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Vinny, didn't you get a good one on a swimbait at Murray a few years ago, or was that a jig? Off the floating fishing dock, if I recall...maybe it wasn't what you consider really big?


Actually I was just probably daydreaming of a 12lb bass...(as I know a guy who caught 2
out of Miramar the ...

Had a great time at El Capitan today. 9 fish in total. I threw my new Berkeley Triple Minnow rig for a while, and got no bites, but to be fair, I really need to put in some time learning to fish it. It does look good in the water.

All 9 fish came on a NED bait on a 1/8 oz jig. They liked it when I ...

Hi all,

Had a couple interesting days on the water this weekend. Got out to El Cap yesterday, and had a quick session on Miramar this morning where I got into a good one. Reports below:

El Cap (1/17): Showed up to a line at the gate again this morning. My first thought: not again! Last time this ...

Relaying for Hodges' ruler Laina Ruiz: The opening date will be February 4, but the store will not be open yet. Iron ranger only. Spread the word.

Caught this 7.25lb bass from shore this morning on a trout swimbait.
McFish says to never tell where..... but he already guessed where. Smart guy!

Were you in a tube or kayak?
I was out there yesterday and had a hell of a time launching my kayak. they were working on the docks and had guy wires all over, shore was mucky mud, not fun. I only stayed for 2 hours, got 2 fish and decided to call it as I was dreading how to get out.
Sounds like ...

El Cap (2/15) - Repeat of Friday. 22 fish caught in the same types of areas. Lost around 8-10. No bigs, but did get a couple of high 3’s among the clones.

Here is a story that explains, to me at least, what fishing is all about. So, let me set it up...same lake (O'Neill) two consecutive days. Could not have been more different.

Day 1

Start with a cold morning, and casted about 3000 times in the first hour and snagged the tulles about 6 times, lost a ...

All my life I've been a salt water guy, had multiple boats, normally around the 21' range and I'd go looking for tuna. Sold all of that including my gear many years ago, my back just couldn't handle the pounding any longer (3 compressed disks).

My grandson has spina bifida so has a hard time ...

Fished at El Capitan in the kayak on Sunday in calm sunny Fall conditions. Bluegill!

The bass were crashing around on top here and there, until early afternoon. They were very picky about eating. Fun watching and following the packs of them hunting in open water on the electronics, and I had a few ...

Saturday was full of raging rainstorms. Finally got a chance to go fishing Sunday. I wanted to try bluegill fishing after some trout fishing because I often run out of trout to catch. Right after Saturday's storm, catfish would be biting better. The panfish and bass were pretty lockjaw even on live ...

Launched my kayak to have a look around at El Capitan with the electronics and light finesse spinning gear for sport. Because that's my thing lately.

With no speeding bass boats, I prefer to fish wide open water areas in winter even while most bass fishermen this day fished tight to the bank and ...

I haven't seen it mentioned here yet, but I'm sure most of us are familiar with Mikey Rijavec, either from his sdfishandsips YT videos, or just running into him at the beaches or launches. Many of you may know he's been missing in Baja after sending out a mayday call from his Solo Skiff. Now, his ...

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Saw this on channel 8....

Very nice!

I am not a kayaker but don't use cotton for any activity where you might get wet or even sweaty otherwise you will basically be wearing a giant, heavy, wet dish rag.

Wool and most synthetic fabrics dry fast, the thinner, the faster drying. Choose SPF50 to protect from the sun.

If you are kayaking in the bay, it never gets that cold or hot there. When I have done some evening social kayaking in the bay, I would just wear nylon shorts, beach shoes, synthetic thin socks, a cycling jersey and packable waterproof windbreaker as a top. Never bought anything to wear specifically ...

Found good deals on NRS paddle tops online, back when I was winter- wading in the surf to fish. The anorak style were the least expensive and worked well. But I have a 19 inch neck, so even the xxxl sizes didn't fit well. Just a caveat if you're a bigger guy...

I'm not familiar with the days for every lake but if you search them, the san diego website should have their open days listed.

You could be the first but rhino lining is starting to cover all kinds of things. They do the tops of rv’s now and include lining all the plastic housing on the top. Might be pretty awesome to have them do the bottom on your yak? I had some pretty deep wounds in my hull from beaching it on shore ...