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Anybody been by Murray lately? Looking for a water condition report. Normal or Muddy?


Stopped by just to look around yesterday(Sunday am) and the water is still pretty stained as compared to the summer
months where it cleared up fairly nicely. I checked water from the boar ramp pier over to the ...

It was a beautiful day at the Murr today. I got on the water at 8:00 and was off by 1:00. It was mostly cloudy, but not really cold, and no wind to speak of all day. The water was a bit cloudy after the rains, but not as bad as I expected it to be.

My final count was six, with most going over two ...

Hi all,

I relatively recently (late July '25) ended a roughly six-year hiatus from bass fishing. I didn't stop fishing in general, as I'm an avid fly fisherman and fish saltwater with conventional gear nearshore and within our bays from my paddleboard, but why I ever stopped fishing for green bass ...

I threw practically the entire arsenal at them today. The final count was 8. Nothing huge, but all were solid 2+ pounders so I am not complaining. Every fish came courtesy of a tiny Megabass Griffon crank bait. They just wouldn't touch anything else.

Now watch, tomorrow I'll go back to the same ...

I decided to take my kayak up to Miramar this morning and throw a wide variety of swimbaits.
There was only one boat that was launched and
no kayaks and not even a float tube. Add the fact that there are no trout stockings planned there, I knew it was probably going to be tough. I mixed it up with ...

Fishing El Cap with my buddy the Beef Shaman AKA @Pourboy . Always fun even when fishing is tough.

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!

Fisheromen wrote: Fri Jan 30, 2026 11:34 am Would be a perfect tube lake!

So would Lake Jennings and Lake Poway.
I remember decades ago Poway allowed float tubes, but not too many guys fished there out of them back then.

After some swimbait tossing from shore a few times recently, I decided to take the boat out and give it a whirl.The weather got hot quickly and geez...85 degrees in early February! Anyway....swimbait tossing for a while and then switched over to a crank bait and landed a small bass. Then around 30 ...

After watching the Beefshamen and McQuade tearing up the back bay on a recent high tide, we plotted out this weekend’s king tides to take our shot. As the week progressed we wondered if the weather would cooperate and juggled days last minute to today. Got the reward with my first bonefish and a ...

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