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You can get by with a 12V Tiller Steering. A low thrust gets the job done. Bring a piece of wood to help clamp on to the side of the boat so you can mount near the front of the boat. Like a 1 X 2 type of cut board. When I wanted less thrust and a constant on (shifting in and out of gear all the time ...

Get the EZ Mount on Amazon... Makes it an easy setup on these rentals.

Yes, besides two heavily fortified gates there are real-time game cameras all the way up to that ranch and throughout the ranch. Don’t even try.

I have had numerous days with 100 plus fish. Those day are reaction baits only. Stay away for plastic baits that presented slowly. Work hard at it and keep casting! Cranks, Jerks, Spinner, topwaters get it done!


Would concur for the most part but every now and then….was kicking my buddy’s ass ...

All depends if you want numbers or want to slow roll a hudd or fish a bigger glide out in deeper waters. I like to fish a trip or two throwing the regulars at them and get my fill with numbers. Then the rest of the trips, dedicate throwing the big baits. They bite the big baits. You may not get ...

Even though I have not fished Barrett for years, I know that there are many guys who catch and have caught huge numbers of bass.
Reaction baits probably help bring the numbers of bass in like KillinTime mentioned above. Regarding the
fish reports....when others see those high numbers, in some ...

Many people have mentioned that the best time to catch fish at Barrett is from opening to closing.

The first hour of the day, you have a lot of variables in your favor, which makes the catching easier. If fish are busting, you've already located them, which is half the battle.

As the sun goes up ...

I'm not convinced that Barrett is a great "dark" lake, but it may be that I am not a great ( or even good) dark fisherman. Overall, the numbers are clearly there at Barrett, there's enough people who do put up impressive numbers but they do it over the course of the day. My experience is that you ...

Agree on the split shot. Old school. Pinch the lighter round shot, like a 4 or 5 size, about 15 inches up the line. Where Camobass looks to be fishing deeper, my lighter shot stays higher in the water column longer and often gets bit on the fall. I am however in contact with the bottom plenty and ...

Why worry? Just crimp em down. Will save a fish on a gut hook and you on a skin poke. And as DarkShadow said, they are sneaky lil devils.

JWall wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2024 12:27 pm Why worry? Just crimp em down. Will save a fish on a gut hook and you on a skin poke.

I think this is the first time anyone has asked this question regarding Barrett.

"If im trying to rob a bank, how can i tell if the cops are around?"

"Uh, how about not rob a bank?"

Haha, how about not robbing a bank?

Just crimp your barbs, have a license, and don't have fish in your bucket.

Pretty simple. Then u don't have to worry about what the rangers look like, eh? Ridiculous.

They all have been more than friendly.

Last time I saw them, they were in Hawaiian shirts, floppy hats and rods from a 1970 garage sale with no line strung through the guides running around in a rental boat

Fisheromen told me about the digital scale from China on eBay, was like $1.99, works great. Not to own one? PRICELESS. I order 3 at a time, they get lost, break, etc., nice to have backup, just in case.

We (some posters here) usually have fun grossly underestimating weights when folks catch a ...

PPPS I would have tied a string on the fish (made a 'stringer') and kept it in the lake til someone came along w/ a scale, fish like that don't come along but once in a lifetime for most bass fishermen. In fact, very few ever get on over 6 or 7 (southern states heavier overall of course).

That’s the 55lb bass that used to be mounted on the wall at Barrett junction cafe …RIP

We got May 10th and May 17th - boat tickets- funny thing was the tickets went thru after 3 min.?

We were late to draw and got them! I heard this from last year and tried it again and worked!

I think what happens is the system overloads with 10,001 hits coming in and jams it. Wait 3 min. and bam ...

It boggles my mind why someone would feel the need to post a fake report- especially Barrett?

It’s Barrett, it’s an amazing fishery.

Maybe some feel they need to embellish numbers like lost count over 100… maybe insecurities, justifying far drives from out of town with a lot of expenses? Who ...

Another one (youtube) went up after this weekend. Maybe time for the admins to step in. The group here is looking for helpful intel, not videos begging for views or bragging stories.

As a barrett regular i agree with you brotha .... I usually just tell they don't mike long yourself lol..also catching 100 fish a day is doable last month david and I diff had about 100 fish each but not all we keepers, unless its on video, picture, or somebody well known says it I dont really ...