San Diego & SoCal Fishing Forums

With the recent warm weather, I just figured the bass should be moving in tighter to shore. Hit the water a little after 8, and flipped
the tulles and outside of tulles in shallow water with plastic worms, craw and creature baits. So much for the bass being in tighter
as I worked those areas hard ...

Monday I fished all morning and only managed a couple of little clones buuuut...I was great chatting with Mcfish on the lake. I believe he said he did about the same as me lol.

Today (Tuesday) was a different story with 11 fish total. Most were clones with the best coming in at 3.45 lbs. The water ...

After having been focused on El Cap the last couple of weekends, I decided to hit Otay this morning despite the algae warnings. With my January trip up there being a skunk my goal today was to get my first Otay bass of 2025. I met up with Dannicus at first light and that first Otay bass of 25 didn't ...

Hit El Cap with my buddy Andre on his boat Monday.

It was a tough day, we spent the majority of it watching fish not eat our baits, but the ones that did eat for us were quality.

I lost a fish around 8:30AM that sawed my line in the rocks, and then around 9AM I lifted up on my worm and something ...

Monday and Tuesday at Murray were pretty blah. A couple of clones each day, and I had to work hard to get 'em. That changed in a big way today.

I got on the water at 8 am, and decided to head to Alvarado Bay. Deep in the cove the bass were going ape $hit chasing giant schools of shad, and busting ...

Despite a pretty dang good fishing trip to Murray recently, the bass this morning put on the brakes or should I say slammed on the brakes. I stubbornly stuck to using all sorts of reaction baits and the bass just were not cooperating. It reminded me of that old saying.... "Live by the sword, die by ...

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 ...

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 ...

Met the homie Early release at Hodges this morning for a little bassin. Was the first one at the gate around 4:50am. I have taken three trips prior to today to Hodges in 2025 and had nary a fish between them. The day started with a spinnerbait snagged and lost and no bites to be found on my ...

I was fortunate enough to fish Murray this week Tue-Thurs. With the city's budget cuts coming, it looks like lake fishing on weekdays is going to go the way of the Dodo, so I will get it while the getting is good I suppose.

After the topwater bonanza on Tuesday. I picked up a few more that way ...

Hi all,

Got out to El Capitan this morning for a quick run. Got on the water at 0630 and air was cool, but not too bad. Water was at 64F on the surface. Saw Jeremy ( Corso Enthusiast ) and Dan ( Dannicus ) and we all headed out in our various directions. With the toasty water temp, I tried poking ...

Decided to visit Otay this morning. Got on the water about 615, immediately worked my way to the tules and began flipping the edges with no sinker rig plastics and quickly broke the skunk. Got another one just a couple of casts later as the rain started to come down. I fished that spot for 25 more ...

Got a free rental for paying 5 today started beginning Harvey both my buddy and I hooked up 3 each all solid 2 pounders had to weigh nicest one to make sure fat belly’s were nicer fish for most part wind made it difficult to fish anywhere but we still managed at least a dozen each my buddy found ...

Grabbed some gear and tossed it in my kayak and headed away from Murray and up to Lake Miramar this morning.
Not a real early start as I was on the water just before 7 and saw only one other angler fishing in a float tube. The water was glassy and nothing broke on the surface so I went to my usual ...

https://i.ibb.co/GfGFZcgs/20250411-104048.jpg

Our Tournament Director opened the fridge Friday night during our house dinner, and a few seconds later, shouted, “Who in the F*CK is marinating their plastics with teriyaki sauce?!” He had grabbed a Tupperware container from the fridge, expecting ...

11lb 2oz

Just a few pics from a couple recent trips to Murray pretty much sum it up.
There are bass up near the top of the water and bass down near the bottom.
Most are clones, but hope you find your action on top or on the bottom! :-)

On Top
IMG_9925.PNG
On Bottom
IMG_0014.PNG
On Top
IMG_0015.PNG
On ...

Went first thing this morning to cap w buddy first time on yak tons of boats I thought today going full speed in circles seemed like their all enjoying last hoorah guys w the girlfriends going for a Cruz not fishing like Vicente without the skiers 😂 I got nothing neko or my black senco saw shad ...

So, as predicted I went to Hodges today (Saturday) and got lots of action. some early morning topwater blowups, but did not land any of them. Not sure if it was me or the fish...I'll say it was them. A few pics and then a funny story.

20250507_162252.jpg

20250510_091355.jpg

20250510_121549 ...