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I live pretty close by all entry ways to the gate. Ill take a drive this evening to let you all know the status of what I find.

I have tickets for Sunday. Fingers crossed the roads open. Will be checking in later tonight.

Here's the latest on Watch Duty. https://app.watchduty.org/i/55366

or you can go to Cal Fire and see it's 60% contained and forward progress has been stopped. Our firefighters are pretty amazing.

Both ways I went were closed this evening. Doesn't look like it'll be much longer before they open it though.

Gd morning

StinkyPinky23 wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 5:13 pm Can’t believe people are willing to pay $185 before fees. You can catch 20-30+ fish right now at most city lakes if you figure it out. You know, for the normal lake fees…

I can’t believe the normal lake fees…

Dfishin, When you say you went both ways, Do you mean both ways from the 94 side , Skyline and Lyons valley ? or did you go all the way around to the Hwy 8 side and try Japatul Valley ? I am Fishing tomorrow and trying to Decide my Route.

Right now if you go to that site and click on the Blue Square with circle it says roads closed to all but Residents. A little earlier on another site it said 100% contained but road still closed for emergency and 1st responder use only. Unless I wake up to a different story. I'll be making the much ...

Hey guys, just got home from Barrett. Roads are fully open now.

Yea I agree!

But it was the stupid driver of that big ass white SUV that was blocking the rest of the pathway!

I suggest they should put red cones or some other items on that side of the rock wall.

That driver of that white vehicle might have been with his son I’m not 100% sure but we were ...

The inconsiderateness of people at Barrett is just next level this season. I don't know if it's like this at all freshwater fisheries now or specific to Barrett but it's exhausting.

The way people park and the way a huge portion of kayakers just roll up within literally spitting distance of your ...

I know that there was a note left on the vehicles telling them not to park that way in the future. As far as Im concerned that should be parking for disabled/handicap people only. Not even yak/tube launchers, go to pigs like everyone else. Just my opinion......

Hand each one of them a rod and reel, loaded with a barbless bait and fish from the dock to get excited especially if they’re not fisherman’s.

Make a single exemption if they don’t possess a fishing license.

The idea is to get them hooked (yes, pun was intended).

Yahoo here. :roll:
That was my white SUV that blocked the road. Total mistake, I apologize. This was our first Barrett trip to fish this year.
I hunt waterfowl here often during the winter and last time I was here (February for the youth hunt), the lake was much lower and there was no road beyond ...

Just a Reminder from lake Staff. There is no Wednesday Fishing Tomorrow

3 cars once again lined up awkwardly parked on the bottom area to the point you'd nearly have to drive through the water to get past them (and cars had already parked past where the worst parked car was). I never park down there anyway but still just so inconsiderate of people.

And shout out to the ...

Just wondering when september tickets went on sale. The way I understood it was tickets go on sale the 2nd tuesday of the month prior.

My intention was to get a boat on 9/27 but there are no more boat reservations. :cry:

did something change? or did I miss something? I'm a little disapointed and ...

Thanks! Yea I guess it just sucks to be us. I have a group of 6 guys and we wanted to reserve 2 boats for 9/27. That’s the only day we can go in September unfortunately and we were planning on getting the tickets when they were supposed to to on sale.

Hi Jay, nice chatting with you!

I didn't have any cavities from my dental visit haha, whewwww!

But yea, it’s your lucky day and glad you were able to score BOTH tickets (9/27) from me!

Dave

When was the last time the City did an overdue fix to the ruts on the dirt path?

For the prices everyone is paying they neglected to grade down those bone jarring, vehicle vibrating, suspension breaking and teeth rattling conditions.

Our last trip out, we saw a truck that almost lost his yak ...