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I was interested in going to Hodges but I thought about the crowds for the opener and changed my mind. Any word on the crappies? I'm wondering how many are left after getting smashed the last 2 years with the low water situation.


I saw a LOT of crappie guys out there, but I did not see one ...

Had an awesome day at Hodges. Really fun chatting with Chris (AKA Pourboy AKA the BeefShaman) after fishing too.

I caught three small clone Largemouths (didn't even bother with pictures), but the highlight of the trip was this dinner plate crappie on my BFS rod and reel!
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Nice fish!! My personal best from Sutherland years ago was 7.4 on the same jerk bait! I’ve caught so many fish on that particular bait that it’s almost see through now

Nelson 1 wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:19 pm I heard the lake is really low compared to last year

Started off very low. Since it has come up probably 18 feet. Good healthy level now.

Hey all,
It was a fun day at Lake Poway. I only fished for a couple of hours and only got 2 bites. Fortunately, the fish were 10.22lbs and 7.52lbs! So. Much. Fun! It's been a few years since I got a DD and the feeling never gets old. Both were bed fish that I caught on jigs. I have a feeling this ...

I got super lucky this afternoon at San V. After catching a bunch of bass on dropshots, I decided to target a few panfish laate in the day based on my meter readings and WHAMO, blessed with a tanker panfish, a 4.2 lb. redear.

She was caught on 2 lb line and a piece of nightcrawler, 18 feet deep on ...

It's officially a pattern at this point! :D

Really fun panfishing again today and upped gear to 6 lb. braid with 6 lb. leader, found the fish in the same areas. Targeting around 15 to 18 feet deep on nightcrawlers at the outer edge of the brushlines, similar to Friday's catch but added a fat 2.2 ...

After getting stuff done at home, I ditched the beach gloom for beautiful San Vicente and fished on both Sunday and Monday afternoons in the kayak. Overcast weather with slight breeze. This is trip 4 and 5 to SanV following the same panfish pattern. Its a slam dunk to take the kayak with the ...

Can’t beat the gray weather, I arrived to a lite crowd. The fish were hanging in the same areas.
Largest one 2.15 lbs, a lot of very colorful specimens.

You can't beat that a nice day of crappie fishing with kids

Smiles all around!!
Im sure just like my kid, they hate fishing but love catching…

Very nice, it's sure nice to see the kids hammering them.
Thank you for sharing

Just like old times. Thanks for sharing.

Hard to believe that today was my first time out this year. After going my whole life with excellent health, things have gone from bad to since I turned eighty. I really wanted to get out, actually I needed to get out. I got my boat out of mothballs and found that my trolling motor wasn't working. I ...

You guys were slayin em!!! Every time we turn around you guys were on back to back haha and we kept catching bass lol It was nice meeting you sir!!!

Score! Going to have to hop in my tube and hit it up if I can break away from the bass.

On a side question, have you fished at Wohlford for crappie lately?

Great report, I was hoping you would find the new SDFish! Hodges always had great crappie, it's good to see that they're still in there..thanks!

Sure was great to see you and the kids getting in on the fun crappie action. Even saw you guys with a couple double-hookups! That day I released more than a dozen, caught a whole bunch more and kept nine better ones for dinner.

Very Nice! That is a trophy-size bluegill.