San Diego & SoCal Fishing Forums

I live pretty close by all entry ways to the gate. Ill take a drive this evening to let you all know the status of what I find.

Gd morning

Skyline is closed as of 6:45am sheriff said turn around and
Go to lyons valley this is reaper boy dad is driving

Hey guys, just got home from Barrett. Roads are fully open now.

Just a Reminder from lake Staff. There is no Wednesday Fishing Tomorrow

Hard to believe the season’s already over. This was our third year of bass fishing, and it all started with our first trip to Barrett. Funny enough, I think the fishing was actually better in 2023 and 2024 than it was this year, but my numbers tell a different story. First season I was averaging ...

Pull the current C&R only. no live bait regulations. Period.

Install the Statewide 12 inch/5 fish bag limit so anglers can help manage the fishery properly through harvest. Less starving fish that eat discarded plastics because it's an easier "meal". The lake is only open 3 days a week 5 months out ...

Got to the lake at midnight and already 8 cars in front of me. The launch at pigs was smooth do to the high water. Parking was limited, don’t go pass the bathroom cause there’s no room to back up.
To the fishing, the lake is unrecognizable, water level looks full, the island towards Hauser isn’t ...

Shut out for opener on Wed but got a tube spot Sat
Lake 90% full almost to the top of the spillway.
Parking at pigs limited to porta potty and back.
Lost of new shoreline to explore.
Lots of kayakers and tubers, Nascar launch at pigs point in the dark, running wide open in the moonlight.
Got a ...

Thanks for the report!

Alright - gave the fluff chuckers ample time to sign up - 10 spots left before we max out at 60. You conventional guys are now welcome to fill those last spots. Go to: https://www.sandiegoflyfishers.com/barrett-lake-outing

First time here since last year. Water level was stupid high! Been fishing Barrett for 12 years, and never has it been so high! Also, 36 degrees at 4:45AM! Had 8 or 10 fish before 6:00 a.m. on senkos. Hauser, then moved slowly toward the back picking here and there. Hadn't used a drop shot in about ...

I promised I'd post more on here when it got brought back so here's the scoop from Sunday! Got a late start on the water around 2. Started out trying some new tactics with squarebills around pigs for no love. Tried the ned for a bit with a few short bites. Switched to the fly rod and headed up the ...

Thanks for the report! That bass was probably tagged as part of CDFW’s SHARE program last year. I know they had a couple days tagging bass out there.

https://wildlife.ca.gov/Hunting/SHARE#51518734-fishing

The contact info about the fisheries side of that program is in the link, I’m sure they’d ...

Yeah, fish were really tight.On the shallow points, I observed bass stocking blue gill and baby bass. Observed some deeper bed fish. Water is pretty clear in the main lake. There are definitely wolf packs in open water crushing Shad. My wife got a few casting out deep on drop shot in the wolf packs ...

Got skunked at Barrett… just kidding haha. I ended up with 8 in the boat. Lost a bunch close to the boat. Between me and 2 buddies that went, we ended up with 35. One buddy caught 7 slabs of crappies on a fly setup with dragon flies. In the morning, the jerk bait bite was good. I caught a few on a ...

Thanks for the Report...!

Nice car and a half width, smooth clean “ramp” into the water. Water is above where the road used to take a hard left into the cove. All the parking is perpendicular to the cove, leaving pigs main road into the water open. People were mostly wheeling kayaks to the ramp. Some guys backed up at the ...

Thanks for the report!

Thanks for the report! I'll be out there tomorrow.