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6 April 2025
Caught and released
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Thank you

Nice day at The Captain. I only had about 3 hours to fish but with Murray closed I decided on a quick trip to El Cap.

I didn't get on the water till after 9 and picked up a few drinks and clones casting a jig to rocky bank areas. It started pretty slow, but I finally found a pattern. The larger ...

Jeremy ( CorsoEnthusiast ) and I are planning to meet at the boat launch early tomorrow morning if anyone wants to join in.

Jeremy wants to try and get some froggy action going, but as for me, well, I'd just settle for rinsing off this week's smelly skunk-stink that back to back Murray trips ...

After back to back skunk sandwiches at Murray this week, I decided to go to Otay. Met up with CorsoEnthusiast and his brother bright and early.

My final count for the day was 14, with nearly half being over 3 and the biggest weighing 4.2. you know it's a pretty good day when a 2.5 pounder feels ...

Went on a rental at otay sat 12th with buddy we both caught between us 50 from 630-6 I used a neko roboworm 7” on my bfs 10 braid 8 flouro leader morning dawn red crawler midnight Arron’s magic they ate them all on my other pole I Dropshot the 6” robo same colors my buddy throws black senco 6” and ...

Good job Dan I’m the guy from morning saw u at dock on the rental I registered here so I will share stories and reply finally lol cheers looking forward to fishing w u in future I will have to take kayak out Murray too sometimes I guess

I went back to Otay for a few hours this morning. I caught 8 quality fish on various baits including chatter bait, crankbait, jerkbait and my ever present jig. I made a few passes with topwater plugs and a frog, but sadly no takers today.

My final count was 8, but would have been 9 had Vinny ...

Nice job adjusting and bagging some quality fish. Hodges was my home lake back in the 80’s and 90’s and power fishing was the thing. But I was thinking just this week when I came across some smoke reapers tipped in a bit of chartreuse; I know they would have worked well back then and Im betting now ...

Managed to pull 8 fatties out of The Captain today on BFS gear. Nothing under 2 and nothing over 3, but they were feisty.

I'll post a breakdown of baits I used in the BFS section for you other finesse guys if you are interested.

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Fished under the big bird on Saturday. Remember saying good morning to you. I told my wife about the eagle and she says why didn't you take a pic. Only four Saturday for me. Best was 3lbs 9oz Dude it's been so long since I caught a good one I thought it was over 5lbs. Weird every trip seems like I ...

Nice job out there. It’s funny but kind of the same thing happened to me at Sutherland. I geared everything heavier for rocks, trees, stick ups and didn’t really plan to take any finesse baits. But at the last second I grabbed just a handful before leaving my house and tossed them in my kayak. I ...

Hi all,

Got out to El Capitan this morning for a quick run. Got on the water at 0630 and air was cool, but not too bad. Water was at 64F on the surface. Saw Jeremy ( Corso Enthusiast ) and Dan ( Dannicus ) and we all headed out in our various directions. With the toasty water temp, I tried poking ...

It was great seeing you guys out there!

Nice to see CorsoEnthusiast and Early release today at El Capitan. Later in the afternoon KillinTime (John) came by and introduced he and his son. We had a great chat. I have met so many awesome folks here on the forum.

I ended up catching 11 total. Most were between 2-3 lbs with the largest ...

Was a fun little morning sesh! Ended up with 4 fish for the morning with the best in the 3+ pound class.


I tried double willow leaf spinner for a good hour after we quit throwing cranks, with some good accurate cast on some good looking rock piles and points. Nothing, nada. Maybe I should pick ...

Nice good job yeah was windy today I stayed till 6 u didn’t miss anything we got majority our fish early beginning Harvey

Sounds like another epic Otay Sunday! You really have that flylining worm in the tules technique dialed in brother! Great job out there!

Solid fish, especially after a front.

It was overcast and chilly early this morning at Murray. I caught 4 fat clones on topwater early before the wind came up and forced me to move to the bottom.

I posted my favorite BFS topwater baits in the BFS section for those interested. All the topwater fish today came courtesy of the tiny ...