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I got one crappie and missed a few others that whacked my jig but I blew the hookset timing (too much watching the electronics! :D ). But most of the crappie targeted were just uninterested or maybe couldn't see my lure right in front of them.



This is what I say “hang tight to cover” in this ...

DAMN! Thats a HOG for sure!

Thanks for sharing Larry.

How was crappie bite? Picking up at all?

Came across this picture of a Redear I got out of San V a few years ago. Weighed 3.74 lbs. Don’t know if it’s still the case but the lake record was 3.76! Missed it by that 🤏 much! I thought it was a bass on a bed and was shocked as hell when I netted it. Actually lost a bigger one right after this ...

Nice! Almost that time.

There not there quite yet, fished there yesterday , beautiful weather.
Lake is much lower than last year. It’s like fishing a new lake.

Good luck to those in search of a monster.

Nice Larry! I'll try to make a run up there. Thanks for sharing!

Nice slabs!

Awesome Thank you for the report

Are the crappie out in the middle of the lake still or have they moved in to the sticks close to the bank?

If you want the best panfishing of your life,
The next week the weather is in the 80_90s in Yuma , in April — unheardable .
Go out and fish the drops with night crawlers. Bring a cooler with plenty of ice.this report is is a gift from god, the biggest split shot #2 watergremlin is the ticket.

You ...

Fished an Elsinore Derby on Sat. It is a 5 species tournament, lmb, wipers, catfish, carp and crappie. Conditions were horrible strong winds and freezing. My cousin brought his little boat out from San Diego. It was extremely difficult to fish, the wind was blowing us around like crazy. I couldn't ...

I had so much fun catching that crappie this week I decided to panfish Otay. It'd been a while since I'd done it and man was it fun. I caught 12 sunfish/bluegill a long with a bunch of bass. All the fish fell victim to a Megabass Griffon crankbait.

The highlight was a massive 2 1/4 pounder. I ...

Larry,
Thank you for sharing, those are some beauty’s.
It’s that time of year, this moon phase should bring them up.

World class panfish there !

Nice Job as usual Larry!

Been wondering about San V.

No reports this year until yours.

Not the norm.

San vee, was tough today, I tried to post a few nice ones from June . Says error, file to big.

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A few from June/ San vee.

Hit sweetwater at 8am started out throwing a senko and got hit by a slab crappie started throwing a trout pattern kastmaster and landed 2 more I had to leave cause it got to hot for me

I bet the bluegill fought harder than that little bass huh? Nice!

Way to make it happen!