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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 ...

For me it was any TOP WATER bait,frog,wake bait,spooks,plopper,buzzbait, googan popper, pompadour crawler, i-wing 135, Raid crawler, bigger bait
bigger fish. I used to fish senkos a lot,but now it's mostly top water, that explosions is awesome. The numbers are not what i usually go for but welcome ...

Mine is the Strike King Bitsy Bug with the Berkley Fatty Craw trailer. I’ve always liked jigs there but this year seemed even better for me. Normally I throw a Chartreuse Double Willow Spinnerbait too but the muck this year kept that one back.

Friday update: This situation with all these increases is real, and it is being discussed and proposed as we speak. If u do not live in the City please contact the Mayors office thru the City of SD website. You can "send me a message" or "request a meeting". I requested a meeting,lets see what ...

Early release, I am trying to get the steps I took to find the Staff Report(1/25/2025) that I am getting this info from. It is tricky navigating thru the City website trying to find it. Stay tuned. Meanwhile I sent a email to Hooman and the Mayor about the debacle that took place opening day at ...

OK here is the process to either comment or login via zoom to the Monday meeting:

City of SD Official Website
Scroll down to Calender> Meetings>Feb 10th(6pm)>Special City Council> Upcoming>2/10/25>Monday agenda revised
scroll down to comment or join the webinar(zoom).......WOW.....good luck.

TommyP

I got my moment of fame last night before the City Council, actually it was pretty cool. There must have been a lot of participation because they divide the time they allocate by the number of people either calling in, zooming, or appearing live. The result was 1 minute per comment, I got cut off ...

The fight continues.....I guess this is what retirement is all about. I requested a 1 on 1 with the Mayor and yesterday received an email that the request was granted.....just waiting for the date and time from his office. Stay tuned.

TommyP

I had an hour plus meeting with the Community Rep from the Mayors office. She was VERY attentive and took lots of notes besides all the visuals I had for her. She formats all the info and passes it up the chain of command. Keep in mind the issues I am addressing concern Barrett only. I really have ...

It seems like this post has gotten on a fish-count track, all well and fine, but I think it started due to old catch pics being included or even other lakes. Then yesterday a video was posted as this weekend and the lake was obviously higher than it is this year. The road down to the dock, parking ...

Hey Bob,

First off, I’m really sorry to hear about your wife’s health. I’ve personally been through similar situations and know how overwhelming it can be. Wishing you both strength and healing. It’s great that you’re still finding time to fish—it’s a great escape.

Now, about Barrett Lake—it’s ...

I wonder if the profit margin for Wednesdays during the hot months no longer are acceptable enough to keep it open during that time.

I thought I read here that Wednesdays during those months you can practically walk in and get a ticket at the gate.


Maybe the tube/kayak tix. The boats have ...

Happy pre Barrett day!!!!!!!

Looks like the fires in that area closed the road to the gate. Does anyone have anything from Ticketmaster about refunds?

FishinDog989 wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 10:01 am Do you know this for sure? I tried to call San Diego Lakes, but they get voicemail and they probably won’t get back to me in time.

According to Cal Fire, both ways to get to the gate are closed.

Good news they already down graded evacuation order to warnings!!!!!!! They should have this fire out before tomorrow hopefully