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Wow. 6.2. I fished for 4 1/2 hours Wednesday afternoon. Caught 17, a few 3-pounders, a few 2-pounders, and several 1-pounders. All senkos and roboworms. Mostly Hauser. Went to end of Hauser. Weird. All of this growth about 3 feet below the surface for several hundred yards. No action. Very cloudy ...

Hit it on Saturday the 13th, prepping for our 2 day charter leaving Monday on the New Lo An. Started at Pigs worked all the way down to the rocks picking up bass the whole way down.

This time we brought our lunch/drinks with us on our tubes and we stopped at the Pine/ Houser junction. After lunch ...

Three trips to Barrett this year totaled about 250 LMB for me and Max. A little tougher today as we landed about 60 including a four pounder and a three pounder. Most of the fish though were what we affectionately call jumbo dinks. Tried topwater in the morning to no avail. We got most of our fish ...

Big C. That was you I saw. Nice 4 lber. I watched you land that one good job. I thought you were Jwall and told Shawnster you were jwall and he jetted over to say high, my bad.

See ya next year!

Didn't get there at the open around 6. Shawnster and Theo launching also. I decided to head to Pine. That was not good for me. Saw Big C and Max. Watched Big C land his 4 lber. I headed out to Becky's and so did Shawn. Becky's not producing as it was lined with yak. So I headed to main lake and ...

Fifty pretty darn good.

Started off doing the normal stuff along the bank. A few fish but nothing to get excited about. We switched tactics to off the bank, deeper water and started throwing HookUp Baits off the bank in 15 to 20 ft of water. Game on. We ended up with 80 fish throwing 1/8 oz colors of Ice and Green Pumpkin ...

Thanks for the report. The fish under the boat I have been doing all season. It seems weird you don't need to cast out to get them.

Renting the same 16ft boat from the other SD lakes($100 all day)is still cheaper than Barrett. And the fishing permit is only $8 compared to $45 for Barrett. But we all still pony up the extra cost to fish and actually catch double,triple numbers of bass that you can't at our local lakes. Count down ...

It was truly a great day. I found a whole bunch on different bottom contact stuff. Jig, Neko, Thin Senko, Lizard and Free Rig all caught for me. Loving the new Terrova on my Kayak, spot lock is a game changer!

Was awesome to see and fish with everyone! Man I love Barrett!

Just how did all of you guys get to access pre-season fishing? I’m stoked for you, but also incredibly envious! Looks like a fantastic day.

All in all it was an amazing day!!

Nice job and great pics!
Tight lines always my friend.

Just joined SDfish

I was out there on Sunday in my kayak. I hadn't fished Barrett in about ~10yrs. I caught plenty of fish and my biggest was 3.1. So grateful to be able to get the invite and I'll be trying to get back out there some more when it opens to the general public.

Hi guys, I thought I'd post a @Pourboy video of the recent TEMAS charity event he hosted at Barrett. What an awesome day!

JWall wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2026 10:25 am Outstanding video of an outstanding day!! Note to all…if we wore hats as stylish as Dannicus we would catch bigger fish too

Pretty sure this is true....

Nice video only thing missing is Me.

If you’re selling a boat ticket any day please pick me! Shawn 858-472-7701

Anyone willing to sell a boat ticket for the 28th? I would love to buy it.