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Back to Barrett 6-21
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2026 7:49 pm
by tomnilll
Like a few others, I went on Father's day with my son! (He doesn't fish much so it was his gift to me) Took the canoe and the wind got the best of us...also there was a rest stop beaching event where I may or may not have ended up in the lake...my gift to my son...
Anyway, he caught the first fish...
And then to be nice, he let me catch the rest...biggest one should have been a 5lber, but must have missed the lunch truck.
Picked up a few more and even got one near the dock at the end of the day.
Overall it was a good day with the boy!
Re: Back to Barrett 6-21
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2026 8:06 pm
by JWall
Hard to beat a Father/Son fishing day!!
Re: Back to Barrett 6-21
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2026 10:32 am
by galen
Have only fished Barrett twice about a decade ago. Is there an explanation for the poor health of some of the fish this year?
Re: Back to Barrett 6-21
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2026 4:36 pm
by falafeluver
Topic has been fairly discussed recently, read the other postings in other threads.
Re: Back to Barrett 6-21
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2026 5:43 pm
by MaxZmus
galen wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2026 10:32 am
Have only fished Barrett twice about a decade ago. Is there an explanation for the poor health of some of the fish this year?
Lack of shad and silversides.
Re: Back to Barrett 6-21
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2026 4:04 pm
by KillinTime
Same thing happened back in the late 90s when the threadfin died off. If its as bad as back then, the fish health will get much worst. They were paper thin and you could not even lip them without hearing their jaws crunch. No fight in them ether, just dead weight. They would not hit reaching baits and most everything was caught on finesse baits.
Funny thing, they used threadfin from San V to repopulate and now San V has no threadfin.
