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Well after my last great session at Lake Hodges I went back yesterday and was on the water to early my old body was saying to me. I wanted to make it back to the structure I fished with great success my last time. It was a hell of a swim backwards even though i was using my new drill paddle i made ...

Today was a pretty good day at Murray! It was great catching up with VinnyBass ! I caught 8 bass and 5 bluegill on the morning. The bass were all on jigs and Senkos, and the bluegill all on a little 2.5" crankbait. I almost didn't go because of wind warnings but glad 8 decided to... In reality, the ...

So much crime everywhere with little to no consequences yet you wet a line where you’re not supposed to, they treat you like a felon….

All year!

Bass eat trout swimbaits before the stocks.

Have not fished the SD river since Halloween which is scary, but been pretty busy and was out of town for a bit. Went down for a morning session and morning it was as I arrived at around 8:30 a.m. The water was even greener than last time and started off working a number of reaction baits(crank ...

Yeah back in the daywhen they stocked trout I used to walk back to the aqua duct and it was nice! I'd walk the shore line on the way out for a chance at a few bass. Now those banks are covered with huge gravel rocks.
I still see shore guys fish though from time to time.
I haven't been there for a ...

It was a T rig and jig morning, got a nice surprise pulling the chatter over a snag.

As has become a tradition for me the last couple of years, I made a visit to the Imperial Valley on Christmas Day in search of some green and brown bass.

Hit several different spots with no luck, and finally about 1:30PM my brother and I got to the last spot. We started on opposite sides of the ...

Every year I make a trip out to the River to night fish the lagoon at night now that I don't have a boat. Its been a fun tradition I have had going for awhile now. The river saw a tournament with around 100 boats put a hurtin on em Friday and Sat. Over the night on Friday, the river went down around ...

Woke up this morning and there was a light rain. I wanted to go fishing, but just sat there drinking coffee. But even though it was a late morning start, I grabbed some rain gear and headed down to the SD River. I figured I could rough it for a few hours as it was not pouring or anything.
The water ...

Rare freshwater outing for me. I need to use the boat at least a few times a year, just to keep it from rotting. Heck the last time the cover was off was a couple of months ago so I could suck the gas out of it before it went bad and run it through the 4 runner. I know sad=/

Hit up El Cap on Monday ...

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 went back to Otay for a few hours this morning. I caught 8 quality fish on various baits including chatter bait, crankbait, jerkbait and my ever present jig. I made a few passes with topwater plugs and a frog, but sadly no takers today.

My final count was 8, but would have been 9 had Vinny ...

Here's a few fish from the Santee Lakes in March. They were chewing the trick worm all spring. I'm taking a little break while all the bed fisherman take over the lakes.

Got on the water early and got to say hi to robert_smith as he was heading out too. After a few minutes Dfishin showed up and we hung out and fished together all morning.

It was a really productive day. I stopped counting at 20 fish but I'm guessing my total was over 30. I'm pretty sure Dave did ...

Had a blast at Murray today. Caught 11 topwater bass early, then went to the bottom when the wind picked up, and added a few more. All in all it was a really fun day!

As always I'll share the bait in the BFS section.

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Hey all!
I had a tiny window of opportunity to fish on Wednesday morning so I went to...Hodges! I got in line at 5:30am with 10 cars in front of me. Got down to launch and the carp guys had already set up shop in the launch area. So there ...