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After consulting the regulars and reports, the plan was to go deeper for more quality over quantity today. Brought my floating Garmin Striker to watch our depths and it definitely seemed like the fish in 15-20 were better. The calm glassy morning in Pine kicked out nice ones mostly on 4” senkos. My ...

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We are getting to the end of the Barrett season, only a couple more days of the lake being open. Got there around 0500 and it was a pretty packed lot at pigs, so everyone was getting their last casts in, I'd guess. Air temp was cool, water temp was 71-72F. Maybe a little breeze occasionally, but ...

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Hey all! It is that time of year again, finally!
Last year prior to the end of the Barrett Season I went about getting a private fishing day for a nonprofit that I do hundreds of hours of volunteer time per year. The Educational Martial Arts System. It gives ...

Wasn’t the entry fee or cost to attend (fish) was about $300-$400 and was that per person or per boat?


There are a number of private fundraiser events scheduled before the opener. They went from $250 per person up to $3000 for a package. That was not what I wanted to do. I wanted to raise money ...

Had a lot of fun with my buddy Max yesterday at Barrett. We got 108 between us with Max getting the majority of them. One of the highlights of the day was him coaching me on jig fishing which produced the bigger models.

Edit: I almost forgot to mention that BigC is too humble to toot his own horn so I’ll gladly oblige. This Barrett prefish was made possible thanks to BigC and the others that donated to this organization.

https://ectlc.org/events/barrett-lake-bass-fishing-fundraiser/


Thanks again for the invite ...

WOW......Great job out there guys!
You were in some great company BigC fishing with Max. Getting jiggly with it eh?
Looks like you will adding a lot of new baits(jigs) to your arsenal. I worry about
those bass in Minnesota when you start enticing them with no doubt a big selection
of jigs. Thank ...

Hi all,

Continuing a proper weekend of fishing, I got to go to Lake Barrett today as part of charity fundraiser for Cast Hope. Weather looked like it could be any combination of things at 0400. Turns out it was. Drizzled on the way down. We got let in around 0530 and made our way out. Water temp ...

The lake hasn't opened yet. It's opening May7th.

Our Foundation, San Diego Anglers Foundation, brought Wounded Warriors to Barrett today and it was wide open. We fished from 7 am to 2:30. Every boat caught between 75 to 144 fish. Lots of these guys had never caught a bass before and they left the lake feeling like experts. It was a heavy overcast ...

Why wasn't the lake open May 3 and 4?


The lake has always opened on the first Wednesday in May. It is the only time it will be open on the first Wednesday of any month. As far as reports. The one from Monday May 5th by dwaynesda is the latest and should provide a great insight of what’s in ...

Hi all,

Barrett is open for 2025 and it looks to be a promising season. Got on the water around 0500 and pedaled across the lake. Air temp was a chilly 50F, but the water was 62.5 F. First fish for me came 0517, Chuck had already gotten several by then on a jig. I was using a texas rig lizard and ...

Jose let us in @4:30, line went all the way to the road outside. Mad rush to the water but everyone was friendly. Started with a couple on jig and swim bait, then it was top water ALL day. The popper when it was nice and calm, buzz bait through the grass area, crawler and frog got them too. No ...

Plastics and jigs were the magic ticket for sure. It was just so much fun to have the topwater work this early. I like your first photo showing the flotilla of kayaks heading out. Kind of photo you put on a wall as artwork, I'd think.

That 1st pic is awesome.

Elaztech baits and I have a love hate relationship.

My Pros; They last for so long and have good buoyancy when you want a slower rate of fall.
My Cons; Hard to rig, and they don't play nice with other plastics and silicone. So you have to keep them away for all your ...

KillinTime wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 1:08 pm
they don't play nice with other plastics and silicone. So you have to keep them away for all your other soft baits and skirts.

I hate when you find that out too late

That’s some solid angling there.

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Launched out of a boat on opening day

Alot of caos with parking since there was no electricity on the boat dock and alot of people trying to launch kayak/tube @ the boat dock area. I saw someone get hit by a truck in reverse with the chaos ...

It finally happened for me, I had one of the absolutely epic days that Barrett is known for. Started going last year and had some solid days but this was on a totally different level. Pretty much non-stop bites all day. Don’t know what my total count was but it had to have been pushing 100. All day ...