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Definitely winter. But still amazing to be out on the water in December and catching fish without staring into a hole cut into the ice, which I did as a kid...

Wow! You are pretty much putting on a bass fishing clinic with those baits!
I see a sponsorship soon! Thanks for sharing your trip to Otay.....man you look like
you are having a blast down there and here I am sitting in sweatpants and
shirt sorting those tons of tackle not put back in its proper ...

It was super fun fishing out there with you. Thanks for all the tips and everything. I’m excited for the next adventure. I ended up getting 5 strolling and it was super fun learning a new technique. I’ll have a video out tomorrow with more info. Cheers!

It was also nice seeing so many people ...

You got a great pattern going on down there. Hope it keeps up for you!

https://youtu.be/FSARziSc2ak

Thanks all for the recommendations on where to fish on Sunday. I did end up going to Otay and met Corsoenthusiast (SP?) out there. Shortly after the sun came up we and about 30 of our closest boats, tubes, yaks and shore guys were on the fish. It seemed that everyone ...

Nice job out there and enjoyed the video as always!
It’s fun to try something a little different, especially when it works. Actually @CorsoEnthusiast the other year told me using hover rigs and I was picking up some bass on that unusual rig also. It’s amazing how many techniques can pop up through ...

Thanks to Jeremy's ( @CorsoEnthusiast ) posts here I'm gonna give the technique a try too, albeit at Murray today. It's been pretty slow there but gonna see if I can coax a few nibbles with these lol. As always thanks for sharing your excellent tips and videos!

In your defense. When the bass at Otay get the threadfin corralled in the back of those arms, the bite can go stupid. Sounds like they are feeding so hard right now that they are not scrutinizing baits and the bite is going wide open at times. I seen this a lot in the past a Otay, but normally ...

Well no luck on the strolling baits at Murray, but to be fair I didn't give them a great try. I ran into some equipment issues and had to cut my morning really short lol

Hope your equipment issued gets fixed and those baits do look awesome!
And adding my 2 cents regarding Murray... if 10 ...

5 bass today at Otay. 4 of them were 1.5 to 3 lb clones and the largest went 5.4 lbs. All of them were on a chatterbait. I went to Otay arm to try hover strolling but there was really nothing going on there. None of the boats, yaks, or tubes reporting much success so I started working deeper ...

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Nice work on the fish. Chris (Pourboy) and I have been heading out east lately also. We fished Mohave a couple weeks back and I lost a good smallie too. Looks like you and I both have a mission for 2025. :) We fished a pond off the Colorado river last Sunday, got a few, it sure was nice to fish ...

Heartbreaking! Bummer and congratulations on the otherwise good outing. Keep it up! Thanks for the update. I can’t wait to get out there again soon. Cheers!

Smb get off 5 times more often than lmb, in my experience

Way to hang in there and glad you guys ran in to some fish. Bummer about that big smallie getting away, but sounds like he still had a pretty fun time with your brother. Thanks for sharing and always love the pics you post. Look forward to more winter stories from the canals.
Tight lines always ...

I got on the lake just after the gates opened and had basically circumnavigated it by 10 am. I caught a few of the usual clones and bluegill and decided to head back to the launch ramp to warm up a bit and relieve myself (because I suspect peeing one's waders is ill advised).

As I approached the ...

Had a great time at Otay today. Final count was 11 fish total, all of them were over 3lbs, with a couple just shy of 5. I put in at the ramp and caught a few along the tulies as I headed to Otay arm. I caught the majority of them working among the trees at the tip of the arm. Every fish was on a ...

That’s a great way to end the year!
Tight lines in 2025 buddy!

Awesome Jeremy! Hope to hook up for a trip next year! It's always fun hanging and fishing with you mate.