welcome ...

Mine is the Strike King Bitsy Bug with the Berkley Fatty Craw trailer. I’ve always liked jigs there but this year seemed even better for me. Normally I throw a Chartreuse Double Willow Spinnerbait too but the muck this year kept that one back.