San Diego & SoCal Fishing Forums

LAKE IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR BOATING, KAYAKING - see below.

ALERT - As of October 18, 2023, shoreline fishing has reopened at the lake.

Recent testing conducted by the City of San Diego Public Utilities Department found high levels of cyanobacteria toxins in the water that are caused by blue ...

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

I came across this video on Youtube. Thought I would share.

Nice fishes. I haven't fished Murray in years. I've been hitting Otay up as well the last few weeks. Getting the slab gills when I'm trying for crappies. I'll take either.

I came across this and wanted to share. Kinda crazy right?

https://wonews.com/san-diego-shocked-bass-angler-bags-salmoin-in-san-diego-river/


Screenshot-2023-11-22-at-3.33.58-PM (1).png

BY MIKE STEVENS

SAN DIEGO— A local angler with only enough time to make a few casts before heading to work ...

I came across this report. Wanted to share.

https://wonews.com/double-digit-largemouth-weighed-in-tournament-at-lower-otay/

extra-photo-Possible-page-1-teaser.png

BY MIKE STEVENS

CHULA VISTA— Despite the obvious presence of active bass at Lower Otay Reservoir, fishing seems to be up on one day ...

Very Nice!!! Did the same thing on Saturday while looking for crappies. Thanks for sharing!

You have Otay dialed in for sure. Very Nice!

The Crappie Mecca!

Wish it was me...

Since I have nothing to report on the subject thought I'd share this really cool video of "Fishing Addict" out killing the 2 pound slabs. I watch a lot of his videos and he has that lake and live scope dialed in. He didn't have his scale. A few might had ...

I wouldn't waste my time with Upper. I've tried a few times in the distant past without much success. The city used to use it as a breeding ground for bass and other fish but that was long ago. It is totally ignored these days and I have heard of a few die offs as well.

Its a damn shame.

Some Sad Sh*t.

I was so bummed out when I found out. Didn't think about checking the water levels while it was closed.

This is plain stupid. Lower than Hodges or Morena?

Reservoir Depth When Full Current Depth Storage Capacity (AF)
Barrett 160.40 ft 153.70 ft 34,805.5 29,478.6 65.21 84.7%
El ...

How we miss this?

Your home lake Vinny!

https://wonews.com/double-digit-largemouth-bagged-at-lake-murray/

BY MIKE STEVENS

LA MESA— Winter fishing at Lake Murray was uncharacteristically sluggish, but things picked up on the bass scene a couple weeks ago when respectable numbers of 2- to 4-pound ...

Nice catch Chuck! Got some slabs redears there. Some good eats!

Nice job out there Chuck! Got some Slabs in the mix. Thanks for sharing!

I had to post this. I watched the whole video which I normally do not do. So much action. Dude is chasing HUGE boils after boils and killing it. Not an over exaggeration by calling this EPIC! Wow!

BIG-BARRETT-BASS-scaled.jpg


BY MIKE STEVENS

SAN DIEGO— It’s no secret that bass fishing at Barrett Lake tends to rate at various levels of “epic” for most of the season, and because of that, it takes a significant occurrence earn a headline. A double-digit largemouth historically does the trick ...

I've never had the opportunity to fish it. I always heard how great it once was. I think this is the best video I've seen of that period.

Nice outing!