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nice job out there! I was there on Saturday and got most my fish shallow on the free rig and neko. only 1 bite on a jerkbait but it was a double with a 2lber and a 0.5lber lol so I guess it was 2 bites?

Misty overcast morning which was perfect for top water action. Went across the dock and got one on the popper second cast. Worked along the way to Harvey and got a few more, blow up on a frog but missed.
Looked like there was a tournament because there were 20 boats down Harvey! Found a flat area ...

A quick change of plans. After just hammering them last week, I was sure I knew the pattern for today...nope! Started out throwing the same stuff as last week, only got me 2 small fish.I changed up some baits, didn't really help! I noticed a few busters out in the middle of the lake, figuring they ...

One of Loveland’s rules is no fish reports

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Our Tournament Director opened the fridge Friday night during our house dinner, and a few seconds later, shouted, “Who in the F*CK is marinating their plastics with teriyaki sauce?!” He had grabbed a Tupperware container from the fridge, expecting ...

Well since I have been enjoying the Skeeter so much this year, I wanted to go again. Worried about El Caps ramp and Friday's warming temp (I like to fish when it's cooler for sure), I headed down to Otay.

Got there at the crack of dawn, Headed to Otay Arm and got one right away on the whopper ...

Nice as always bro... haven't hit otay in a couple years need to visit my favorite lake again barrett has me spoiled so its been hard to go to other lakes

1 fish every 30 minutes... I take it.
I too try for the big bites, but soon go back to looking for just the bites.
Thank for the report!

After 2 weeks of catching mostly dinks and one pounders, I finally got onto a bite today with better quality fish. 9 total fish all two plus pounds with the best going three and a half.

All in all a pretty fun morning.

One of my dearest friends Timmy (in Oregon) has been following the potential lake closures in California, and I thought I'd share a meme he created thinking of me.

Had a 20 fish day or so Otay. Of course half of them were probably a pound each, but still fun. Caught 3 early on topwater walking baits, then a few on a small crankbait (including a slab Bluegill). Switched to a jig and caught a few more, then went on a tear with over 10 falling prey to a jerkbait ...

First post on the blog after using this for lure suggestions for almost a year (which have been super helpful). Saw Dannicus on his float while dropping my boat in. Had similar success. Caught around 10 on jerkbaits fishing in 3-4 feet along both arms (1-2 pound range). Have never seen the water ...

It seems like forever since I fished Murray so I decided to head over and see what's happening.
Used reaction baits for a few active bass up near the surface, I stuck a little too long using reaction baits as overall there was not much surface action this morning and the sun was up early. I then ...

After some quality bigger fish yesterday it was back to clones at Murray today. I actually wasn't going to post, but I just had to share a picture of this pretty clone I caught. The picture doesn't really do it justice. It had the most beautiful golden almost orange tone to it. Very dark and vivid ...

"Ramona eagle enthusiast Mike Long has a passion for conservation"
Except when he is using a 5/0 XXX Owner Treble to snag spawning bass!

Finally got my new to me kayak out to the water. The day didn't start off great as a buried a treble hook just passed the barb into my finger. Luckily was able to get it out and keep on going! Ended up with four and lost one. Still learning to fish off the kayak but can't wait to get this out more!

Had a really fun day today out there. Not many boats and the fish are chewing! It’s really sad that it’s going to be shut down soon!

Put 14 bass and an ambitious bluegill in the boat today. All but one on power fishing techniques. Finally got my first Neko Rig fish which was nice.

Gunfish ...

Appreciate the report…Heading out in the am. Have jigs and plastics as part of the plan with some reaction/chase. Seems like a few of the lakes have switched to the latter now that the spawn is done and the fish are hangry!!

Surprisingly I actually came across several bed fish and a couple of pairs still rubbing and getting ready to spawn.

Topwater first thing around the rocks!

Glad to see you guys got on em today. I stayed out front for most of the day yesterday and there weren’t many boats out there. Seemed like everyone was running to the breaking fish in the North End.

I got a 21.2 blue out there on a lipless crankbait. Hell of a fight but o kind of figured after it ...