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I was wondering if hodges was open on the 21st..drove down there and saw a locked gate?

Disregard previous question.

It helps if I read it was on Father’s Day

Stickman, majority of county lakes have a certain day of the month they are closed:

https://www.sandiego.gov/reservoirs-lak ... -reservoir

Got home, made five casts from my local beach, and caught two halibut and a calico bass.



Great catch blackcloud9 ! Would you mind sharing some of that expertise? Every time I go to my local beach (Torrey Pines) I end up empty handed. I almost feel like it's a curse of some sort :eyes_on_fire:

Stickman wrote: Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:34 am I was wondering if hodges was open on the 21st..drove down there and saw a locked gate?

Lake Hodges is closed on every third Wednesday of the month.

I got a itch to fish on a weekend, normally it’s week days. With the lighter crowds.
That’s a mistake, go when you can, turned out to be a nice day.
Caught 6 healthy crappie, and home by noon, very light breeze with no wind.

Nice job out there Stringbean! You fishing from shore or float tube?

Arrived early to San Vicente, just a gorgeous day. I was looking for some nice panfish.
Caught a nice mess, bought home 4, had crappie from the weekend trip.
Nothing real big .
The pesky bass were on a tear, eating a cup of night crawlers .

For stringbean

Nice, your all set.
Its sure a relaxing way to fish.

Thank you , for sharing.

Guys,
I cooked up them crappie tonight, fillets. Mixing bowl 1/2 and 1/2 and 1 egg.
Put fillets on a paper towel and dry well.
Add Tony chacheres seasoning. Then dip in egg then into Zatarains fish fri (seasoned yellow box) .
As long as you live, you'll never let a fish swim away again.

Haha

Great post! I'm working on an UL creek / pondfishing setup. I've got a secondhand 2 pc UL 6' rod and a pflueger president reel size 20 as well as a 5wt fly rod. Looking for easy pondfishing for panfish like this just to relax from school. Can you explain a bit more how you fly line on an UL setup ...

Look up 1wt fly rods on EBay. Makes those Gills fight hard, bend your rod clear down to the handle, adds a bit of Crazy to the equation for $60 for a complete package. Turns Creek Trout into Giants!

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 ...

Water level is still low and made launching a little tough. Fishing was tougher. Fished a lot of different depths and flies to catch 2 blue gill. Probable 2 weeks away from being able to use launch ramp.

Water level is still low and made launching a little tough. Fishing was tougher. Fished a lot of different depths and flies to catch 2 blue gill. Probable 2 weeks away from being able to use launch ramp.


Hey just a heads up that there are some suspended Crappie hovering in the 15-20 feet of ...

My favorite Lake is getting over the water fluctuating blues. Had a good day.

There are Pumpkinseed in Lake Hemet and Big Bear Lake. They do well in higher elevations

CDFW is also trying to establish a unique Sacramento Perch population in Lindo Lake following the complete draining of the East Basin and soon to be drained and rehabilitated West Basin. It is critical that ALL ...

Very nice Larry,
Thx for the great report.

Thanks for sharing Larry. I think this is the last weekend before they close.