San Diego & SoCal Fishing Forums

Barrett from Saturday 7-8. Morning bite a little tough for us but once they started busting in the middle of Hauser it was on. Throw into a boil and its cant miss. Better quality fish came mostly shallower. Busters lasted around 2 hours tops.Enjoy the clip I put together. https://youtu.be/7zztgKmuLzE

Barrett will be closed on 8/20/23 due to the Storm.
All of the City of San Diego Lakes will be closed on Sunday8/20/23 and Monday8/21/23

One time my buddy ended up at the border looking for the lake.. I think we had like 30 by the time he got there>>>

Thanks all! First trip to Barrett was a success, and now I know why the hype! Absolutely the best first time experience ever

Just confirmed from the City(Bryan Norris).....opening day is Wednesday May 1st...........tickets go on sale Tuesday April 9th. Also Bryan wanted me to mention that they have received the last of the new motors last season, that means that we need to take care of these as they will be the last ones ...

Welps, looks I just donated some money to the DFW.

You can go onto the same site you applied and sign in, then there's a pull down for Draw Applications, and then Calendar Based Draw Results, the a pull down for 2024 SHARE Fishing Permits Applications. There you will see if you are in.


THANKS FOR THIS! No go for me on the 5th... fingers crossed ...

The ball and chain just won the 7th!! Hopefully she will take me!

Thanks for the post, can't wait!!!

619bassin wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:05 pm Thanks for the post, can't wait!!!

Hey Chuck…Heard you hit Baccarac recently. Sounded very fun. You are setting the stage for an epic 2024!!

pierguy wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:29 am Wow sorry to hear about everyone’s bad luck, the question does anyone know who did get the lucky draw?

My fiancé got the 7th. Incidentally she always wins an entry in the monthly boat draws when the rest of us guys get skunked. Sent her to buy a lottery ticket yesterday too

Yes Bacarrac was fun! Dave got his PB and we're already thinking about next year, anyone interested just pm me and i'll give you the details.
Barrett will be awesome again.

619bassin wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:04 pm Yes Bacarrac was fun! Dave got his PB and we're already thinking about next year, anyone interested just pm me and i'll give you the details.
Barrett will be awesome again.

That is so tempting! Before I’m done I want to hit Baccarac, El Salto, or Guerrero at least once.

I doubt that I will volunteer my money in the future. I don't mind losing $14, I mind that they don't respect our donation enough to at least let us know we lost. I have been "ghosted" by CDFW.


The draw results are pretty easy to find posted on their website.

https://i.imgur.com/3NZwC22.jpeg ...

A friend that works for California Waterfowl Association sent me this. My apologies in advance because it is a bit long. The point of it all is we need as many people as possible to email San Diego's Mayor about not cutting the funding for Barrett Lake. The focus of the letter is waterfowl but if ...

Does any else carry a emergency barrett lake kit? To me its important to come prepared especially in barrett ...
Things in my kit.....
Basic tools,Emergency pancho , Emergency blanket, Venom kit, lighter, solar battery charger, couple head lights,first aid kit..

Still Need to get a .....emergency ...

Yea very interested to hear how it goes!


Pine was fine, but hear Hauser was too. We got on some schools busting bait up against rocky steeps and did most of our damage on reapers and minnows on small ball jigs. Biggest 3.3lbs. But also got some with senkos outside the first brush line. 44 for ...

Thank you for taking the time to write all that information, it's very helpful!

#1, do you think we can get there a 0700 and still get a boat? Or is the person who manages the boats only there at a certain time?
#2, I found this in that same brochure, so hopefully it will be fine. "Lures allowed ...

In my opinion fishing without barbs is actually great i personally hate to hurt fish and when a fish gets a hook in the eye or gut its sooooo much easier to take out not to mention that when you do get poked its comes out easy too. Keep this mind... the more rules you break the more risk it is for ...