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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.

I tried to mimic what the Bassmaster guys were doing with a jig head minnow and did quite well on it this season. I even took my daughter out to the B for the first time and she ended up catching 13 keepers, three crappie, and too many micro dinks to count.

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 ...

Just saw an alarming article in the UT today, front page. City Council wants to take rates up for Barrett another 34% for users. From $30.00 to $45.00! I have a call out to Bryan Norris(619.668.2014) for clarifications.......stay tuned. Meanwhile please don't hesitate to call your local City Council ...

Quick update Junkies......Just spoke with Bryan, this is way above his pay grade. All of the info is available for public view on the City of SD website...."Public Utilities Fiscal Year 2026 User Fees". In the overview it says "a comprehensive user fee study every three to five years" We just went ...

Thank you TommyP for this information. I couldn't find the proposal anywhere on the website, I must be looking in the wrong place. Barrett is an amazing place and we should let our voices be heard. I'm more worried that they might slowly ( or not ) price the access out of reach to close the lake and ...

Early release, I am trying to get the steps I took to find the Staff Report(1/25/2025) that I am getting this info from. It is tricky navigating thru the City website trying to find it. Stay tuned. Meanwhile I sent a email to Hooman and the Mayor about the debacle that took place opening day at ...

I got my moment of fame last night before the City Council, actually it was pretty cool. There must have been a lot of participation because they divide the time they allocate by the number of people either calling in, zooming, or appearing live. The result was 1 minute per comment, I got cut off ...

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

The increases, according to the Staff Report, 1/25/2025, Public Utilities FY 2026 User Fees, are for what they call 0 cost recovery. That simply means what it costs to run the lake 1 year with no profits. Keep in mind they just increased the fees in 2023, example they took the daily permits from $20 ...

Just like home insurance. Barrett bump plus the next 30% increase after palisades fire, I’m just going to start making casts in the back yard…

With all these “legal” protests that happen all over the nation, I ponder what it would be like to show up with a 1000 fisherman and protest Barrett with ...

The online petition is a great idea....there has to be a Junkie out there who can start this going? Remember this is Barrett they are trying to F..K with!

TommyP

Ps I have invited all the City Council members for a personal visit to Barrett, stay tuned.