San Diego & SoCal Fishing Forums

Spent a lot of time throwing onto bass swirling around the surface feeding almost exclusively on small shad. Still exciting but then you start seeing that 90% of them are very small 8-12" bass. Every once in a while maybe a 2lb bass would jump but even then that was rare, but that is what keeps you ...

Classic D.K..! If you want the better fish, you have to be on the rock piles or the trees! Even better is where the trees meet the rocks! The down side, I lost at least 4 nice fish and re-tied alot of leaders. I probably shredded at least 30' of leader material! If you just want sheer numbers of ...

Fished Lower Otay last Wednesday and had a decent day as far as numbers go. Water temps pushing over 79 degrees and pretty stained down the Harvey Arm. Lots of blowups right at the bank and we had most of our success with finesse like weightless Senko and Neko rigs. Decided to throw a jackhammer w ...

Got to Murray around 7:30 am, which is a pretty late start but still managed to have fun picking up some on top. Nothing real big but always fun to watch them hit your bait on top of the water. Bass are feeding on shad all over and it has been a challenge at times even throwing right onto boils and ...

So, since someone killed all the fish in my old favorite spot, I had to find a new one...so I tried Irvine lake. Only had a couple hours, and only got 2 bites, but it was worth the trip! Got there right at 7 when they say it opens and there were lots of people there already...next time i may go a ...

https://youtu.be/U4Yigc75sRI
Hey all,
I haven't gotten to post (or fish) in a while. I did have the opportunity to head out for just a few hours on Saturday to Lake Miramar. It was a nice mental therapy session just to decompress. The bonus was that I caught fish! I just wanted to take it back old ...

With a very hot day ahead, I was going to stay home but decided to go to Murray. Finally got on the water a little after 7am and messed around trying to catch one of the bass chasing shad along the surface. It was next to impossible as those little buggers were up and down quickly but did pick up ...

Went to Murray as it got hot very quick(the weather I mean). I messed around with breaking bass that almost all of them were pretty small. Same story as they are feeding on shad and that is what they want. I tried baits that in the past were a sure thing which gets me pretty frustrated when they don ...

Flipped a coin and just decided to just take a couple rods down to the SD River for a a short shore section before the heat arrives. A tiny bit cooler with a little early cloud cover, but knew that was not going to last.
I missed a bass on a fluke as it surprised the heck out of me when it hit the ...

https://youtu.be/pe09MktWk-0

Hey all,
I managed to get out to El Cap in the tube and man it was eerie! No boats on there was awesome and horrible at the same time. I know that we all understand the lakes situation but I am going to make lemonade while lemons are in season.

I started off throwing ...

I went out with a buddy for my first time on a tube. I bought a cheap one (go plus) to start. The seat was so damn uncomfortable! Are they normally this bad? I was looking at the outcast models, are those any better?

Regardless, beautiful day on the water, we fished the docks and I caught a ...

Go to the doc, there's one at the office. Not sure about online. Pigs point is desolation point.

Barrett from Saturday 7-8. Morning bite a little tough for us but once they started busting in the middle of Hauser it was on. Throw into a boil and its cant miss. Better quality fish came mostly shallower. Busters lasted around 2 hours tops.Enjoy the clip I put together. https://youtu.be/7zztgKmuLzE

Thanks for the heads up, better safe than sorry.

Speaking of storms, this was Wed:
Video of storm:
https://vimeo.com/856007408

Hi, you can put in 19886 Japatul Lyons Valley Road which will get you to the gate, then you will have to take the dirt road for 3 miles. It's marked as Barrett Reservoir. Google maps has good directions, I also am in Escondido, I take the 15S to the 8E, to 125S/spring st and then to the 94E, I think ...

Been a stranger lately, but c'est la vie. Hope B was good for the junkies, the junkies in progress, and the new folk this season. It truly is a special place for numerous reasons.

I visited my youtube page for the first time in quite a while. Looks like Ive got almost ten years of flicks on that ...

Stay tuned Junkies.......the SHARE program from DFG sounds like it is returning in April. Stay tuned for details.

TommyP

It should be Wednesday, May 1st. Normally Barrett is closed the 1st Wednesday of the month but when opening day falls on that day it will be open. I will call the City to confirm.

TommyP

Fishing Buddy Dan flew over yesterday on his way to Florida. Looks nice and full. The city website said 88% as of a week ago.

Those small lakes are on a private ranch. Sky valley Ranch. I’m close with the owners. Not a place you wanna go sneaking around in. They are their own sheriff.That’s why I post a lot of Barrett pics from the honor camp side because that’s part of their driveway