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Things were a grind today at the Murr. I fished for 6 hours, and located some large schools in 40+ feet of water. They were suspended 7-10 feet from the bottom. I dropped everything in my box on their heads with nary a nibble.

Finally I switched over to ultralight gear and managed to bring in 3 ...

Billy Senko says 4-inch Yama Senko BB #305 and or 4-inch Daiwa Yamamoto Neko Fat Worm BB #305-weightless Texas rigged 3/0 Gamakatsu O'Shaughnessy Bend Offset Worm Hook Bronze. Barrett 26 fish in one spot. That day they would not bite anything else and that was not the only time for that scenario ...

Go to bait?

It was cold when I woke up and had not planned to go fishing as my goal was to stay warm...ha ha. Anyway as the morning dragged
on it started to wear on me and it was well after 9a.m. and I decided to load up some gear and hit the SD River for a few hours. Had
a jacket on, but it warmed up enough ...

Got to go where you have some action and you
have had some pretty fun times down there. Yeah,there will be times everywhere the bite
slows down, but that's what makes it fun at times....accepting a challenge. For me, the
SD River is a challenge even though it is very slow, but feels good to even ...

Biggest bass I've hooked at Murray in a while. He bit on a black Senko with blue flakes. I flipped ot to the edge of the tullies and let it sink. Never even felt the bite, but my line took off so I set I set the hook. I just barely got him turned. He almost buried himself in the reeds.
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My new reel arrived yesterday. I pre-ordered it over a month ago. It's an Ark Gravity BFS reel. I paired it with a Ray Fishing 7 ft Tarantula finesse rod, and spooled it with 6lb. nanobraid and a 6lb. flourocarbon leader.

If you'd have told me yesterday that I could cast a tiny 1/16 oz. (or smaller ...

For me, it's either a dropshot bold bluegill colored Roboworm, or a standard 5" Senko Texas rigged weightless (Dark colored on overcast or stained water, or green pumpkin in almost any conditions).

1/2 ounce football jig with a craw style trailer, twin tail, rage craw, or flappin hog. Also an lv500...... top lv500 is my lucky one, bottom one is a new one.....

The chocolate/ blue vein worm. Still one of my main colors. Works in any lake and any water clarity. Absolutely love throwing a crawdad color lipless crankbait from now through the spawn!

CorsoEnthusiast wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:20 am Brushhog on a Carolina rig is is a favorite bait of guys who fish El Cap regularly. The smaller baby Brushhogs also slay

Well I bought Brush Hogs. Would have fished them today, but wussed out because of the rain. I got all 3 sizes of them lol

An observation or two from this thread…once again the pro’s in this forum are most generous and giving of hard-earned advice and second, this thread may have boosted the local tackle economy significantly

An observation or two from this thread…once again the pro’s in this forum are most generous and giving of hard-earned advice and second, this thread may have boosted the local tackle economy significantly 😂


Every time I read about a "go-to bait" on this post, I wonder why I am not using it or ...

and Happy New Year.

Cool. Jig bass! Gonna have to meet up and fish. Im usually between Calexico and Holtville for a few days at a time.

Happy New Year, Michael and everyone. Paul Happy New Year, not I don't have one of those...but yes, some bass flip flops. LOL.

Santa Brought me a couple HookUp gift cards for Christmas this year so I grabbed some more go to’s:

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My son and I hit San V today for one last trip before he heads back to Montana. After the bust that Murray was Tuesday I was looking forward to San V today.

No busters to speak of except for the occasional single in the bushes. We ended the day with 9 combined. Very happy to say my boy out fished ...

Just another 2 hours and you could be sitting on real Pigs in the Lakes along the Colorado River. I regiularly get 5-7 pound “Bonus” Bass and had one run of luck that netted 7 Bass over 10 in 7 trips. Giant Flatheads are in the mix as well as Stripers, Smallmouth and Channel Cats. Just a whole new ...

Healthy looking fish! Nice job!