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I’ve wound down on fish throwing to the bank when they bolt for deep water. More times than I can remember, winding like my life depended on it and couldn’t come tight till the fish was far and deep.

I’ve wound down on fish throwing to the bank when they bolt for deep water. More times than I can remember, winding like my life depended on it and couldn’t come tight till the fish was far and deep.


You could not have said it better @Camobass as I have experienced that many times though the ...

Got a couple reels faster that 7.3, but the answer is still no.

Bass Ambush speed/aggression is indeed shocking.

This is probably obvious to everybody; From a boat, I almost always consider it a huge favor that bass tend to swim into deep water because it's typically away from hazards. From shore, it gives them an advantage a lot of the time, even if just ...

Every summer I read about people dying from the heat such as https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/updated-mountain-biker-24-dies-after-helping-save-dehydrated-hikers-in-jacumba/3265174/#:~:text=A%2024-year-old%20mountain%20biker%20from%20Otay%20Mesa%20died,Gorge%20in%20Jacumba%20with%20dehydration ...

Fish Restocking at Loveland. Not on the horizon until Sweetwater Authority faces punitive action or sees it coming. I believe this makes sense. DFW will need a punitive decision on the case instigated by my CalEPA complaints and another person's complaint by CalEPA to demand fish restocking. CalEPA ...

Gotta eat

The County Supervisors promised us that our closed days at the city lakes would reopen and they've done nothing to accomplish that! It's hard to believe that they will do any work towards fixing Loveland! They have a reputation for doing nothing for the City Lakes!!! Hodges and El Cap would not have ...

All CalEPA complaints and investigations have been closed.
They said "Better luck with DFW and the Forest Service easement".
The good thing that happened is that Waterboards confirmed that whatever water rights Sweetwater has, they are not mutually exclusive with our right to the Forest Service Land ...

I filed a CalEPA complaint against the State Water Resources Control Board for failing to act on my 2020 complaint warning that Sweetwater was going to violate its capture limits and trash Loveland.
It says right on the Sweetwater license that this regulatory agency, the SWRCB can make the ...

Anyone have any info? Is it required for 2024?

classic example of over-thinking!

I found a lure box stuck in the mud at DK. Seems it fell off of a yak or tube. Been on the bottom for a while. Recent water declines exposed it. Lose such a box? Describe, specifically, some of the lures and you may claim it.

It's mine! Rusted hook lures.

I think that one of the lures in the box with hooks in good condition is mine. Send me a pic of all of them and I can
pick one out....I mean I can identify my lure better....

Your right! I have my rusty hook lure box.

I have spent a lifetime fishing, but since I turned eighty a few years back, I now have so many afflictions that I have to admit the truth. I can no longer safely pursue my life-long passion. I suppose if you added up the hours, I spent the most time bass fishing. But my roots are in panfishing and ...

My buddy fishes Miramar a lot and he told me the water level is above the end of the boat ramp but not enough
to launch a boat as of yesterday. Kayaks and float tubes should not have a problem. Lake staff says by next week water level
should be back to normal.

I know you know a lot about Miramar, would the Bass be active after the rise of water or will it take awhile for them to acclimated?
Also I’ve seen some posts about Murray water levels lowered by you and is there a certain time they do it, what happens to the fishing?


The fish are feeding ...

Murray bass .jpg The cold weather and water level fluctuating up and down has not helped the bass fishing at Lake Murray. It has been a tough bite with smaller fish as a reward after a lot of hard work recently. Good news as the action should be picking up now that we may be in for some warmer ...