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I got super lucky this afternoon at San V. After catching a bunch of bass on dropshots, I decided to target a few panfish laate in the day based on my meter readings and WHAMO, blessed with a tanker panfish, a 4.2 lb. redear.

She was caught on 2 lb line and a piece of nightcrawler, 18 feet deep on ...

Got to the lake early, caught 12 bass, 3 bullgill.
Bass were all over them crawlers.
On the trailer heading home by 11:30
Caught a few on plastic worms as well.
Bluegill pictures the biggest 2.01.

The bass didnt make it, put it in the livewell. To see if it would revive her,was bleeding pretty bad..
People say they dont like the taste of bass, but my 60yrs experience is mild flavor. But my family cooks wild game..
People dont like duck either, but my duck jerky dont last long.
Marinade in ...

For the past month I think I placed a few orders online for crappie stuff (sorry bass no budget left for you). Most of the items are new and a few just replenished old stock. I think end up getting closer to 20 bags of plastics. Really have hope of some items like Zman stuffs, Slab Hunt’r and ...

I will kick of this forum with the 1st post. I had been fishing South San Diego Bay for the last few month, had the quantity but not the quality of spotties. Got 29 spotties, 1 mackerel, 1 corvina and 1 halibut (18") float tubing yesterday. The spotties were nice sized for a change, several in the ...

So I butterflied out a dorado to cook for my family's early labor day party. It's not a true zarrandeado since I didn't do it over hot coals but 45 min on the smoker and a few on the grill for some color does the trick.

All pads and d rings glued on, motor, battery, fish finder and rod holders mounted. Fold up wheels installed. Swing away bait tray mounted. Yep, she's ready for her maiden voyage tomorrow.

Dear Fishing Enthusiasts,

On behalf of the Skyline Ranch RV & Campground, I extend a warm invitation to all the passionate fishermen and women who have reservations for a fishing expedition at Barrett Lake. As an avid fishing enthusiast myself, I understand the thrill and joy that comes with ...

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

Been a stranger lately, but c'est la vie. Hope B was good for the junkies, the junkies in progress, and the new folk this season. It truly is a special place for numerous reasons.

I visited my youtube page for the first time in quite a while. Looks like Ive got almost ten years of flicks on that ...

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 ...

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

Fishing Buddy Dan flew over yesterday on his way to Florida. Looks nice and full. The city website said 88% as of a week ago.

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.

We had a great time at Baccarac and it's true, my best fish was caught on a popper. Love those things. Chuck caught some big fish on the popper, but got the fish of the trip on a crankbait. He only had one of this squarebill, so everytime he'd get hung up, it was kind of stressful to get it back ...

For those that are going on Sunday, you can catch them on your favorite ways. Senkos, underspins, flukes, jerk baits, darker chater baits, rattle traps. No top water action or shad busting yet. Lake is full. Water is about 59-62 and very clear. Fish are on the bank to about 12' water.They are in ...

Tons of email will help. When they were getting ready to close the lakes during Covid, we organized CARFA and started an email campaign to keep the lakes open. So many fisherman sent emails to the mayor and city council , they told me to tell the group to stop the emails as they were getting flooded ...

Saturday was pretty excellent. It was one of those, 'pick your favorite bait' and go at it.

I will say though, that after speaking to most of the guys there, there were a few that got both numbers and size.

Had a decent day fishing flylined pumpkin/purple senkos while the girl tossed reapers. Caught 25 fish between us that included a beast bluegill, a solid crappie, and 3 of the 23 bass in the 3-4lb class. The lake is setting up for a rockin year!!

MaxZmus wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:28 pm So which part of the lake were you guys assigned to?

Hauser. We headed for Echo Cove and basically stayed there all day. Not prolific numbers but breeze-protected and a steady bite. Lunch by the waterfall didn’t hurt either. Heard Pine was the best zone on Saturday.